About
Find your bike where you lost it.
Vindfiets puts every found bike from Dutch municipalities on one map, so you can search by street and neighbourhood instead of endlessly scrolling a list.
What is vindfiets?
Municipalities remove bikes that are parked carelessly or for too long every day and keep them in a depot for a while. Those finds are registered publicly — but spread across thousands of separate entries you can only browse as a list.
Vindfiets gathers those entries and puts them on a map, with filters for type, colour, city and date found. Click a bike for the details: where it was found, until when you can collect it and from which depot.
Where does the data come from?
The data comes from the public lost-and-found registry at verlorenofgevonden.nl (iLost), the platform many Dutch municipalities use. Locations are resolved via the PDOK location service — sometimes at street level, sometimes approximately at city level.
The map refreshes several times a day. Even so, information can be out of date: always check the current status with the source or the depot.
How do you collect your bike?
Is your bike among them? Open the detail page for the depot and the pickup deadline. Bring a valid ID and — if you have it — your frame number or proof of purchase. Collection and the exact conditions go through the municipality or the depot, not through vindfiets.
Independent
Vindfiets is an independent project and is not affiliated with iLost, verlorenofgevonden.nl or any municipality. It is a tool to make the existing, public data easier to search.
Frequently asked questions
- Was my bike stolen or removed by the municipality?
- Municipalities remove bikes that are badly parked, parked too long or classified as wrecks — especially around stations and shopping streets. If your bike is gone from where you parked it, check the map first: removal is more common than you'd think. If it's nowhere in the registry after a few days, report the theft to the police.
- Why did the municipality take my bike?
- The most common reasons: parked in the wrong spot (outside the racks or blocking the pavement), exceeding the maximum parking duration near stations, or being classified as a wreck. Each municipality sets its own rules.
- Where is my bike now?
- Removed bikes go to a municipal bike depot (in Amsterdam, for example, the AFAC). A bike's detail page shows which depot has it and until when you can collect it.
- How long does the municipality keep my bike?
- It varies per municipality, usually a few weeks. Every bike on the map shows its own pickup deadline — after that the bike may be sold, donated or scrapped.
- What does it cost to get my bike back?
- It depends on the municipality: sometimes it's free, sometimes you pay the removal costs. The depot can tell you in advance.
- What do I need to bring to the depot?
- A valid ID, plus something proving the bike is yours: the key, the frame number or proof of purchase. Collection goes through the municipality or the depot, not through vindfiets.
- My bike isn't on the map — what now?
- It can take a few days before a removed bike appears in the registry. Set the period filter to “All”, check again in a few days, and consider filing a police report in the meantime.