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PRACTICAL TOURIST TIPS, click on subjects and read below for highlights:
#1 Tip: Travel light!!! + Railpass Tips Telephone System in Holland
Getting Money in Europe, Debit/Credit Cards... More Travel Tips From trackandtrain.com

Smart Card, Tickets, Phone Cards, Two Pay Phone Systems

PTT smartcard phonecard
This shows the front and back of a PTT Smartcard (chip-on-card) prepaid phonecard. PTT cards work virtually everywhere, except train stations which use the Telfort system below.
KPN Smart phone card with ape - frontKPN Smartcard with ape
If I have the story right, PTT is now KPN, or at least their cards are compatible. I'm checking this out...
Telfort Train Station smartcard phonecard Telfort Train Station smartcard phonecard
This is a front and back view of a competing system, Telfort's Prepaid Payphone Smartcards. The Telfort phone are found almost exclusively in train stations.

train ticket Amsterdam to Haarlem
Here is a train ticket for the trip between Amsterdam and Haarlem.

van Gogh museum ticket
This is a ticket for the van Gogh museum

Rijksmuseum ticket
Here's a ticket to the Rijksmuseum