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Driving in the Netherlands
The following websites provide ample information regarding Dutch driving regulations, obtaining or renewing your licence, driving with a foreign licence, vehicle registration and vehicle import/export procedures.

Go to the Dutch government’s Externe link driving licence website (click on English!) for information on the following:

  • Driving Test Organisation (CBR)
  • international driving license
  • passing your test
  • possession of a foreign driving license
  • renewing your driving licence
  • road traffic signs and regulations in the Netherlands

Go to the Externe link Centre for Vehicle Technology and Information (RDW) for information on the following:

  • APK inspection of your vehicle
  • charges
  • composite vehicles and the registration mark
  • driving licence
  • exporting your vehicle
  • identification inspection requirements
  • importing your car or motorcycle into the Netherlands
  • importing your trailer or semitrailer into the Netherlands
  • modifying your car or motorcycle
  • moving abroad
  • purchasing a vehicle
  • re-imprinting your Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)
  • RWD inspection of your car or motorcycle before you import it
  • RWD inspection of your trailer before you import it
  • scrapping your vehicle
  • selling your vehicle
  • suspending the validity of the vehicle registration certificate
  • vehicle registration certificate
  • vehicle registration certificate for trailers, caravans and semitrailers
  • vehicle registration test performed
  • weighing vehicles
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Nederlanderschap
Link: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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