Your ticket is valid throughout Holland on all city trams and buses. Your fare depends on how many zones will travel. The centre of Amsterdam is all in the same zone.

There are two ways of collecting fares:
In some trams there is an extra conductor in the back. If you haven’t got a ticket or haven’t validated it you must get in at the rear. Some trams do not have the rear conductor. This means you will have to get in at the front. The driver will sell you a ticket and validate it for you.

It’s far better to buy your ‘strippenkaart’ in advance because on the tram or bus you will pay double the price.

You can buy your 'strippenkaart’ at the VVV or at the train station. There are two types one with 15 strips and another one with 45 strips. When you get on the tram, assuming you are only going within one zone, you validate 2 ticket-spaces on your card. You can do this in the yellow boxes inside the trams and buses.

When you have validated your ticket it can be used during one hour, which means that you can change trams/ buses, or that you can get to you destination and back as long as it does not take longer than one hour.

If you are over 60 or under 11 you pay half price, your ‘strippenkaart’ is pink.

If you want to travel on the tram all day it may be a good idea to buy a ticket for the circle tram. It’s number 20. It runs every day from 9.00 until 19.00 hours. From Centraal Station the first trip departs at 9.00 and the last one at 18.00 hours. This applies to both the A and B direction. The A route is clockwise the B route is anti clockwise.

This is its route:
Centraal Station - Dam - Spui - Muntplein - Rembrandtplein - Waterlooplein - Mr. Visserplein - Plantage Parklaan - Plantage Kerklaan - Nieuwe Keizersgracht - Roetersstraat - Weesperplein - Oosteinde - Frederiksplein - Stadhouderskade- van Woustraat - 2e van der Helststraat - Ferdinand Bolstraat - Ruysdaelkade - Roelof Hartplein - Museumplein - van Baerlestraat - Hobbemastraat - Leidseplein - Raamplein - Elandsgracht - Marnixstraat - Westermarkt - Dam - Nieuwezijds Kolk - Martelaarsgracht - Centraal Station

Tickets can be obtained from the conductor in the rear. All normal tickets are valid on the Circle-tram. However, a special Circle-tram ticket is available. A Circle-tram ticket is valid on every tram, bus and metro in Amsterdam and can be obtained for a period of 1 up to 4 days.