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Bank holidays:
- New Year’s Day: January 1
- Easter
- April 30: Koninginnedag, Queen’s Day
- May 4: Dodenherdenking, it honors all those who died in the II World War
- May 5: Liberation Day
- Ascension Day
- Pentecost
- December 5 and 6: Sinterklaas, St. Nicolaus Day
- December 25: Christmas day
International dialling code: in order to call Holland from Italy first you have to dial 0031 and then the area code of Amsterdam, which is 020. In order to call Italy from Holland, first you have to dial the Italian international dialling code, 0039, and then the full area code followed by the number of the selected person you wish to call.
Timeslot: GMT/UTC+1 (the same as in Italy)
Hospital:
VU University Medical Center
PO box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam
tel. +31 020 444 44 44
fax +31 020 444 46 45
Emergency Contact Phone Numbers:
- ANWB Rescue: 0800 0888 (24-hours)
- Sanitary cover: you may have a E111 form before leaving
- Central Medical Service: 0900 5032042
Chemists Opening times: Monday-Friday, 8.30am - 5.30pm. Shifts on nights and weekends
- Ambulance, Fire Brigade and Police: 112 (free number)
- Police, head office: 0900 8844
Police stations:
- Elandsracht 117, tel. 0031 205 599 111
- Lijnbaansgracht 219, tel. 0031 205 592 310
- Warmoesstraat 44, tel. 0031 205 592 210
Embassies and Consulates
Consolato italiano:Vijzelstraat 79
1017 HG Amsterdam
Tel. +31(0)20 5502050
Fax: +31(0)20 6262444
E-mail: consolato.amsterdam@esteri.it
Orari: lunedì-venerdì 08.48-16.30
Orari apertura al pubblico: lunedì-venerdì 10.00-12.00
mercoledì: 10.00-12.00 e 14.00-16.00
Gli uffici sono chiusi al pubblico il primo e l'ultimo giovedì di ogni mese.
Ambasciata Italiana: si trova a Den Haag(l'Aja), Alexanderstraat 12, Den Haag, tel. 070.302.10.30
Tourist Offices:
The Amsterdam Tourist Office, known as “VVV”, is located in different places all around the city. The biggest one is at the 2nd platform of the Central Station and usually it’s open from 8.00am till 8.00pm. The old tourist office is in front of the station, just across tram tracks. Other offices are in Leidseplein (from 9.00am till 7.00pm), in Stadionplein (in the southern part of the city) and at Schiphol Airport. Here they are:
- In front of the central station
- Inside the central station
- Near the central square Leidseplein, at the corner between Leidseplein and the pedestrian street Leidsestraat
- aeroporto Amsterdam Schiphol
For tourist information please contact the Amsterdam Tourist Board: +31-900 4004040 / +31-205512512.
Inside the Amsterdam Tourist Board Office you can purchase the “I Amsterdam card”, which offers free entrance to many museums and many discounts.
Distances from the other main cities :
Amsterdam- Rotterdam: 73Km
Amsterdam-Haarlem: 80Km
Amsterdam-Utrecht: 41Km
Amsterdam-L'Aia: 58 Km
Amsterdam-Leiden: 45Km