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It is easy to call internationally but when I try to explain it to someone, it sounds very difficult.  So, here is my quick and easy guide to dialing phone numbers around the world.

The United States uses 011 as the international dialing prefix.  The rest of the world uses 00.  So, to dial a foreign telephone number, enter any numbers specific to the telephone that you are using, such as 9 or 0 to get an outside line if you are in an office or a hotel room.  Then dial the the international dialing prefix (011 in USA, 00 anywhere else) and then dial the country code for the country that you are calling and the telephone number.

A short list of country codes:
1   USA
31  Netherlands
45  Denmark
44  United Kingdom
Examples:
Calling Holland from the US:  011-31-12-345-6789
Calling Denmark from Holland:  00-45-1234-5678
Calling US from Denmark:  00-1-123-456-7890

The gotcha is that for calling within a European country, a zero is often added to the telephone number.  In the first example above, the number that would be dialed from within the Netherlands would be:  012-345-3789 .  Telephone numbers may be given in this form or in the form of (0)12-345-6789 so remember to use the zero when calling within that same country and don’t use when calling from another country.

If I am traveling, I often use an AT&T calling card to make my calls because it is SO much cheaper than direct calls from a hotel.  Here are the toll-free AT&T International access codes for some countries I visit
(current as of 10 June 2007; find a code at http://www.att.com/traveler )

USA:  1-800-225-5288 (1-800-CALL-ATT)
Netherlands:  0800-022-9111
Denmark:  800-100-10
UK: 0-800-89-0011 or 0-500-89-0011
Germany:  0800-225-5288
France:  0800-99-0011
Belgium:  0-800-100-10
Luxembourg:  800-201-11
Switzerland: 0-800-89-0011
Israel: 1-80-949-4949 (or to place calls using Bezeq Telecom: 1-80-922-2222)
Italy:  800-172-444

The website http://www.countrycallingcodes.com can also be used to figure out which buttons to press to make that call.

Maybe if I post them and see them all the time, I will finally remember these words