Make a complaint
Do you have a complaint about the services of the municipality? For example, about the way the municipality is performing its tasks? Or about how a municipal employee has treated you? File your complaint. You can do this online, in a letter, by telephone or at a municipal counter.
Online
Although the complaints form is in Dutch, you may describe your complaint in English.
In a letter
Submit your complaint in writing by sending a letter to the municipality. Include your name, telephone number and address.
Look at all the addresses in the overview below.
Here is the address information for the various municipal departments in order to send your complaint. Each municipal department deals with its own complaints. If you do not know which department to write to, you can send the complaint to the general postal address (Municipality of The Hague).
| Gemeentelijke dienst | Postadres |
|---|---|
| Municipal Administration (Bestuursdienst) | Postbus 12600, 2500 DJ Den Haag |
| Fire Department (Brandweer) | Postbus 52155, 2505 CD Den Haag |
| Public Service (Publiekszaken) | Postbus 12620, 2500 DL Den Haag |
| Internal Services Centre (Dienst Bedrijfsvoering) | Postbus 12600, 2500 DJ Den Haag |
| Municipal Tax Department (Belastingzaken) | Postbus 19924, 2500 CX Den Haag |
| Education, Culture & Well-Being (Onderwijs, Cultuur en Welzijn) | Postbus 12652, 2500 DP Den Haag |
| Public Library (Openbare Bibliotheek) | Postbus 12653, 2500 DP Den Haag |
| Social Affairs and Employment Projects (Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheidsprojecten) | Postbus 12610, 2500 DK Den Haag |
| City Management (Stadsbeheer) | Postbus 12651, 2500 DP Den Haag |
| Urban Development (Stedelijke Ontwikkeling) | Postbus 12655, 2500 DP Den Haag |
| Municipality of The Hague | Postbus 12620, 2500 DL Den Haag |
By telephone
Make your complaint by phoning the municipality on tel. Begin link: 14070, end link. .
At a municipal counter
You will get a response within 6 weeks. The municipality will deal with your complaint within 6 to 10 weeks.
Taking a complaint to the Municipal (youth) ombudsman
Do you believe that the municipality did not deal with your complaint properly? Or do you think it does not make sense that you should first file your complaint with the municipality? Take your complaint to the Begin link: Municipal (youth) ombudsman, end link. .
Complaint about the police
Do you think you have been treated improperly by the police? Contact the police via the Begin external link: website of the police(External link), end external link..