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Strippenkaart
You need a 'strippenkaart' to travel by public transportation in the Netherlands
The blue strippenkaart is the one for Adults.
Full fare price in 2009 is €7.30 (15 strips).
The pink card is for children (4-11) and seniors older than 65 years and cost €4.80.
The strippenkaart can be used allmost everywhere in the Netherlands.
You pay for zones in which you travel + 1 zone extra.
So you allways have to stamp at least 2 'strips'.
Amsterdam innercity is one zone and cost you only 2 strips.
Travel time for 2-4 strips is one hour. After one hour you have to stamp again.
In the (short term) future the strippenkaart in the Netherlands will be replaced by the OV-card. OV is Dutch for 'Openbaar Vervoer' and means 'Public Transportation'. At this moment (September 2009) it is no longer possible to use a strippenkaart in the metro of Amsterdam. Only the OV-card is accepted. OV-cards (for 24, 48 and 72 hours) can be purchased at the Public Transportation office at the Central Station Square.
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