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Home » Reader question » Wifi and calling in the Netherlands?
Wifi and calling in the Netherlands?
Dear readers,
After many years I travel to the Netherlands again, this time for the first time with my iPhone. I prefer to be connected to the internet immediately upon arrival at Schiphol.
How do I handle this? Can I arrange that from Thailand? Can I organize this on arrival?
And if I want to call a landline?
Thanks in advance!
Regards,
Paul
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You can already start by logging into the airport net at Schiphol for free. After that you can still buy a ticket
Paul, I bought a SIM card from KPN at the AH for 9,99, unlimited internet for a month. You will receive 2,50 bonus credit after activation and another 7,50 if you register at KPN. You can top up with a minimum of 10 euros
Look at this one https://www.gratis.nl/simkaart.php Paul's website.
You could also use Skype to make cheap calls (to fixed and mobile). Skype to Phone. Create an account and buy credit.
Wifi is available at most NS train stations and most intercity trains. (Do not use for confidential internet traffic.)
You can go to both the Airport of Schiphol and that of Bangkok.
Get free WiFi.
You only have to ask for the password at the information.
Then you can also call with Skype.
That's how I've always done it.
Then I buy a Dutch SIM card, at a supermarket or drugstore.
You don't have to legitimize either.
Hans van Mourik.
Hi Paul,
I have more or less the same question. I think I've found the solution
in the following: arrival in the afternoon at Schiphol, then directly at Schiphol itself to
a shop that sells sim cards/call credit/internet. I believe that KPN, among others, is not one
offers an overpriced temporary SIM with unlimited internet.
Thanks for all the responses!!
This helps me a lot!!
Install the Mobile Voip app.
Create an account on e.g. Freevoipdeal.com (keep the username and password, you need both to be able to log in via that app.
You use your Thai address for the account (then no VAT will be charged when you purchase call credit).
Buy € 10 calling credit (you can already do this when you create the account).
You can now call anywhere your phone has a WiFi (internet) connection via the app. Then you can call all fixed numbers in NL (and many other countries) for free and pay little for calls to mobile numbers (eg only 1,8 cents per minute to a NL number).
If you are in NL later, order a pre-paid SIM card from Simyo in good time (have it sent to a NL address). If you choose the € 7,50 option, you only pay € 5). Make sure you don't go for Sim Only (then you're stuck with a subscription).
You can put that SIM in your phone (it is best to use a dual SIM phone). You can then at least be called on a NL number (also useful to receive text messages in Thailand, for example from your bank).
You can keep this number indefinitely and the call credit will not be lost. The only condition: send one text message or make one phone call at least once in six months.
When ordering, scroll down a bit and enter the following number in the "Tipped by a friend?" block: 06-22783938.
You will then receive € 5 extra call credit (and so do I, to be honest). In fact, you then have your SIM and NL number for free, with € 12,50 calling credit.
You can of course also use that Simyo calling credit to purchase a month's internet bundle for those times when you don't have WiFi available and would like to make calls/use the internet.