The Netherlands is putting its many empty prisons to good use by offering them as business premises. In the Netherlands, there are more than a million people in prison, and they have been locked up for decades. the Leeuwarden’s Blokhuispoort in the north of the country runs prison-themed children's parties, while the De Lik restaurant in Utrecht’s Wolvenplein prison is a hit with diners, despite council plans to sell the venue. However, the schemes have been criticised for using former jails to house vulnerable migrants, although one, the Lola Lik in Amsterdam, offers a refugee radio station.
The Netherlands is putting its many empty prisons to good use by offering them as business premises. As a result, the Bijlmerbajes penitentiary has been transformed into the country's first Syrian hammam, offering work for locally based asylum seekers, the Leeuwarden’s Blokhuispoort in the north of the country runs prison-themed children's parties, while the De Lik restaurant in Utrecht’s Wolvenplein prison is a hit with diners, despite council plans to sell the venue. However, the schemes have been criticised for using former jails to house vulnerable migrants, although one, the Lola Lik in Amsterdam, offers a refugee radio station.