It provides test reports, travel services and roadside assistance and is comparable to the German Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club (ADAC) and the British Automobile Association (AA).

The ANWB was founded on July 1, 1883 in Utrecht by members of the velocipede clubs in The Hague and Haarlem under the name Nederlandsche Vélocipèdisten-Bond.

In addition to selling insurance, travel and testing, there is also the Wegenwacht (founded in 1946), an emergency center and legal assistance activities of the ANWB.

Since the end of the eighties, the ANWB has also provided traffic information for regional and national radio stations.

[3] Following the example of the British Automobile Association, the ANWB wanted to start their own roadside assistance service (in the Netherlands more commonly known as a Wegenwacht) in 1939.

It is also the only breakdown service provider that is allowed to directly repair, or work on cars along the Dutch highways.