Rules and regulations
(last checked from the Delft municipality website in April 2010)
Unless otherwise specified, dogs in Delft must be on the leash and you must clean up their waste except:
- In ‘renvelden’. You must clean up after your dog in ‘uitlaatstroken’ though;
- In ‘renvelden’ and ‘uitlaatstroken’: Your dog may run free; and
- If you are disabled and using your dog as a service dog.
Fines for non-compliance
- Walking off-leash where not allowed: € 60;
- Not cleaning up after the dog: € 75; and
- Presence where dogs not allowed (including children’s play areas): € 75.
Locations
The following links take you to the downloadable official maps showing where dogs are allowed in Delft. In reality, the maps are next to unusable because:
- Street names are few and far between;
- No explanation of the colour code; and
- Some obvious green areas like the Delftse Hout and the Nootdorpse Plassen Wandelpark seem to be missing.
Next to the link for each map, I list the recreational areas to be found in the area covered.
- Binnenstad map: Dogs are only allowed offleash in small areas.
- Buitenhof map: Buitenhof Park, Kerkpolder (Midden-Delfland recreatiegebied)
- Hof van Delft map: Hof van Delft Park, Wilhemina Park, Henry Dunant Park
- Tanthof map: Abtwoudse Bos (Midden-Delfland recreatiegebied), Tanthofkade
- Voorhof map: only small areas
- Vrijenban map: only small areas
- Wippolder map: Muyskenlaan Laan Park
Not on the municipal maps:
- Ackerdijkse Plassen (Midden-Delfland recreatiegebied)
- Agneta Park
- Alkeetbuitenpolder (Vlaardingen, Midden-Delfland recreatiegebied)
- Broekpolder (Vlaardingen, Midden-Delfland recreatiegebied)
- Delftse Hout
- Dobbeplas (Nootdorp, Midden-Delfland recreatiegebied)
- Eendenkooi (Schipluiden, Midden-Delfland recreatiegebied)
- Grote Adriaan (Vlaardingen, Midden-Delfland recreatiegebied)
- Hertenkamp
- Krekengebied Noordpolder (Delftgauw, Midden-Delfland recreatiegebied)
- Nootdorpse Plassen Wandelpark (Nootdorp, Midden-Delfland recreatiegebied)
- Pijnacker (Pijnacker)
- Polder Noord Kethel (Schiedam, Midden-Delfland recreatiegebied)
- Vlietlanden (de) Natuurgebied (Schipluiden, Midden-Delfland recreatiegebied)
- Volksbos (Vlaardingen)
- Woudse Bos (Den Hoorn, Midden-Delfland recreatiegebied)
- Woudse Polder (‘t Woudt, Midden-Delfland recreatiegebied)
- Zuidbuurt (Vlaardingen, Midden-Delfland recreatiegebied)