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'''Suriname''' is a country in [[South America]]. Since it's a former colony of the [[Netherlands]], Dutch is the official language.
== Access ==
From Europe you will have to fly from [[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol|Schiphol]] airport ([[Amsterdam]]); there is also flight coming from [[Miami]]. By land you can come from [[French Guiana]] (part of [[France]]) or [[Guyana]]. In both cases there is a river to cross, the French side has a bridge, the British side doesn't and to cross you have to chose between ''the big boat'' (the official, legal ferry, this is for people with passports) or ''the little boats'' (home-owned, illegal boats that take locals back and forth across the border; only use this option if you don't have the correct paperwork and remember you will be a legal alien once on the other side...)
== Visas ==
As of 2011 Suriname is the only country in South America that requires a Visa for Europeans and North Americans to enter the country. The cost in 2011 was 45 US$ or 40 euros, and it involves at least 3 days' paperwork in Paramaribo if you don't have the visa prepared before you arrive in the country.
== Road network ==
