What are the must see things in the Netherlands?

You caN SATISFACTED YOUR self any way you want to.

More details?... :)

Heh, I don’t really do much sightseeing, let alone in the Netherlands. You might want to check the Dom when you’re around Utrecht, or…

Well, I suppose it’s easiest to answer if you could tell us what you’re interested in. Museums, nature (well, there’s hardly any true nature anymore here…), old buildings, theme parks, ...?

i am interested in all kind of exciting stuff around there :) Mostly typical dutch things, those things I can not see in other countries.

Well, I suppose the Netherlands is kind of famous for its constant battles with the water because it is located so low (hence the name), so you might want to see the Deltawerken in Zeeland or perhaps cross the Afsluitdijk (OK, that’s not particularly exciting). You’ll probably find the mills if you explore some smaller towns.

You might also want to see The Hague where the government is seated, or perhaps the canals in Amsterdam (and Amsterdam in general). There’s a lot to see in most of the big cities, anyway, such as Rotterdam and Utrecht.

Furthermore, I’m quite fond of cycling over the dykes. I’m not sure what Hungary is like, but the Netherlands is flat, which makes for a nice view (though many Dutch people tend to disagree).

And of course, if you like museums (I don’t, so I’m just summing up some I’ve heard of), there have been some renowned painters from the Netherlands (Van Gogh, Rembrandt, so you could see the Rijksmuseum or some of the other museums.

You’ll especially want to look for the VVV, the Tourist Board of the Netherlands. Most cities have a VVV building which can help you find interesting sights to visit which are recognisable by the logo.

Thanks for the nice answer! :) I can always count on you bro in any ‘dutch’ question :) Big ups!

Heh, except for the one on the train ticket, no idea there ;-)

Hey m8! I've found this: http://webdemo.ns.nl/webdemo.e2000/
Here you can make a demo-ticket-buy from a virtual-ticket maschine. And if I make it right:
– Other tickets
– Monthly network pass
– 2nd class
– With all bus/tram/metro zones
– Valid as from today

And I fill out the cardnumber with random numbers (I don’t know what it is actually)

And I get this amount of Euro: 394,80
Is this a true price and realistic for a 1 month ticket for all the public transportation vehicles? :)

Haha, how did you find that? That’s what you get if you use a ticket machine at the train stations xD. Excellent :P

I have an “OV Studentenkaart”, which is basically a free pass for public transportation given to students, and I believe that the amount of money I have to repay if I don’t finish my study within ten years is about 70 EUR per month.

I’ll try to do some more research on this when I get home :)

Well, I asked for a second opinion, and apparently it is indeed that expensive. However, you can presumably limit the costs by buying a ticket for a specific trajectory that you’re travelling along a lot.

Unfortunately, the costs of public transportation will be raised yet again… If the political party I’d vote for were in charge, it’d be cheaper ;-)

Thank you for looking after for it too. Yes, I think the same, that maybe it will be cheaper if I buy only single-tickets or return-tickets when I travell. I don’t know if I could get that OV Studentenkaart as you have for 70 EUR, that is a payable price.

I doubt you can get that – it was in the news recently that just-graduated students could buy one for a year after graduation to encourage ongoing use of public transport.

Yes, I’ve just heard it, that in every city there are an IB-Groep office, and there you can get this discount for the NS-services (tram, bus, train…), but you need to go school and do work as well, and than you can get the discount like this:
OV Studentenkaart:
– weekends free travel, weekdays 50 % discount or opposite of this
I hope it’s true, because it will be my first thing to do in Enschede when I’ll arrive :)

Actually, it’s a 60% discount ;-)

And I had to pick it up at the post office, not an IB-Groep office.

However, I’m not sure whether you’re eligible (or even what you are coming to the Netherlands for ;-). There’s a Swedish student in my class and she was not eligible for the OV-Studentenkaart because the Swedish government funds her study (just like the Dutch funds mine – to a certain extent, at least).

I met with one of my friend from the the same city I am from, and he study/work in the Netherlands like I will, and he get this kaart, so I hope I will get it too :) Just need papers from school and from work, and they don’t like if you mention any ‘scholarship money thing’... so, yeah a little cheatin’ on the system, if I don’t want to wear the same shoes as the Swedish girl.

Oh, very nice ^.^
(And the Swedish girl isn’t that bad off, because she does receive money from Sweden… I don’t know if that’s the case for you)

I will receive money from my school (hungarian one) as well as a scholarship money, but I would like to get all the discounts from the dutch government too, cause you know here in Hungary the GDP is lower… :)