About Suriname
Suriname is the smallest country in South America and the only one where Dutch is the official language, a legacy of Dutch rule that ended in 1975. Around 90 percent of it is rainforest on the Guiana Shield, and nearly everyone lives on the narrow coastal strip. The population is unusually mixed, with Sranan Tongo as the common tongue.
Known for Dutch colonial Paramaribo, roti and pom, Maroon river communities, near-total forest cover and leatherback turtle nesting.
Getting around
The state operator NVB runs more than sixty bus routes across eight districts — Paramaribo, Wanica, Para, Saramacca, Sipaliwini, Brokopondo, Marowijne and Nickerie — and boat services in Marowijne, Commewijne and Brokopondo. Licensed private buses run alongside it under permits covering 05:00 to 21:00. NVB carries people by road and water using hired vehicles and vessels rather than a fleet of its own.
Areas of Suriname
- Paramaribo · 100 places
- Nieuw Nickerie · 26 places
- Lelydorp · 6 places
- Commewijne · 4 places
- Maretraite · 3 places
- Noord · 3 places
- Wanica · 3 places
- Weytinghweg · 3 places
- Afobakka · 2 places
- Bigi Poika · 2 places
- Domburg · 2 places
- Flora · 2 places
- Meerzorg · 2 places
- Nieuw Lombe · 2 places
- Overbridge · 2 places
- Para · 2 places
- Rainville · 2 places
- Van Drimmelenpolder · 2 places
- Bakhuis · 1 place
- Beekhuizen · 1 place
- Brokopondo · 1 place
- Charlesburg · 1 place
- De Nieuwe Grond · 1 place
- Einde Rust · 1 place
- Foengoe Island · 1 place
- Friendship · 1 place
- Grankreek · 1 place
- Groningen · 1 place
- Hollandse Kamp · 1 place
- Houttuin · 1 place
- Kwatta · 1 place
- Maretraite 1+2 · 1 place
- Maretraite 5 · 1 place
- Marowijne · 1 place
- Matta Vlinder · 1 place
- Mombobasi · 1 place
- Nickerie · 1 place
- Onverdacht · 1 place
- Onverwacht · 1 place
- Pikien Santi · 1 place
- Pikin Slee · 1 place
- Powakka · 1 place
- Sipaliwini · 1 place
- Tamanredjo ꦠꦩꦤ꧀ꦉꦗ · 1 place
- Tourtonne Garden · 1 place
- Victoria · 1 place
- Villa Brazil · 1 place
- Waldeck · 1 place
- Welgelegen · 1 place
- Zoewatta · 1 place