Vakantiepark Duinrell (azc, Wassenaar)
The Duinrell holiday park in the wealthy commuter town of Wassenaar has housed asylum seekers in its chalets on and off since 2007, originally only as winter emergency accommodation. In 2024 the COA, the municipality and Duinrell converted it into a full, year-round asylum centre, with the agreement extended to March 2028 and more than 900 residents living beside the attraction park. The expansion has divided the village, and the municipal council is already debating what happens when the current deal expires in 2028.
Occupancy
—
people (Aug 2025)
Per night
€80
per person (benchmark)
Annual
—
estimated
Background
The site sits at Duinrell, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland. 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
Mar 2024
Emergency site Duinrell becomes an asylum centre
Omroep West reported Duinrell's shift from temporary winter shelter to an official year-round AZC for asylum seekers.
Omroep West · source
May 2026
Wassenaar council debates asylum reception from 2028
With the Duinrell AZC agreement expiring in 2028, the council discussed future options for reception in the municipality.
Centraal+ · 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
Mar 2024
Becomes a permanent asylum centre
Duinrell's status changed from seasonal emergency reception to a regular, year-round AZC under a deal running to March 2028.
May 2026
Council debates life after 2028
Wassenaar's council looked ahead to asylum reception after the current Duinrell agreement ends in March 2028.
Sources
Looopings / gemeente Wassenaar · 2024. 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.