Coffee shops

Whether you smoke pot or not, you should experience a coffee shop when you’re in Amsterdam.

Rules first: Marijuana is not fully legal in the Netherlands, but it is tolerated in small amounts. Coffee shops, which is what Marijuana cafés are called, are allowed to sell up to four grams per client. But you have to be over 18 years old to enjoy the goods.

There are lots of different kinds of coffee shops – fancy designer spots as well as grungy and dingy hideaways.

Dampkring

You can walk in the footsteps of Brad Pitt and pay a visit to classical Dampkring, which was used as a location in the movie “Ocean's Twelve”. Dampkring is located close to the University of Amsterdam. A hallucinating place – even if you haven’t smoked anything.

Dampkring, Handboogstraat 29
www.dedampkring.nl

From the outside, Siberië looks like an ordinary beautiful café in Amsterdam. If you show up on the right night, DJ’s mix and you can have your horoscope made while smoking a joint.

Siberië, Brouwersgracht 11
www.siberie.net

Grey Area

If you’re a feinsmecker, you should go to Grey Area, which has won “The Cannabis Cup” several times.

Oude Leliestraat
www.greyarea.nl