{"id":1906,"date":"2017-11-08T19:18:23","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T17:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017.utrecht.wordcamp.org\/?page_id=1906"},"modified":"2017-11-08T19:18:23","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T17:18:23","slug":"transport-and-getting-around","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/utrecht.wordcamp.org\/2017\/transport-and-getting-around\/","title":{"rendered":"Transport and getting around"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To get around the city of Utrecht, there are a couple of methods. The venue is at the Hoog Catherijne Mall, which is directly connected to the Utrecht Centraal railway station. That means that nearly all public transport is nearby.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Public transport<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Bus and tram<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/u-ov.info\/plan-mijn-reis\/visit-utrecht-area\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U-OV<\/a> &#8211; 1 day ticket \u20ac6, 3 days ticket \u20ac 11,50. Only valid in U-OV busses and trams, not in the trains.<br \/>\nThe U-OV Day ticket can be purchased at the OV Service Store conveniently located in the main hall of Utrecht Central Station (trains).<\/li>\n<li><em>Train<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ns.nl\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NS<\/a> &#8211; get an e-ticket or buy a single ticket at the vending machines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Taxi<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>There are plenty of them, not very cheap but can be recognized by the &#8216;Taxi&#8217; sign and the blue license plate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>On foot<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bike<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>If you don&#8217;t bring your own bike, you could try to rent one. Rental starts at \u20ac7,50 per day for an ordinary bike. Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bimbimbikes.nl\/s\/Utrecht,+Nederland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BimBimBikes<\/a> for bike rental companies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Intending to go around <strong>by car<\/strong>? The answer is short: <strong>DON&#8217;T<\/strong>. Parking rates are exorbitant high in Utrecht (almost \u20ac5 per hour!). There are a lot of construction sites down town, so your navigation unit won&#8217;t be able to give the proper directions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To get around the city of Utrecht, there are a couple of methods. The venue is at the Hoog Catherijne Mall, which is directly connected to the Utrecht Centraal railway station. That means that nearly all public transport is nearby. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/utrecht.wordcamp.org\/2017\/transport-and-getting-around\/\">Lees verder <span class=\"assistive-text\">Transport and getting around<\/span>  <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13718828,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1906","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8G0B4-uK","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utrecht.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utrecht.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utrecht.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utrecht.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13718828"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utrecht.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1906"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/utrecht.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1910,"href":"https:\/\/utrecht.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1906\/revisions\/1910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utrecht.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}