You need to clean up your dog's poop. Otherwise you may be fined. There are special off-leash areas or run fields in Hilversum where your dog is allowed to walk without a leash. Here, too, you must clean up your dog's poop.
What do you need to know
- You should always clean up your dog's dog poop. If you do not comply with this, there is a risk that you will have to pay a fine of €159 including administration costs
- You must have good material with you to clean up the dog poop. If you do not comply with this, there is a risk that you will have to pay a fine of €109 including administration costs
- Within built-up areas, your dog must be on a leash. If you do not comply with this, there is a risk that you will have to pay a fine of €109 including administration costs
- You may not take your dog to children's playgrounds, sandpits, playing fields or sports facilities. If you do not comply with this, there is a risk that you will have to pay a fine of €159 including administration costs
- If you experience nuisance from dog poop, you can do this report to the municipality
Guide or assistance dog
A guide or assistance dog or a dog in training to become a guide or assistance dog is allowed on children's playgrounds, sandboxes, playing fields or sports facilities. If you have a dog in training as a guide or assistance dog, you must be able to demonstrate that the dog is being trained through a qualified training.
Running fields and off-leash areas
Your dog is allowed to run loose on the following run fields and off-leash areas. You also have to clean up the dog poop here.
- Greenbelt in the Meent
- Green / grass around the Berlage pond
- Green strip Noorderweg
- Green / grass around Lorentz pond
- Green / grass around Riebeeck pond
- Green / grass around Oude Haven
- Peerlkamplaan
- Green / grass around the Hus pond
- Raabos