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Netherlands The Netherlands are well connected by road, rail, boat and air to the rest of the world. Schiphol airport (Amsterdam) has become one of the busiest airports of Europe but is actually a nice place to arrive. Picking up relative cheap flights to Amsterdam shouldn't be a problem. There are direct International trains from Berlin (about every four hours), Belgium (every half hour), Paris (every three hours, about) and further afield to Prague, Vienna, Basel and Milan. Getting a reservation on the International trains especially in summer is not a bad idea. A lot of those trains are mostly sleepers, so demand for seats outstrips supply easily. There are some excellent long distance busses running from all over Europe into the Netherlands. Eurolines is where you could check, but also have a look at the small ads in travel sections of newspapers. Bustrips to/from London or Paris could cost less then f50,-, while even tickets all the way to Istanbul can be had. In the sixties even tickets upto Delhi could be had, but ever since the Iranian revolution, you have to chance in Istanbul and then again in Teheran. The most relevant boat connections are with Great Brittan. Numerous Ferry boats do the trip from Hoek van Holland and there is a twice daily Train/Boat combi that brings you right into London. If you don't bring your own car, it might work out cheaper to get a bus ticket that includes the ferry (but might you first drive all the way to France). Driving into the Netherlands is easy. Good roads cross into Belgium and Germany and nobody at the border checks cars, so you hardly notice you're in a different country.
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