azc Houthaven (Amsterdam)

The site sits at Houthaven (Haparandaweg / Houthavenweg), Amsterdam. It is run by the COA (Centraal Orgaan opvang asielzoekers), the Dutch government’s asylum-reception agency. For what the azc / noodopvang categories mean and how Dutch reception spending breaks down, open the cost panel on the interactive map with the Netherlands selected in Settings.

• end 2026

  Announced: azc Houthaven (Amsterdam)

  Planned, expected to open around the end of 2026. A purpose-built COA azc with 64 housing units for 500 asylum seekers (fifteen years) plus a public car park is under construction in the Houthaven district; the existing Willinklaan azc is to close once it opens.

  Gemeente Amsterdam · source

Compiled from public Dutch news reports (each item links to its source). Where a municipality runs more than one reception location, attribution to this specific address reflects the cited report and may be approximate — always check the linked source.

Dutch asylum reception is funded by central government through the COA. At an illustrative benchmark of about €80 per person per night for a regular centre, the 500 people recorded here on 13 August 2025 imply roughly €15m per year. This is an order-of-magnitude figure for context only, not a site-specific invoice — emergency reception typically runs around three times the cost of a regular centre.

Gemeente Amsterdam · end 2026. View source

Occupancy is the COA register snapshot of 13 August 2025 and may have changed since. Coordinates were geocoded from the published street address via the official PDOK Locatieserver.