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Important to know when living in The NetherlandsID card/passportIn The Netherlands you are obliged to always carry an ID card or passport with you.MoneyYou can open a bank account. Most chance you will have with a local bank of i.e. the Rabobank. Youneed to fill in some papers and you will receive a card with a ‘pin code’. This card can be used to getmoney from your account and to pay with in i.e. shops. It can be used everywhere in The Netherlandsand often even abroad. The card also has a ‘chipknip’: you can load small amounts of money on yourcard for small payments and making phone calls.Public transportAt train stations of the ‘Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)’ you can buy a card for 40% discount on traintrips after 9.00 a.m. and during the weekends. This card costs €55,00 a year. Also for busses and tramsthere are possibilities to travel with discount. Ask your host organization for more information.ShopsShops are usually open from Monday to Saturday from 9.00 a.m. until 5.00 or 6.00 p.m. On Mondaysshops often open a couple of hours later. Shops are normally closed on Sundays, but in large cities theyare open at least once a month on Sunday. In some small towns shops and other businesses close forlunch break. In some cities the shops are open Thursdays until 9.00 p.m., in others that is on Friday.Supermarkets usually open earlier and close later than shops and banks etc.Q