Bus, tram, metro tickets

A 'strippenkaart' or season ticket is required within bus, tram and metro.

'Strippenkaarten'
Strippenkaarten are available in blue (full fare) and red (reduced fare).

Reduced fare
The reduced fare 'strippenkaart' is only available as '15-strippenkaart' and can only used by:

Passengers aged 65 and up who can demonstrate their age by means of a senior citizens pass or another valid identification card.

Passengers aged 65 and up who can demonstrate their age by means of a valid passport.

Holders of a student pass.

Children between 4 and 11 years of age.

Warning: in the whole city Rotterdam and the metro in Amsterdam is an OV-chipcard te only valid payment method. For futher information: please go to the official website of OV-chipcard (in English)

Point of sales
'Strippenkaarten' and season tickets can often be purchased in a shop just around the corner.

A few examples of shops are: supermarkets, book & magazine shops, tobacco shops and department stores. But there are more outlets where tickets can be bought: post offices, post agencies, TGP-Service Shops and the ticket offices of the urban and regional transport companies.

More information
For further information about the products, fares, OV point of sales:

» Please go to the 'OV-info' website (in English)