Most coffeeshops have setup a smoking area. In this smoking area, you can smoke tobbacco, marijuana, or hash, or mixed. But you cannot smoke anything at all, outside of this area. In some cases this refers to the internet station for example, may be in the non smoking area. Most places have a sign up NO TOBACCO ALLOWED but are not stopping you putting tobacco in your joints unless they see you of course. Obviously don't leave packet of cigarettes on the table. One coffeeshop welcomes all smoking in the main room. I found this odd, as they seem to be the only one - De Kuil, right off of Damrak. Cigars are welcomed as well. They also don't mind you only sitting with a drink and smoking which is the case always. Alot of coffeeshops, the smoking area is downstairs, like in the Dolfijns. This is one of my favorite friendly coffeeshops. Some lounges that are smoke friendly, these are not coffeeshops:
BARNEYS FARM BARNEYS LOUNGE BARNEYS UPTOWN
GROTTE NES LAST WATERHOLE
Some coffeeshops do not allow tobbacco under any circumstances. These include:
1. Coffeeshop Central, small place, great space cakes though, try them. As it is a small shop, it is easy for them to check.
2. Hill Street Blues coffeeshop on Nieuwmarkt have a sign requesting all customers "Before sealing your joints please to get a member of staff to check it to make sure it's tobacco free".
3. The Doors. I was there and noticed the bud tender telling patrons no tobbacco allowed after they started to use tobbacco in their Marijuana joint.
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Bars that sell Alcohol, but allow tobacco or/and weed
Nes Cafe - allows tobacco or joint smoking in entrance room and pure cannabis smoking in rest of bar
Route 99 - bar downstairs you can smoke, right off the Damrak
Flying Dutchmen, has a smoking room
The Waterhole, smoking room
Susies Saloon - Next to Ricks cafe cannabis and tobacco allowed
Stones Cafe - on Warmostraadt, Tobacco smoking allowed out the back
Red Light Bar - smoking on 3rd floor, tobacco etc, and tasty extra cold heineken
Excalibur Bar - RLD Tobacco Smoking Upstairs
Hunters Bar on Warmostraddt
The Bar - The Bottle, next to De Kuil 420 - Pure joints allowed with your pint
Winstons Hotstel/St Christopher's - Tables out the back for smoking tobacco and weed
Hunters Vodka Bar - Pure reefers allowed - no tobacco
Hemp Hotel Bar - Alcohol served, and pure joints allowed too.
These bars and clubs and whatnot I am sure you can smoke weed and hash not as a coffeeshop selling:
BARS
Café The Minds
Spuistraat 245
1012 VP Amsterdam, Netherlands
+31 20 6236784
http://www.theminds.nl/home/home.html
*don’t let the word café fool you. This is a punk bar w/punk/hardcore tunes playing. Patrons= a few “normal” people, crust punks and hardcore punk types. Place is small, has pool table. Cheaper beer than at other places.
VENUES/CLUBS
Korsakoff
http://www.korsakoffamsterdam.nl/index.html
Lijnbaansgracht 161
1016 VX Amsterdam, Netherlands
+31 20 6257854
*this is a fairly big dance club or night club. No Techno or house, DJ’s spin some punk, metal, new wave, goth & alternative stuff. Ministry/Slayer/Joy Division for example (you can smoke pot and hash in here/full bar too)
Winston Kingdom (in Red light district)
http://www.winston.nl/agenda.php
Warmoesstraat 131
Amsterdam
Venue w/punk/hardcore shows on certain nights. Of course you smoke pot/hash in here basically you can do that in most clubs. Packed to the gills on many punk/HC nights.
*cool thing is you can book a reservation for no fee and just pay at the door. If there is a popular band playing and you don’t book a reservation you probably won’t get in. See AUC below.
The Cave
http://www.thecave.nl/html/about_us.html
Prinsengracht 472
1017 KG Amsterdam
020-6268939
info@thecave.nl
* sometimes they have HC and punk shows check their site first
SQUATS/COLLECTIVES/Voku/Restaurants
Barcelona squat: **endangered? could be closed, email or call first
http://squat.net/barcelona/
Boetzelaerstraat1
Amsterdam
Einde van de Wereld (Quo Vadis boat):
Javakade t.o. 4
Amsterdam
tel. 020 - 4190222.
http://www.eindevandewereld.nl/
Restaurant on a boat, veggie and meat dishes. No reservations, arrive early.
ADM:
Hornweg 4
http://www.admleeft.nl/
Has voku and events, music, etc.
Overtoom 301 (OT301) (film academy)
Overtoom 301
1054 HW Amsterdam
http://squat.net/overtoom301/pages/events.html
Cultural center (films, art, performance art, DJ’s, Live music, drum n bass, jazz, punk etc… (see calender)
De Peper (Vegan restaurant inside Overtoom 301)
http://www.depeper.org/
Vrankrijk
http://www.myspace.com/vrankrijk
Spuistraat 216
Amsterdam
the Netherlands
1012 VT
*This is a legal squat. They have a bar (cheap beer) Bar nights=No techno/house, rap, hip-hop or pop. Just punk rock/ HC and some new wave. They have “discos” on the weekend which are basically club nights.
Occii
www.occii.org/
Amstelveenseweg 134
1075 XL Amsterdam
tel. 0031-20-6717778
*Legal squat has punk shows, full bar, cheap beer/spirits. You can smoke pot/hash in there too.
De Binnepret (part of Occii)
Eerste Schinkelstraat 16, Amsterdam
http://www.xs4all.nl/~binnenpr/
EETcafe MKZ (veg. food nights aka Voku)
Tues, Wed, Fri (call to reserve)
Zaal 100 (Book reservation, always crowded)
http://www.zaal100.nl/index.html
De Wittenstraat 100
Amsterdam
Jazz, other live music, squatters info/discussion night. Veg. restaurant open at least 2x/week.
Molli:
Van Ostadestraat 55 Amsterdam
http://squat.net/nl/index.html
Voku, squatters night, films…..
Info Sites:
Squat.net
http://squat.net/nl/index.html -
Essential site for:
(shows, voku or Volkskeuken(folks kitchen)vegetarian or vegan cheap eats) A lot of squats that I didn’t mention above can be found here.
Amsterdam Punk’s Myspace http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=106222146
(AUC)Amsterdam Underground Collective Essential site for:
*lists shows in Amsterdam & environs
reservations & tickets to shows at Winston & other venues (not all shows allow reservations)
Punk Rock Amsterdam
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=81891406
Underwater Amsterdam http://www.underwateramsterdam.com/
*site for lots of events, art, parties etc. Sometimes they list voku, punk HC shows or events in squats.
http://nl.indymedia.org/en/Agenda/Agenda.shtml )info and calendar site)
GET OUTTA TOWN:
Ruigoord: community outside of Amsterdam….http://www.ruigoord.nl/
ACU (This is in Utrecht)
http://www.acu.nl
Voorstraat 71
3512AK Utrecht
Netherlands
*Check out this legal squat if you think that you will make it to Utrecht on a Friday or Saturday. They have a bar, cheap beer, smoke what you like, live music along the lines of punk, HC, alternative. DJ spins after shows on Fri/Sat. Also has various “political” nights and films. Also has Veggie eats night approx. 3,50 Euros. Every night something is going on there.
Coffeeshops that have made provisions for tobbacco:
Bluebird Ben - has a smoking section
Andalusia, smoking tobbocca on 2nd and 3rd floors
Bushdoctor (bigger one on Thorsbeckeplein) 2nd and 3rd floors.
Dolphins Coffeeshop- Kerk Straat - Tobacco smoking downsatirs
Rookies Coffeeshop - Korte Leidsedwarsstraat - Tobacco smoking room to the right
Dampkring II aka Pink Floyd - Haarlemmerstraat - Tobacco upstairs
Rock-It - Mieuwmarkt
Route 99 - Opposite Prix D`ami off Damrak
Relax - Sittard
Coffeeshop OtherSide
Balou - Halvemaansteeg - Near rembrandtplein
Sheeba - Warmostraat
Siberie - Singel
Rusland + the coffeeshop directly oppsite Sheeba .(Jungle/Oerwoud)
De Kroon - Off Damrak opposite De Kuil 420
Route 66 - Warmostraat - Near Sheeba
The Grasshoper - Nieuwezeids Vorrburgwal
Coffeeshop Reefer - Next to Bluebird
The Green Place - Off Nieuwmarkt
Resin - Hekeveld (near Old Style on the map)
Andalucia - tobacco smoking area on the 1st and 2nd floors (ground floor is pure only)
Rastababy - inside (bar area) is pure only - conservatory area is tobacco
Freeworld Coffeeshop - on the Nieuwendijk
Prix D'ami
Coffeeshops that do not allow Tobbacco:
Doors, Amnesia, Hunters Bar,
Basically if you can get a balcony you can smoke there. Most hostels are not banning smoking. Please note that the following list is not a reccommendation and you should find out current policy as this can change. Obvioulsy, if you see a smoke alarm, don't. Addresses and links for these hotels you can find here:Hotels
Hotels where you can smoke.
1. Diann, has the balcony in many rooms. My neighbor last week was toking very early and often. Hotel Diann
3.Prins Hendrik www.hotel-prinshendrik.nl
4.Koopermoolen http://www.koopermoolen.nl/
5. Rookies Hotel http://www.hotelrookies.nl/
6. Hotel De La Haye - allows tobbacco only. Leidsegracht 114, 1016 CT, Amsterdam
7. ITC Hotel, Prinsengracht 1051 , Amsterdam www.itc-hotel.com/
8. HEMP HOTEL www.hemp-hotel.com/
9. Roode Leeuw *** has some smoking rooms hotel translated site
10.A Train *** has some smoking rooms www.atrainhotel.com/
Apartments option: Smoking in your own place. Often the apartment is far less expensive.
http://www.amsterdamcribs.com/