Since we don't have a car in the Netherlands, and still want & need to move around, we're subject to the joys & sorrows of other modes of transport...
Luckily public transport by train is quite good - if there are no accidents or maintenance works on the rails, broken down trains, or strikes. In fact it equals driving your own car, which is also hampered by accidents, road works and breakdowns, and, instead of strikes, omnipresent traffic jams.
The problem is getting to & fro railway stations, but we got the perfect solution: folding bikes. Bicycles are very popular in the Netherlands anyway, and the fold-in, fit-in public transport, variety is like the best invention ever to extend your radius!
A few 'big' cities in the Randstad (urbanized area in the west) also have metros and trams (like a goutrein), but biking is so much faster. And then there are the busses - well, avoiding experiences with those, we can't really tell you anything about them...
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