Noodopvang Aerdenhout (Sparrenlaan)
An emergency reception centre for unaccompanied teenage asylum seekers (AMV) opened in the former parsonage of the Antoniuskerk on the Sparrenlaan in late 2024, housing up to around 30 minors. Plans for the site drew national attention and sustained opposition from residents of the affluent Aerdenhout neighbourhood, who feared nuisance and falling house prices, and after opening the main complaints concerned evening noise. After roughly a year housing boys (mainly from Syria and Eritrea), the COA replaced them with girls aged 15-17, citing a national shortage of places for unaccompanied minor girls rather than any disturbance. The municipality of Bloemendaal has permitted the location for five years from December 2024.
Occupancy
18
people (Aug 2025)
Per night
€184
per person (benchmark)
Annual
€1.2m
estimated
Background
The site sits at Sparrenlaan, Aerdenhout. 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.
In the news
Dec 2025
After a turbulent year with boys, COA hopes for a calm year with girls in Aerdenhout
NH Nieuws reports that the unaccompanied-minors centre on the Sparrenlaan, which drew neighbour complaints about noise during its first year, has switched from boys to girls aged 15-17; the COA says the change reflects a national shortage of places for minor girls, not any incident, and that only one minor complaint (about music volume) has followed.
NH Nieuws · source
Jan 2025
Half a year of the AMV centre in Aerdenhout: have residents' fears come true?
NH Nieuws revisits the Sparrenlaan reception six months after opening, finding that early fears largely did not materialise and that the principal residual complaint was evening noise, leading the COA to ask the young people for quiet after 21:00.
NH Nieuws · 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.
Timeline
Dec 2024
AMV reception opens at former Antoniuskerk parsonage
COA opens a small unaccompanied-minors location on the Sparrenlaan for up to about 30 teenagers; permitted for five years.
Dec 2025
Boys replaced by girls after a turbulent first year
After about a year housing boys, the COA switches the location to girls aged 15-17, citing a shortage of places elsewhere rather than disturbances.
Cost
Dutch asylum reception is funded by central government through the COA. At an illustrative benchmark of about €184 per person per night for emergency reception (noodopvang), the 18 people recorded here on 13 August 2025 imply roughly €1.2m 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.
Sources
COA / Rijksoverheid (Kamerstuk, 5 Sep 2025) · 2025-08-13. 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.