National emergency number
112
Police (general number)
0900 88 44
Police (anonymous)
0800 70 00
Fire Department
020 555 66 66
24 hour Medical Service
088 003 0600
If you’ve lost something at Schiphol Airport or on the train, bus, tram or metro, these are the numbers to call and places to go.
schiphol Airport 0900 01 41 (€0,40 per minute)
Amsterdam Centraal 020 557 85 44 (lost property on trains). 0900 321 21 (lost property on trams/bus/metro)
Police Amsterdam (Lost and Found) 020 251 02 22 (Monday to Friday 12.00 to 16.00 hrs)
Telephone numbers in the Netherlands.
The Netherlands have various kinds of information phone numbers. An information number is a service that you pay extra for. However, a 0800 number in general is for free.
0900 numbers are used for bussiness information for which you pay more than normal rate. So take care!
Many phone numbers in this guide start with 020. This is the Amsterdam area code for which you pay a local rate if you use a land line.
Finally there is the 088 number. This is a national phone number used by companies that have branch offices all over the country.