Netherlands · Legal Help
Netherlands — Legal Help
Sex work legal; window prostitution and licensed brothels regulated. SW minimum age raised from 18 to 21 in 2025 (Wrs reform). Photography of windows or workers is forbidden and locally enforced.
Drug laws: cannabis tolerated in licensed coffeeshops; hard drugs criminalised. Soft drugs OK for tourists; harder drugs not.
Embassies & consular help
If you are detained, ask police to notify your embassy — they can provide a lawyer list and consular visits, but cannot pay fees or intervene in the case.
Embassy of Australia
Australia
4 Carnegielaan, 's-Gravenhage
Embassy of Canada
Canada
7 Sophialaan, 's-Gravenhage
British Embassy
United Kingdom
10 Lange Voorhout, 's-Gravenhage
Embassy of the United States
United States
1 John Adams Park, Wassenaar
Locations from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), verified 2026-07-23. Confirm the emergency number on your embassy's official site before travelling.