Visas and entry, money, SIM cards, health and staying safe.
The number after each category is how many places are published in it today.
Academisch Ziekenhuis Paramaribo (AZP), Flustraat: Suriname's academic teaching hospital with a 24-hour emergency department. Switchboard +597 442222, publicrelations@azp.sr, azp.sr. Visiting hours are posted on site only.
Best for medical emergencies, serious illness or injury
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Pharmacy at Kwattaweg 402 in Welgelegen listed as open 07:00–22:00 every day including Sundays, the longest published hours of any Paramaribo pharmacy we found. Reachable by phone overnight; not a walk-in 24-hour pharmacy.
Best for after-hours medicine, emergencies
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Apotheek Noord, Jozef Israëlstraat 95, Paramaribo-Noord: open Monday to Friday 08:00–18:00, Saturday 09:00–16:00, closed Sundays and public holidays. Phone +597 453123; prescriptions accepted by WhatsApp. Prescription and over-the-counter medicines.
Best for prescription refills, over-the-counter medicine
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Finabank is a Surinamese commercial bank with its main office at Dr. Sophie Redmondstraat 59-61 in central Paramaribo and five further branches around the country. It operates Finamatic ATMs at its branches and its cards work on the national Cashpnt ATM network.
Best for cash withdrawals, travellers needing USD or EUR
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Sint Vincentius Ziekenhuis, also known as the RKZ, is a general hospital at Koninginnestraat 4 in central Paramaribo. It runs a broad set of specialist departments plus an ambulance service and an in-house pharmacy.
Best for travellers staying in the centre, specialist consultations
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De Surinaamsche Bank is a Surinamese commercial bank offering payment accounts, card services, internet banking and a mobile app. It publishes daily buying and selling rates for the US dollar and the euro against the Surinamese dollar on its website.
Best for changing money, checking the SRD rate
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Digicel Suriname is a mobile operator offering prepaid service, a 30-day tourist eSIM in three data tiers, and a preloaded prepaid physical SIM sold as SIM-to-GO. Its Suriname site runs a store locator and the MyDigicel app is used for activation and plan management.
Best for short-stay visitors, eSIM users
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Suriname’s regional primary-health service, running some 45 health centres with pharmacies along the coast from Albina to Nickerie and publishing the official on-call (wachtdienst) schedules.
Best for primary care, on-call schedules
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Republic Bank Suriname: the country's largest commercial ATM network and the one most likely to accept foreign Visa and Mastercard; ATMs run around the clock, branch hours are not published on republicbanksr.com.
Best for foreign cards, ATM withdrawals
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Suriname's entry formalities are handled entirely online through the government's authorised e-visa portal, which issues visas, e-tourist cards and the entry-fee voucher travellers must show at airline check-in. Most nationalities may enter visa-free for tourism or family visits for up to 90 days but still pay a per-entry fee.
Best for trip planning, pre-departure paperwork
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Telesur is a Surinamese telecommunications operator selling prepaid mobile service, SIM cards through its e-shop and prepaid data bundles ranging from 12-hour packages to 30-day plans. Its helpdesk is reachable on short code 152 from a Surinamese line.
Best for travellers needing a local SIM, longer stays
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