Amsterdam Coffee Shops

Amsterdam is often synonymous with its Coffee shops and Coffee Culture. There are 300 plus coffee shops in Amsterdam. Amsterdam Coffee shops is always a top attraction for its visitors. In Amsterdam one will find all type of Coffee shops. The most famous coffee shops of city are Located in the canal city district and the suburbs.


Amsterdam coffee shops are so popular because is not just a place where you can have a cup of coffee like other parts of world. It offers more; it’s a place where one can legally purchase small amounts (5 gm) of cannabis like marijuana (for personal usage). Amsterdam Coffee Shops showcases Rastafarian themes or 70’s rock hippie-like culture that also originated the fame of “space cakes”, These special cakes or brownie scare  served with cannabis leaves that give it the “high” effect. The dose of cannabis used however, is not above legal standards as it is in the Netherlands which is 5 grams.

A strict “No Smoking Joints” law is enforced throughout Amsterdam and the only way to indulge in this fantasy is to try smoking in one the Amsterdam Coffee shops where Smoking is also permitted inside the premises. Most of the Coffee shops here will sell pre-weighed bags at 5, 10, and 12.5.

Here is a list of the best coffee shops in Amsterdam.
Barney's Breakfast Bar - 102 Haarlemmerstraat
Central - 89 Prins Hendrikkade
Front Page - 14 Zoutsteeg
Blue Bird - 71 St. Antoniusbreedstraat
Bushdocter - 28 Thorbeckeplein
Greenhouse - Tolstraat 91
Grey Area - 2 Oude Leliestraat
De Dampkring - 29 Handboogstraat
Greenhouse Namaste - 345 Waterlooplein
Greenhouse Centrum - 191 Oudezijds Voorburgwal
Pink Floyd (Umma Gumma) - 44 Haarlemmerstraat
Old Church - 54Oudekerksplein
Siberie - 11 Brouwersgracht
Rokerij - 41 Lange Leidsedwarsstraat
Rokerij II - 8 Singel
Rokerij III - 8 Amstel