Clearing away abandoned bicycles in your neighbourhood
The municipality is clearing away abandoned bicycles throughout the city. This frees up additional parking space and your neighbourhood stays clean and tidy.
Is there an abandoned bicycle in your neighbourhood? Report this to the municipality. The municipality will clear the bicycle away.
Report it
Report an abandoned bicycle to the municipality via the page Begin link: Report a problem, end link. .
Removing abandoned bicycles by neighbourhood
Municipal surveillance officers and employees of the Begin external link: Bicycle Depot Haaglanden(External link), end external link. go through each neighbourhood in search of abandoned bicycles. Municipal surveillance officers can be recognised by their uniform with ‘Toezicht’ written on it. Employees of the Bicycle Depot Haaglanden wear a uniform. If you see that somebody is about to remove your bicycle, always ask for their identification.
What do the surveillance officers do?
Every bicycle will get a yellow chalk mark on 1 of the tires. The chalk mark will disappear when somebody uses the bicycle. If the bicycle is still standing at the same spot after 28 days with the chalk mark on the tire, the surveillance officer will take a photo and will affix a label on the bicycle.
If the bicycle is still there after 2 days, the municipality will take it to the bicycle depot. You can pick up your bicycle there within a certain period of time (depending on the Begin link: colour of the label, end link. the bicycle gets). This costs € 25. You have to be able to prove that the bicycle is yours. Do not forget to take a working bicycle key.
Sometimes the lock or another part of the bicycle gets damaged when the bicycle is removed. The municipality will not compensate you for this.
Derelict bike
The municipality will remove a bicycle:
- because 1 or more parts are missing, rusted, broken or twisted.
- if it is in poor condition. For example, the bicycle is covered by a layer of dirt or dust or there are weeds growing through the frame.
The surveillance officers will assess whether a bicycle is a derelict bike. They have been trained to pay close attention to signs of neglect. A derelict bike will get a label and will be removed after 3 days. If the bicycle is not a derelict bike, the surveillance officers will remove the bicycle after 28 days.
Make someone else happy
Do you have a bicycle you are no longer using? Give it away or donate it. Have a look at:
- Begin external link: iederkindeenfiets.nl(External link), end external link.
- Begin external link: www.allekringloopwinkels.nl(External link), end external link.
Is your old bicycle not worth repairing? Bring the bicycle to a Begin link: waste depot, end link. . Or make an appointment to have it Begin link: collected as bulky waste, end link. .
Also see: Free and guarded bicycle parking in The Hague