Netherlands

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The Netherlands are fairly good for dumpster diving. Like many Northern European countries it's an affluent country and people throw away lots of very usable stuff. Beachcombing used to be very common in the past.

Contents 1 Cities 2 Weggeefwinkels 3 Give-away websites 4 Queens Day 5 Other information 6 Personal experiences

[edit] Cities

• Amsterdam
• Arnhem
• Den Haag
• Leiden
• Maastricht
• Nijmegen
• Rotterdam
• Utrecht
• add more?

[edit] Weggeefwinkels

• List of give-away shops in the Netherlands
• Food not Bombs Nederland (in Dutch)

[edit] Give-away websites

• Gratis op te halen. You can search this site on -part of- your zip code (in Dutch)
• Gratis af te halen (in Dutch)
• Haal gratis af (in Dutch)

[edit] Queens Day

• Every year on the 30th of April (Koninginnedag) the Dutch flog their trash on the street. At the end of the day, in the bigger cities, some people leave their unsold trash lying on the pavement.

[edit] Other information

The Netherlands seems to be quite good for getting things for free; as most banks do free coffees, and the 'Lefier' (jobcentre) often has free coffee, chocolates and mints! Also make sure to check out some bigger supermarkets like Jumbo, Albert Heijn, Super de Boer. Those are the places to get free coffee and tea from the coffee machine located somewhere in the store.

[edit] Personal experiences

"By far the nicest thing I discovered in the Netherlands (regarding good free food) was a special thing of the supermarket "Jumbo". Not only they have a lot of biological food and tofu products, they also give away (for free) produce that runs out of date that very same day or the day after: milk, fish, fresh pizzas..." (User:Regen)