ATMs and Currency Exchange at Schiphol Airport

Where are the ATMs at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol?

Cash machines are spread through Schiphol Plaza landside and the departure lounges airside, most of them operated by GWK Travelex alongside its exchange desks (checked September 2026). You can withdraw euros and, at some machines, foreign currency. The Netherlands is largely card-based, so most travellers need little or no cash.

• ✓ATMs sit in Schiphol Plaza, the arrivals halls and in Lounges 1, 2 and 3.
• ✓GWK Travelex exchange desks are in Lounge 1, 2 and 3, the D-pier and the G/H corridor airside.
• ✓A landside GWK Travelex desk is in Arrivals 3, open about 06:00 to 22:00.
• ✓Contactless card payment is accepted almost everywhere at the airport and on public transport.

What are the GWK Travelex opening hours?

Airside, the Lounge 1 and Lounge 3 desks open 06:00 to 22:00, Lounge 2 opens 06:00 to 21:00, the D-pier desk 06:00 to 20:00 and the G/H corridor desk 07:00 to 16:00 (checked September 2026). ATMs work around the clock.

You can order foreign currency online at gwktravelex.nl and collect it at the airport before or after security, and change leftover currency back to euros on return.

How do you avoid high fees at airport ATMs?

Airport exchange desks and their ATMs build in a wide margin, so withdraw only what you need for the first day. When the machine offers to convert to your home currency, decline it and choose to be charged in euros; your own bank's rate is almost always better. If you can, use a bank ATM in the city, marked Geldmaat, which charges no operator fee for foreign cards.

Tips for cash and cards at Schiphol

• ✓Decline dynamic currency conversion and pay in euros.
• ✓Trains, buses and most shops accept contactless cards, so a small amount of cash is enough.
• ✓Check the fee screen before confirming a withdrawal.
• ✓Some Dutch shops do not accept credit cards; a debit card is safer.
• ✓Exchange leftover coins before you fly; desks rarely take coins back.