You can obtain information about the city of Amsterdam and the Netherlands at the VVV Tourist Offices. This section of the Foreign Staff Guide will address those practical matters which you ought to know before coming to Amsterdam.
Money matters Dutch currency is known as 'guilder' or in Dutch 'gulden'.
It is abbreviated as 'fl. ', 'fl', 'Dfl' or 'Hfl'. Please note that 1,000 guilder notes are not accepted in most stores. Though the guilder is one of the world's most stable currencies, the exchange rates fluctuate daily. The exchange rate of one US dollar is approximately fl. Most small payments in the Netherlands are handled in cash, although increasing numbers of shops and supermarkets have instituted a bank card and a four-digit PIN code system.