# Dutch government websites unreachable for part of Wednesday morning

> Websites of the central government, the prosecution service and the Royal House were unreachable on Wednesday morning and were back by midday.

Politics · published 2026-11-11 11:35 · https://nlnow.nl/a/several-dutch-government-websites-go-offline-for-a-short-time/

Several websites of the Dutch central government were unreachable on Wednesday towards the end of the morning.

The outage hit more than one body. Sites that could not be reached included rijksoverheid.nl, the central government's website, the site of the Openbaar Ministerie, the Public Prosecution Service (om.nl), and the site of the Koninklijk Huis, the Royal House (koninklijkhuis.nl).

The websites of the Rijksinspectie Digitale Infrastructuur, the digital infrastructure inspectorate (rdi.nl), and of the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, the Cultural Heritage Agency (cultureelerfgoed.nl), were also offline. The website of NL-Alert, the national emergency alert system, was briefly down as well.

Around midday on Wednesday several of the government sites were back online. They had been offline for only a short time.

Visitors who tried to open the sites saw a white screen with the text "Access Denied". The error message came from Akamai, a content delivery network that organisations hire to make their websites quickly reachable worldwide. It indicated that Akamai blocked access to the sites for all visitors.

The cause of the outage has not been established.

## Background

- **OM (Openbaar Ministerie)**: The Public Prosecution Service, which decides whether suspects are prosecuted and brings criminal cases to court.
- **Rijksoverheid**: The Rijksoverheid is the Dutch central government, meaning the national government as a whole: the cabinet and the ministries that prepare and carry out national policy. Its website, rijksoverheid.nl, publishes government policy, ministry news, and information on national laws, rules and public services.
- **Koninklijk Huis**: The Koninklijk Huis is the Royal House, the household of the Dutch royal family, which supports the King and other royal family members in their official and private duties. It is separate from the government, and its website, koninklijkhuis.nl, provides information about the monarchy and the royal family's activities.

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