Baba
Located on Warmoestraat, the Baba is sandwiched between
sex shops, gay clubs and 24-hour live erotic shows in the Red Light
District. A great place to chill in the confines of Middle Eastern/Indian
dark wood furniture and dim lighting decor. Try the non-alcoholic bar and
its 'space cakes'. The cannabis selection is decent. Try their 'Dutch
Turbo Weed' and the bar's selection of imported hash. They used to have a great
selection of bongs but most of them are broken.
Barney's Breakfast Bar
Located on Haarlemerstraat, ten
minutes walking distance from the Central Station, the BBB is a great
Irish joint with a great selection of high quality grass and an
American-Irish style breakfast. BBB is one of the rare coffee shops that
open at 8 am. Mellow music, a great breakfast and a large selection of
hydro-grass -- this place is for those who like starting the morning easy
and well fed!
Bluebird
The place to go if you want to taste everything, I
mean everything! They have a huge selection of grass and hash that comes
in two gigantic catalogues; one for cannabis and one for hash, with
pictures and a brief description. One of the rare coffee shops to offer
fresh sushi every Saturday at a reasonable price. The service is excellent
and the quality of grass and hashish outstanding. This is one of the best
coffee shops that Amsterdam has to offer.
Bulldog
The fast-food chain of coffee shops! The Bulldog
owners have two coffee shops, a traveler's budget hotel, a café, a
rent-a-bike and a souvenir shop called the Palace. So you know the service
is standard. The selection of grass and hash, music and service sucks big
time! It's like going to Wal-Mart for weed! I won't even give you their
location--it just stinks.
La Canna
Located on the Niewendijk, five minutes walking
distance from Central Station. La Canna has an amazing souvenir mushroom
shop with a couple of computers with Internet access and service is pretty
good. But again the ganja selection is poor and grass/hash is very low
quality. Beside an interesting décor, it's a painful experience to listen
to top-40 Dutch pop while you're chilling.
Chocolata
Located on the Spuistraat, the Chocolata has a
great selection of cakes and candies made out of grass. The beer is good
too.
De Dampkring
A great psychedelic dim light Indian decor. This
is one of the most popular and crowded coffee shops in Amsterdam, and a
great place to get excellent grass/hash while you drink some Oranjeboom.
Friendly service and with a great blend of tourists and locals. Got to
try: Cybercitral or Soma, AK-47 and Kalimist, and for hash I personally
recommend the Menala.
Global Chillage
Located on Kerkstraat 51, this is a small and
relaxing bar that has a small choice of grass/hash but at the highest
quality. Psychedelic Trance ambient spiritual crowd, the artwork is
impressive mostly from India or related Punjab region.
Fatal Flower
Located on Stadhousederskade 46, if you looking
for bright colors to chill while you're stoned, this is the place to meet
some old and new hippy ravers just relaxing and listening to trance music.
The grass here is one of the most muscle relaxing I ever encountered. Here
you get a free 10-guilder bag of weed with every 25-guilder purchase.
Green House
Located on Tolstraat 91, Green House is a
Cannabis Cup winner since '93, offering the very best service and great
quality grass in Amsterdam. Trance and dark ambient music with a great
selection of imported beer.
Kunst En Koffie
Located on Tweede Laurierdwarsstraat 64, this
is a great place to go at night. You have a great view of the Jordaan
canal, the best space cookies, and a lot of artists from all over Europe.
And if you feel like net surfing, this is the place. Quality imported
beer, coffee and grass. This place has a Beatnick "I don't know what," as
the French say.
Lucky Mothers
Located on Keizersgracht 665 near the old canal
house, this is a small and cozy tea/whisky bar to go and chill. Here, you
will get the best mushroom tea ever! And if the munchies attack you, they
have great Dutch cuisine on the menu!
Magic Mushroom Express
This is not a coffee shop, but if you
are staying at a friend’s or renting a place, this is your delivery
service for mushrooms, smart products, grass/hash and everything you need.
And quality is outstanding. Daily service from 19:00 - 2:00 am. Phone: 06
54357135.
De Tweede Kamer
Located between the Single canal and the
Spui, these guys specialize in high, high, quality foreign hash! The place
is small but the view when you get to your seat is grandiossse. They make
great grass tea and the music is a non-traditional transcendental
experience. If you have never tasted good Moroccan hash, here is the best
place for you to try or buy.
Grey Area
Located in a small street of the Singel Canal that
is hard to miss, this is an American coffee shop that has a daily special
for all their products, including a large variety of handmade glass bongs
and top-quality grass. The crowd is a healthy mix of students and tourists. The only problem is this place is way to small and busy.
Dutch Flowers
Located by the Singel canal, this is a relaxing
artsy dim light classic déco coffee shop. They have the best Bavarian beer
in Amsterdam. It's a place that makes you feel like a Viking while you
chill nicely. Top-quality choice of grass, but not much hash. Got to try
Super Shiva and rolled weed cigars - Philly blunt- already made.
The Hemp Hotel
Located on Frederiksplein 15; this is one of
the rare hemp hotels in Amsterdam. Relaxed atmosphere, a great variety of
hemp at the hotel bar and restaurant, the 'Hemp Temple Night Bar' offers THC
hemp ice cream, hemp seed, and 11 kinds of hemp beer, wines, cider and
non-alcoholic drinks with hemp. The theme déco in the suites are Indian,
Afghani, Tibetan and Caribbean with hemp futons extremely comfortable.
Room rates for a single are 100 guilders and 135 guilders for a double room
with breakfast of fresh hemp rolls and muffins, orange juice and tea or
coffee. Telephone for reservation: 31 20 625 44 25
T-Boot
Located on Oude Schans 143, this is the same boat
taken by Cheech and Chong on their trip through Amsterdam.
Café Freeworld
Located on Nieuwendjik near Central Station,
this is a cyber coffee shop with full Internet cable access. Enjoy one
cold Dutch beer, smoking some great grass and surf the Net.
De Overkant
Located on Van Limburg Stirumplein, this is a
relax déco friendly atmospheric coffee shop where people from all walks of
life come to enjoy great Moroccan hash. The place is small but it's
located in an obscure street where you can enjoy some smooth quality time
in this crazy city.
Paradox
Located on Eerste Bloemdwarsstraat 2, a great place
to have healthy snacks and drink some hashish coffee. Closes at 7pm.
La Tertulia
Located on Prinsengracht 312, this is one of my
favorite coffee shops to go to in the summer, a great outdoor terrace to
toast yourself when smoking and watch the canals. Great selection of
grass/hash and space cakes freshly baked> But like Paradox, it closes
at 7pm.
Yo-Yo
Located on 2e Jan van der Heydenstraat 79, a friendly
down-to-earth coffee shop where mostly hippies go to chill and talk about
their mantra psychedelic one world 60s renewal earth experience. The grass
selection is very wide and quality one of the best if you end up in that
part of town. It's a little bit far from the Red Light District... but a
great place to meet travelers.
Free City
Located on Maxistraat 233, this is more of a bar
than a coffee shop. Most coffee shops don't sell alcohol or stay open past
2am. Outstanding selection of beer and some good grass, you meet a lot of
Irish, British and Germans. I've met a lot of crazy people that spend 15
days partying and forgetting their name!
De Hoogte
Located on Nieuwe Hoogstraat 2a, this is a busy bar
in the Red Light District frequented by hippies, travelers, local and
English-speaking tourist. Not really a coffee shop but sometimes you can
grill while trying their amazing hot chocolate with Jameson's. It's a
great nightcap!
Sound Garden
Located on Marnixstraat 164-66; this is a
popular spacious grunge bar with a tattooed/pierced alternative crowd.
Good selection of beer, pool table, darts and pinball. They don’t sell
grass or hash, so bring your own.
So there you have it! A mini-guide of Amsterdam's 400+ coffee shops.
Here’s also a list of squats where you can go party later on in the
night.
Squats
Vrankrijk
Located on Spuistraat 216, open Mon-Fri, Sunday
until 2am and Saturday 'till 4pm. Cheap drinks and a pool table, open
stage comedy, great music, live performance every Sunday from 10:30
on...this squat is very popular 'cause you meet wasted people from all
over the world with weird and incoherent theories about life, art and
everything!
Korsakoff
Located on Lijnbaansgracht 161, a free entry
popular punk-grunge bar open Mon-Sunday until 4am and Saturday 'till 5am.
Obscure crowd mixing punks, gothic, alternative, hip-hop, gays and people
just there to party and wait for Central Station to open.
The Fridge
Located on Oostelijke Handelskade 25, a squat
veggie restaurant open very late, depending on the season and crowd. Raoul
is the main veggie cook to visit when you go to Amsterdam. The food is
grrrreat! and service amazing, not very expensive for a good meal and
every week the decor changes depending his mood!
Lux
Located on Marnixtraat 403, open weekends from 8pm-4am,
this is the best place to listen to great drum 'n' bass and trance DJs.
Always crowed but the hard liquor selection is a wet dream!
New York Pizza
Located on Damstraat and Leidestraat 23, the
best pizza in town 'cause you don't know how hard is to get great pizza in
Amsterdam. NY knows their shit! Open 'till 4am Fri-Saturday, this is great
for your late-night munchies, and the place to see Europeans trying eating a slice of pizza without getting messy!
Here is a useful address for those in Amsterdam:
De Witte Jas
Located on Wittenstraat 43-45, it’s a cheap and alternative clinic for travelers without insurance (but we strongly recommend getting travel health insurance before you go!). A lot of people freak out in Amsterdam, so take this address and locate it before any psychedelic activity.
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