Emergency

For all immediate emergencies, call 112.

You will be connected to the police, fire department or ambulance service.

If there is no immediate emergency, you can obtain help by calling the following numbers:

Police

0900 – 8844

Fire department

• Groningen: 088 – 162 5000
• Friesland: 088 – 22 99 666
• Drenthe: 0592 – 324 660

Ambulance

• Groningen: 050 – 317 6330
• Friesland: 0512 – 369 869
• Drenthe: 0592 – 312 000

See for more information Ambulancezorg Nederland (website in Dutch and English)

Doctor

If you need to speak to a doctor outside office hours (before 8:00 a.m. and after 5 p.m., at weekends and on national holidays) in not-life threatening situations, you can call the following numbers:

• Doktersdienst Groningen (website in Dutch and English): 0900 – 9229
• Dokterswacht Friesland (website in Dutch): 0900 – 112 7 112
• Centrale Huisartsendienst Drenthe (website in Dutch): 0900 – 112 0 112