The rooms are well heated and equipped with an easy chair, a fridge and hot/cold running water. It is not necessary to reserve the lactation room. The rooms can be shared with other mothers. Don't you want this? Then the door can be closed. If the room is locked, you can move to another lactation room. The refrigerator is intended for storing breast milk. Please bring your own bottles.
Some lactation rooms can be reserved via Outlook. The others are open to all. The open-access lactation rooms offer the opportunity to pump together with other mothers. If you prefer not to do this, the door can be locked. If the room is locked, you can go to another lactation room. In the NU building, there are several cubicles with curtains and the door cannot be locked
By default, access is provided for a period of 1 year.
Location lactation rooms
Bookable lactation rooms
- Main building 0E10
- MF building G027c**
- Initium 1B38 (also first aid and rest room)
- Transitorium K1B-75
- O|2 Lab building 0W44
Walk-in lactation rooms
- W&N building M064
- New University building 3B25 (equipped with multiple screened cubicles)
- Research building VO 12B-TH1b*
- ACTA 5M02*
- OZW building 4B06*
* The lactation room is located in a closed area and is only accessible to employees and students who have access to the building (part).
** Only accessible from Monday to Friday between 08:30 - 17:00.
Access
- Students can request access via the academic advisor.
- Employees use for temporary extension of the functions on your staff pass.
- Are you not employed by VU Amsterdam and/or not in possession of a VUnet ID? Please use the .
- Visitors to VU Amsterdam can email frontoffice.fco@vu.nl to request access.
Access to all lactation rooms is granted for a period of one year as standard.
Reserving a lactation room
Once you have been granted access to the lactation rooms, you can reserve a specific room. This can be done (with the exception of rooms that are open to all) via your Outlook calendar. explains how to do this. Only book the lactation room for the time you really need it, so that other mothers can also use the lactation room.