Parking names at Schiphol Amsterdam Airport: All things typically Dutch!

Several weeks ago I was in Schiphol Amsterdam Airport sending the Dutchman off and I parked the car at the Cheese (Kaas) parking area. I thought that the parking area names are a clever way of remembering where you parked your car instead of memorizing the row number or alphabet and which level you have left your car.

And I also like the fact that they have drawings to accompany the parking names. It just makes remembering easier!

I have been a victim of not remembering where I parked my car. This happened in Manila, Philippines moons and eons ago (think along 13-15 years ago). In SM Megamall (Ortigas branch) they have 2 parking areas that are located on each side of the massive shopping mall. It was closing time so I rushed back to the car only to find out that it was not there. I searched high and low and in every nook and cranny of the parking area. The car was not there. So I ran up and down the parking levels and I even harassed the poor security guards. The car was still nowhere in sight! You can just imagine the panic that went through my head: OMG, SOMEONE STOLE MY CAR???!!!

Well, it took me some time to I realise that I actually parked the car at the other side of the building. LOL.

Anyway, if SM Megamall would have adapted a similar parking name strategy such as Schiphol Amsterdam Airport, I would not have spent an hour looking for my car and almost having a heart attack.

Here are the parking names at the short parking (kort parkeren) in Schiphol Amsterdam Airport:

Tulip (Tulp)
Windmill (Windmolen)
Farmer’s Wife (Boerin)
Lighthouse (Vuurtoren)
Cow (Koe)
Wooden Shoes (Klompen)
Dike (Dijk)
Cheese (Kaas)
Drawbridge (Ophaalbrug)
Seagull (Meeuw)
Herring (Haring)
Willow (Wilg)

Visit Period: February 2012