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    Municipal Services

    Municipal Services

    Your municipality, known in Dutch as the gemeente, handles many practical services connected to where you live. This can include registering a change of address, local waste collection, recycling information, and other services linked to your home or neighbourhood.

    This section helps international residents in Groningen, Friesland, and Drenthe find practical information about municipal services in the Netherlands.

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    Moving Within the Netherlands
    Moving to another address in the Netherlands? Learn when and how to report your change of address to your new municipality, what documents you may need, and why your BRP registration matters.

    Waste Removal and Recycling
    Learn how household waste removal and recycling work in the Netherlands, including waste separation, containers, collection days, bulky waste, recycling stations, and waste tax.

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