This information may change. Always check the official source.Last verified: August 2026 by Ondřej Kadlec
Sockets and voltage in Netherlands
Type CCEE 7/16 (Europlug)No earth
Type FCEE 7/3 (Schuko)Earthed
Voltage
230 V
Frequency
50 Hz
Earthed sockets
Type F
What you need, by where you are coming from
Arriving from the United States or CanadaA plug adapter, and appliances marked 100-240 V. Anything single-voltage needs a converter.
Arriving from the UK or IrelandA plug adapter is enough - the voltage is the same as at home.
Arriving from most of continental EuropePlugs go straight in and the voltage matches. Nothing to pack.
Arriving from Australia or New ZealandA plug adapter is enough - the voltage is the same as at home.
Socket types, voltage and frequency are the nominal domestic supply as published in IEC/TR 60083 and the national standards it lists.
Dutch sockets are Schuko Type at 230 V, and Dutch bathrooms have far fewer of them than visitors expect.
Sockets in the Netherlands are Type and at 230 V, 50 Hz - the round Schuko outlet used across most of Europe.
A Europlug fits every socket in the country, and the hybrid European plug fits too.
British, American and Australian plugs need an adapter.
Dutch bathrooms are wired sparingly. Older houses often have no socket in the bathroom at all, and a hair dryer lives in the bedroom.
230 V matches the rest of Europe. American 120 V-only appliances need a converter.
Dutch sockets are called randaarde - "rim earth" - after the clips on the side, and an unearthed two-pin recessed outlet is still normal in pre-war housing.
Belgium, next door, uses the French Type socket with a pin in the middle, so a bare Schuko plug can fail there and work here.
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