Public transport
How does the public transport work in our country.
The OV-chipkaart is the ticket for public transport in the Netherlands. If you carry an OV-chipkaart with you, you will no longer need to think about bus, metro and train tickets. You can travel on trains, trams, buses and metros with a single card. Read all about the OV-chipkaart here below.
We would recommend you to buy an anonymous chipkaart
- You can share your card with the whole family (but not at the same time). For example, you can use the anonymous card to travel to Amsterdam by train and the next day your son can use the same card to take the bus to the swimming pool.
- Available at train stations, in newsagents, supermarkets and at service counters.
- If you load credit, you can use the card immediately.
- The price for an anonymous OV- chipkaart is € 7,50
- It is not possible to travel with an age discount. This is possible with a personal OV-chipkaart only.
- If you want to travel by train only, we recommend you to buy train tickets with discount at the website of the European Masters Championships. This is cheaper.
Load before you travel
You will need to load the card before you start your journey. You can do this with money, which means you will be travelling on credit and will pay per kilometre travelled. Or you can do it with a travel product, such as a season ticket for commuting or a discount ticket for offpeak travel.
Checking in
You must always check in and out with an OV-chipkaart. At the start of your journey, hold your card against the screen on a gate or card reader. Your card will be checked to ensure you have a valid travel product or sufficient credit. Then the gate will open, or the card reader will beep to confirm.
Checking out
At the end of your journey, or when you transfer to another mode of transport, hold your card against the screen on a gate or card reader. The card reader will check whether you have travelled using a travel product or on credit. If you have travelled on credit, the card reader will display the cost of your journey. The boarding fare, minus the cost of your journey, will be returned to your card. Don't forget to check out! Otherwise you will lose your full boarding fare (!).
Personal Chipkaart
Children and passengers over 65 travel at discounted fares because of their age. This discount can only be applied if you are travelling on credit with a personal OV-chipkaart. The discount applies to the basic fare and boarding fare. You can pick up a paper application form for a personal OV-chipkaart at the counters for public transport
How much is the boarding fare?
The current full boarding fares are € 4 for traveling by bus and for traveling by train € 20,-. You will not be able to travel if you have negative credit on your card.
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