{"id":65303,"date":"2026-09-14T12:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T11:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/restaurant-cafe-bar.nl\/en\/drankengids\/dutch-tap-water\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T12:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T11:52:12","slug":"dutch-tap-water","status":"publish","type":"drink","link":"https:\/\/restaurant-cafe-bar.nl\/en\/drankengids\/dutch-tap-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Tap water in the Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Among the cleanest in the world, and chlorine-free.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>No chlorine<\/h2>\n<p>The Netherlands is one of the very few countries that treats drinking water without chlorine. The network is so tightly managed that disinfection is not needed.<\/p>\n<p>That is why Dutch tap water has no smell and no aftertaste.<\/p>\n<h2>Asking for it<\/h2>\n<p>Restaurants will bring a carafe if you ask, though many charge a small amount. It is not rude to ask, and not rude of them to charge.<\/p>\n<h2>Kraanwater<\/h2>\n<p>The everyday word. Bottled water is <em>flesje water<\/em>, and asking for it in a cafe will get you a bottle, not a glass.<\/p>\n<h2>The taps in the street<\/h2>\n<p>Public drinking fountains are increasingly common in city centres, and free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among the cleanest in the world, and chlorine-free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false},"drink-type":[],"pairing":[],"class_list":["post-65303","drink","type-drink","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restaurant-cafe-bar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/drink\/65303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restaurant-cafe-bar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/drink"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restaurant-cafe-bar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/drink"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restaurant-cafe-bar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"drink-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restaurant-cafe-bar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/drink-type?post=65303"},{"taxonomy":"pairing","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restaurant-cafe-bar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pairing?post=65303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}