Contact customs offices for reclaiming VAT

Publication date 02-09-2025 | Last update 23-10-2025

Are you living outside the European Union (EU)? And are you travelling from the Netherlands to a country outside the EU? You can reclaim the VAT on goods you have purchased in the EU that you are taking with you in your luggage.

You can read more information about this on the page 'How do I reclaim the VAT on my purchases?'.

Invoices can be signed (validated) at the customs offices below. Travelers leaving the Netherlands via an international airport can find customs offices in the following places:

Airport of departure	Location customs office
Den Helder	Den Helder Het Nieuwe Diep 22 1781 AC Den Helder
Hilversum Teuge	Duiven Impact 5K 6921 RZ Duiven
Groningen Airport Eelde Heliport Eemshaven Leeuwarden Texel	Eelde Machlaan 10e 9761 TK Eelde
Eindhoven Airport Kempen Airport Volkel	Eindhoven Luchthavenweg 25 5657 EA Eindhoven
Lelystad Airport	Lelystad Emoeweg 7 8218 PC Lelystad
Enschede Airport Twente	De Lutte De Poppe 8 7587 GA De Lutte
Maastricht Aachen Airport	Maastricht Airport Vliegveldweg 52 6199 AD Maastricht Airport
Breda International Airport Gilze-Rijen Woensdrecht	Moerdijk Plaza 5 4782 ST Moerdijk
Zeeland Airport	Ritthem Duitslandweg 1 4389 PJ Ritthem
Rotterdam The Hague Airport	Rotterdam Brandenburgbaan 6 3045 AK Rotterdam
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol	Schiphol Vertrekpassage 1-260 1118 AP Schiphol Location of the customs counters: In departure hall 3, on the 1st floor near check-in counter 30 Near Lounge 3 (the start of the F pier)