Is Leeuwarden safe? Netherlands travel risk
Is Leeuwarden safe right now? Checked 17 October 2026
Leeuwarden scores 31/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Netherlands Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 18 Aug 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Leeuwarden scores 31/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Netherlands (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Leeuwarden: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and health and medical access (41/100).
A score of 31 is higher than 15% of the cities we score.
Consult the Netherlands travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Geographically located in Fryslân (53.2000° N, 5.7833° E), Leeuwarden sits 109.8 km SSW from Amsterdam at 1 m elevation.
Fryslân
53.2000° N, 5.7833° E
1 m
Europe/Amsterdam
124,481
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Netherlands)
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Leeuwarden happened in May (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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