• Anyone visiting the House of Representatives must be registered. You can register online in advance at the following address: bezoekers.tweedekamer.nl, or you can register on-site, using the registration pillars at the main entrance on Lange Poten. Each visitor must have a personal ticket.
    • You must provide a valid email address on the online application form.  Your e-ticket(s) will be sent to this address.
    • Your e-ticket is your personal admission ticket; it provides access to the Central Passageway and the public galleries of the Plenary Hall and the committee rooms.
    • Before you can enter the House of Representatives, you must pass through a security scan with your coat and bag. This can lead to long queues.
    • When you arrive at the House of Representatives, your ticket will be checked against your proof of identity, so make sure you bring a valid identification document with you: a passport, an identity card or a driving licence.

    Also important to know

    • Children up to 14 years of age are not required to show an ID document and do not have to register.
    • The number of seats in the public gallery is limited, and it is sometimes full. If this is the case, you will have to wait until a place becomes free. The Question Time (Tuesday at 14:00), the General Debates and thirty-member debates (interpellation) are particularly likely to attract large audiences.
    • The House of Representatives will process your personal data solely to ensure that its employees can do their work safely and that visitors can safely visit the House of Representatives. The data will be deleted automatically 14 days after your visit. In the event of incidents, visitors’ personal data may be kept for a longer period to enable further investigation of the incident.
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  • Attendance at plenary meetings is subject to certain rules. For example, no photographs may be taken from the public gallery. Visitors are also not allowed to respond, either in word or deed, to what politicians are saying in the plenary meeting. The following rules also apply if you visit the House of Representatives:

    • Visitors to the House of Representatives must be able to identify themselves.
    • Visitors and guests must pass through detection gates.
    • Bags carried by visitors and guests will be scanned.
    • Visitors to the public gallery must check their coats and bags into the cloakroom.
    • Lockers in the public cloakrooms are inspected and emptied at the end of the meetings.
    • Visitors and guests must always be accompanied within the secure area. This obligation does not apply to civil servants assisting Ministers or State Secretaries.  
    • The Ban on face converings ("burka ban") is in force in government buildings. Clothing that completely covers the face or that leaves only the eyes visible is therefore not permitted in the House of Representatives.
    • No photographs may be taken from the public gallery.
    • The following applies to all those present in the House of Representatives: the instructions of the Security Department must be followed at all times.
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  • The ProDemos Visitor Centre organises guided tours of the House of Representatives, the Senate and the Hall of Knights. The tours focus on the history of Parliament and its buildings. Each tour is preceded by a video presentation. You are recommended to make a reservation in advance. The entrance fee depends on the programme. For more information, visit: ProDemos Visitor Centre guided tours.

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  • ProDemos, House for Democracy and the rule of law, offers educational excursions to political The Hague. This programme is free of charge and meant for pupils attending primary school, secondary school or senior secondary vocational education (mbo). The aim of the programme is to allow pupils to gain on-site experience with the political process, democracy and the rule of law. Read more about ProDemos Binnenhof for schools.

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  • Parliamentary documents can be examined at the Central Information Desk of the House of Representatives. You have to make an appointment in advance, by contacting the House of Representatives by telephone +31 (0)70 318 3000. It is not possible to make an appointment on days when the House sits (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday).

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  • On foot:

    • From The Hague Central Station
      It takes approximately 7 minutes to walk from The Hague Central Station. Leave the central hall at the front entrance and turn left onto the Bezuidenhoutseweg. Walk straight ahead (you cross a canal and walk along Herengracht, Korte Poten and Plein). You  will find the main entrance of the House of Representatives across the Plein. Alternatively, you can take the public entrance on Lange Poten. Continue past Plein square. You will find the public entrance after 100 meters on your right hand side.

    By public transport:

    • From The Hague Central Station
      Trams towards the city center leave from the platforms above the central hall. All trams toward the city center (lines 2 and 6, as well as RR 3 and 4) will stop at Spui (in a tram tunnel). 
    • From The Hague Hollands Spoor station
      Take tram 1 (direction Noorderstrand), and get off at the stop City Center. Walk onto the Lange Poten, where you will find the public entrance to the House of Representatives on your left.

    By car:

    There is an underground car park near the House of Representatives which has 560 spaces. The adress is: Plein 25.  

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