Guides · Amsterdam · 4
Guides to the small details that go wrong
Each guide takes one practical detail, such as an address, a number or a time, and explains it slowly. They are longer than the other pages, but the sentences stay short.
- Amsterdam addresses decoded: gracht, straat, kade, house numbers and floorsAn Amsterdam address looks short, but it carries a lot of information in a few marks. A letter after the number, a Roman numeral, a word such as hs: each one tells her which door to use and how many stairs to climb. This guide reads an address piece by piece, and then shows how to write yours so that it cannot be misread.2026-09-09
- Euro figures written two ways: reading 1.250 and 1,250 without a mistakeThe same price can be written 1,250 in one country and 1.250 in the next. A reader who learned the other way can see one thousand two hundred and fifty as one euro and twenty-five cents. This guide explains the two systems, shows how every rate on this site is written, and gives you a quick check that works for any figure you read.2026-08-26
- The 24-hour clock and day-month dates: agreeing an hour without confusionAn hour and a date are the two facts a booking cannot do without, and they are also the two facts that different countries write in different ways. This guide explains the twenty-four hour clock, the day-first date, the night that crosses midnight and the clock change, and it ends with one line that fixes the hour for both sides.2026-08-12
- Cash in another currency at the door: what "any major currency" meansRates on this site are in euros, but the balance at the door can be paid in cash in another major currency. This guide explains what major means here, how the exact sum in your currency is agreed in writing before she sets out, what to have ready, and why a card or crypto can be the simpler choice.2026-07-29