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- <text id=93CT1799>
- <title>
- Netherlands Antilles--Travel
- </title>
- <title>
- Aruba--Travel
- </title>
- <history>
- Compact ALMANAC--CIA Factbook
- Caribbean
- Netherlands Antilles
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>CIA World Factbook</source>
- <hdr>
- Travel
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> Clothing: Clothing needs are similar to those of Washington,
- DC, but the Netherlands' climate is cooler in the summer, milder
- in the winter, and has more rain, i.e. a climate similar to that
- of Seattle, Washington.
- </p>
- <p> Currency: Currency unit is the Dutch guilder (Fl.); foreign
- exchange control regulations place no limit on the amount of
- foreign currency or negotiable instruments that may be imported.
- </p>
- <p> Health: Medical facilities are good. Community sanitation is
- comparable to standards in US cities.
- </p>
- <p> Telecommunications: Facilities are good for local and
- long-distance use. Amsterdam and The Hague are six time zones
- ahead of eastern standard time.
- </p>
- <p> Transportation: Good public transportation by bus and
- streetcar is available in the cities and serves principal
- sectors of the city as well as the suburbs. Most Dutch cities
- are connected by rail, and almost all regions of the
- Netherlands are accessible by good public transportation.
- Excellent transportation to other principal European cities also
- is available. The main international airport is at Schiphol,
- near Amsterdam, but a few international flights also arrive at
- Rotterdam and Maastricht Airports.
- </p>
- <p>Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs,
- September 1987.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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