Today’s Picks
Real published content from Hokimi.
TIP
The nights are properly dark again: Orion's public stargazing evenings are free, Bussloo is 6 euro on Fridays
About forty of them, priced apart
TICKET
Sagrada Familia fast-track: price your own group at the official rates first, then judge the gap
Under-30s have an official rate too
NEWS
The Zeelandbrug shuts to cars for six weeks from today: detours via N57, A58 and A4, while bikes still cross
Cyclists cross, drivers detour
RECOMMENDED
Tomado TWD2503B hot-water dispenser, 2,5 litres and 2200 W: heat only the 200 millilitres
Four draws: 150 to 500 millilitres
GUIDE
Three tickets for one weekend: a 9,95 euro cave tour, a 10,40 euro museum and a 13,85 euro national park
Each one has a rain answer
TIP
Dutch cycling fines in 2026: €75 for lights, €120 for red, €170 for a phone in your hand
Flashing lamps do not count
TIP
Pick-your-own near Utrecht: free entry, €5 parking, and the sum per kilo
Three kilos adds €1.67 per kilo
TIP
Subtract the door price from the NS bundle: Ouwehands lands on minus 1,50 euro, NEMO on 3,50
The remainder is your train fare
TIP
NS delay refunds split by fare type: a day return pays a quarter at 30 minutes
Under EUR 2.30 you get nothing
TIP
Restaurant Week has a Michelin-starred table: subtract the normal price first
Median of 28 menus is 47,50 euro
TIP
Natuurmonumenten parking caps at €8 a day: a €48 membership breaks even on day six
Six full days, or twelve short ones
TIP
Childcare allowance caps at 11,23 euro an hour: everything above it is yours alone
Subtract the cap before you budget
TIP
Two supermarkets recalled organic brie on the same day: read 31-08, 01-09 and 03-09 on the pack
Check the date, not the brand
RECOMMENDED
VITASENSE water-saving shower head at 19,95: catch one minute of hot water first
Two showerers: back in five months
FREE
Breda Barst is free across both days: Saturday opens at 13:00 and the park holds a children-only MiniBarst
Entry is free, tokens are not
TIP
Tours at Fort Kijkduin cost nothing extra: 11,50 euro entry, and the 45 euro annual card pays off on visit four
The date you pick decides the value
RULES
Hand in banned fireworks free and anonymously: a 39-day window with no fine and no record
No ID is asked and no cap applies
RECOMMENDED
Dutch swimming lessons: compare the price per diploma, never the price per lesson
One pool 560,20 all in, another 102
TIQETS
I amsterdam City Card from 67 euro: two museums and a cruise already reach 56
The clock starts at first scan, in hours
RECOMMENDED
A 75-euro ten-visit card at an indoor playground pays for itself on visit seven, not visit one
Single entry 10,95, with card 7,50
TIQETS
Go City London Explorer Pass: the seventh attraction adds 11,66 euro
The seventh credit costs least
RECOMMENDED
A rainy afternoon at the indoor pool: the 12-swim card saves 1,07 per visit, but the 10 euro wristband is not refundable
A green-dot Stadspas enters for 1
TIP
Your servicekosten statement was due by 30 June: dig out the 2025 one, because any overpayment is yours
Prepaid minus actual is your refund
RECOMMENDED
AWEMOZ self-adhesive draught strip, 12 metres for 11,99 euro: almost exactly one euro a metre
Measure the frame before buying