Can I drink the tap water?

How good is the tap water in Almere, Netherlands ?


4 people said I love the tap water here, 1 people said I drink filtered tap water.

All in all, 80% of folks here drink from the tap.



How good is the tap water in all of Netherlands?


41 people said I drink filtered tap water, 367 people said I love the tap water here, 46 people said The tap water is not safe to drink.

All in all, 81% of folks here drink from the tap.

Answers in Almere vs. Netherlands

Not enough comparable data yet to rank Almere within Netherlands, its continent, or globally.

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Best (by % who love it)

  1. Amsterdam (70%)

Worst (by % who love it)

  1. Amsterdam (70%)

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Is tap water in Netherlands safe to drink, or does it vary from city to ...   - May 25, 2023 ... It's safer than bottled water. The tap water is regulated to a degree bottled water isn't.

Do people drink tap water? : r/Netherlands   - Nov 16, 2021 ... btw I was born here and love tap water, I see people buying bottled water and it feels like a waste. Upvote

District Heating, how is hot tap water calculated? : r/Almere   - Oct 13, 2022 ... Do you know where can I find more information about this? Hard to search the dutch terms ;-).

Is it safe to cook with hot water from district heating? : r/Almere   - Jun 29, 2021 ... It's definitely safe to do so. Water from tap in the Netherlands is still one of the best sources globally. Even warm tap water.

Site to identify restaurants in the Netherlands that offer free or ...   - Aug 7, 2025 ... The concept's simple, or so I assumed: a complimentary glass or jug of tap water when other drinks are ordered is just basic hospitality. If not ...

Is drinking water tap (place where you can fill your water tank) is a ...   - Jul 17, 2023 ... but it seems amsterdam also almere (arround football ... r/Netherlands - How can I get a suspicious bottled water tested in the Netherlands.

Amsterdam Water Quality? : r/Amsterdam   - Nov 24, 2013 ... Quality requirements for tap water in the Netherlands are much stricter than for bottled water if I recall correctly.

Very high heat consumption district heating : r/Almere   - Dec 16, 2023 ... Shiver1976. • 2y ago. in the meter cabinet, find the taps of water ... Almere: youngest city in the Netherlands. Almere is one of the youngest ...

Is the water in the netherlands actually hard or is something else ...   - Oct 27, 2023 ... 178 votes, 165 comments. Since I moved to the Netherlands, I noticed whenever I take a shower my hair feels very heavy.

How to get rid of district heating vattenfall completely? : r/Almere   - Jun 20, 2023 ... I planned to replace my radiators with infrared panels and hot water taps with electric water taps. I have 3 meters in my meter kast if that ...

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