Tips for those who take a risk to have his/her vacancies in Amsterdam
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
Tips for those who take a risk to have his/her vacancies in Amsterdam
When asking my friends about difficulties in the strange city it is often to hear the answer which contains a mention of telephony and other kinds of communication.
And that is why I decided to tell you something about street phones in Amsterdam.
There are several kinds of them. For example, you can easily pay coins in coin-box telephones, but the best way is to buy a phone-card at the post-office or in the most of tobacco shops. The head post-office - postkantoor - is located at the corner Singel near the Dam square and works even on Saturdays. You can buy a 5-, 10- and 20 Euro phone-cards. The instruction for phone using will be there in both English and Dutch. And one more note: be careful with your luggage when speaking, especially at the Central Station.
Here are the phone numbers that may come handy when you are in Amsterdam:
The head post office: 5563311
Telegraph (Raadhuisstraat): 48-50
Taxi order: 6777777
Urgent help (paramedics, police, fire-fighters): 112, 555-5555
Central police station (Elandsgracht 117): 5599111
Central medical service: 0900-5032042
Enquiry service: 118, inside the country - 8008
International enquiry service: 0418
Representative office of airport of Amsterdam: 627-05-61
Extraordinary situations: 06/112
Police: 112 or 622-2222
Road service: 0888
Rescue service: 112 or 0900-8844