The journey planners on this site are collected for the benefit of the Center and its contacts, but ma y be used by anyone anywhere. Travel planners and reservation systems are among the most widely used algorithmic systems. Their features impress and inspire. The weblinks are biased towards travel to/in/from the Netherlands for our colleagues and contacts. Any responsibility or risk involved in using the information on this site is fully your own.

Train

• Netherlands: Nederlandse Spoorwegen, plan a journey, trein radar, train map
• Europe: Deutsche Bundesbahn, European railways - timetables, German rail, Rail Europe.
• General: Trein.startpagina, Online trainplanners
• Netherlands (train delays): ProRail

Bus, Metro, Tram, Bicycle, Ferry, etc

• Public transport planner: 9292, OV reisinfo, GVU-Connexxion (Utrecht region).
• Bus transport: bus travel startpagina, Eurolines.
• Bicycle route planner: Fietsrouteplanner, LF-fietsrouteplanner
• Ferries: veerdiensten.startpagina.nl, ferry-services worldwide

Airlines

• Reservations:
  • CheapTickets.nl, General Fly, Schipholtickets.nl, Vliegtickets.nl, Vliegwinkel.nl, WTC.nl.
  • ebookers.nl, Expedia.nl, Flug.de, Hipmunk.
  • Air Transat, easyJet, KLM (also KLM internet check-in), Transavia, Vergelijk tickets, other.
• Schiphol airport: arrivals-departures, NOS teletekst (page 756).
• Flight status: flight aware, flight radar, flight stats.
• Airlines, airports, airplanes: airline websites (Skytrax), directory, codes, vergelijk.
• General links: vliegen.startpagina, wereldreiziger.net.

Routes

• Find location: ANWB.
• Netherlands: ANWB, filewissel (β), Google Maps NL, Onderweg, Routenet. Reistijdverwachting (VID), Tripcast.
• Europe: ANWB routeplanner, Map24, MapQuest, TomTom, Tripcast.
• General: Google Maps, Live maps, route.startpagina.nl.

Traffic situation

• Netherlands
  • Congestion/files: ANWB, verkeerplaza, file index, NOS verkeer, VID, TomTom.
  • Traffic expected: verkeersverwachting.
  • General: Van A naar Beter, verkeersinformatiedienst, nos.nl, wereldreiziger.net.
• Belgium: verkeerscentrum.be.
• Germany: ADAC, Verkehrsinformation.de.

Weather

• Netherlands: buienradar (also: sneeuwradar), neerslagradar (incl Europe), weerplaza, KNMI, weeronline, weer actueel.
• Europe: weer.nl (Europe), weeronline (Europe), bergfex.de, niederschlagsradar.de, wetter.de, yr.no.
• World: Foreca, via Michelin (NL), Yahoo, Wunderground.

Hotels

• Netherlands: Hotels.nl, Hotel specials (NL), Holland hotels, VVV, Netherlands hotels (Trip Advisor).
• Europe: Europe Hotels (Trip Advisor), travel planning (Amexco), via Michelin (NL).
• Reviews: Trip advisor, zoover.
• Bookings
  • Search engines: hotels (KLM), hotels combined
  • General: Active hotels, Booking.com, Booking.com (ANWB), Expedia, Hotels.com, Hotel specials, Hotelopedia (NL), Skoosh, Trivago (World), Trivago (NL site).
  • Own hotel booking sites, Accor hotels, Best Western hotels, NH hotels.
• NB: the use of all booking and reservation sites is your own responsibility

Restaurants, Events

• Netherlands: couverts, dining city , dinner site, eet.nu, iens index, restaurants, restaurantgids, via Michelin, Utrecht (Utrecht).
• Events and trips (NL): uit met korting.nl, weekendje weg.

Traveler Rights

• Air travel: Flight Rights, passenger rights (NL), passenger rights, EUclaim, flightright.
• Train travel: rights for rail passengers (EU).
• General: passagierrechten (NL, incl forms).

Travel Information

• Netherlands: VVV, Visiting The Netherlands (Trip Advisor).
• Europe: National tourist information (right column), The Europe Overview (Trip Advisor).
• Travel guides: via Michelin, wikitravel, wikivoyage, wordtravels, world travel guide.
• Currencies: currency converter (Yahoo), currency converter (Oanda), universal currency converter (XE).
• Time and date: Timeanddate.com, World Clock - Time Zones, Time zones (Wikipedia), Time zone converter.
• General: wereldreiziger.net.

Travel Advice

• Advice: reisadviezen (foreign affairs), Travel planning (KLM), ANVR (Reisondernemingen).
• Hand luggage regulations (EU): luggage (KLM).
• Travel health: reisapotheek, travel clinic (KLM), travel clinic (Havenziekenhuis), vaccinations (ITM), vaccinations (VacciWeb)
• Travel insurance:
• Travel tips: reistips (general), wijs op reis (foreign affairs), reistips (Travelmarker), travel tip (Steves), tips.
• Visas: visa service (visumdienst), visa (foreign affairs).
• Embassies, consulates: ambassade.startpagina.nl, embassies - consulates (in NL), foreign offices (foreign affairs).

Utrecht and Surroundings

• Utrecht: bezoek Utrecht (VVV), visit Utrecht (Holland), Utrecht (Youropi).
• Walking: natuurroutes (Natuurmonumenten), natuurkaart, Pieterpad, wandelpad.nl, wandelplatform-LAW, wandelroutes (ANWB), wandelzoekpagina, tekenradar.

Miscellaneous

• Language translation: Translate (Google), Translator (Bing).

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Last Changed: April 2013

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