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=== Useful tips ===
* Use of Internet PCs in every city library, for a small price, Also you can find lots of public wi-fi networks that you can connect your laptop with for using the internet.
* When hitching in the Netherlands for a longer period (or when you're living there), it's advisable to buy yourself get a ''15-strippenkaart'' for EUR 7,60, or a chipkaart''45-strippenkaart'' for EUR 22,50 in advance in a shop. This is a lot cheaper than buying a 2-, 3one way- ticket or 8day-strippenkaart ticket on the bus or tram. (In the Netherlands any tramSee for all info http:/bus route is divided into zones/stripes ‒ for example, if you go from the centre of [[Den Haag|The Hague]] to the beach in [[Scheveningen]], it costs you 3 stripes, [[Delft]] to [[Den Haag|The Hague]] is about 8 stripeswww.ov-chipkaart. So even if you are hitching all around the Netherlands, you can get yourself a strippenkaart (valid for around one year) for getting intonl/out of city centres ‒ it will be valid all over the country.)?taal=en** '''The old ''Strippenkaart'' wonisn't be available anymore in many municipalities from 1st as of April November 2011. Current tickets The two options now are most likely be valid until May 2011 (differs within regions), from then on the new ''chipkaart'' or the new tickets called ''Gemakskaart'' will be in use, which is are way more expensive than the old ones''Strippenkaart''.'''
* The banks here often do free coffee and sometimes even cookies.
* 'Lefier' (or local job-centres) do free coffee and sometimes have jars of free chocolates and mints.
