A Dutch Octopus

3 June 2010 - One of the delights of traveling with public transport in Hong Kong is the Octopus card. The card makes it possible to travel with metro, bus, tram and ferries for a prepaid amount, and has been copied in other cities all over the world. The Dutch will now introduce their version of the Octopus-card: the OV-Chipcard. The smartcard will eventually be the only mode of payment all over the country - which is great news. It will replace the paper-tickets and infamous strippenkaart, which was a nightmare for tourists and locals alike.

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