Rijkswaterstaat confirms the crowds. “The closer you get to Schiphol, the busier it gets. There was also an accident at Schiphol this morning, so it was completely stuck.” Yet it is not busier than Rijkswaterstaat had estimated in advance.
In any case, catch -up climbers are (yet) there, says the spokesperson. On the route between Amsterdam and Schiphol (A10, A4) – where trains do run – it is almost Business as usualaccording to the spokesperson.
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Motorists do take creative (shortcut) routes to get to the airport. “Gekkenhuis. From the exit I have been in a traffic jam,” a man tells Schiphol reporter Eline Boshuizen. “In total I have been busy here for ten to fifteen minutes.”