Six Amsterdam Coffeeshops, Six Good Reasons To Visit
These six coffeeshops each have their own strength: atmosphere, an easy introduction for visitors, hash history, edibles, service or value for money. The categories are editorial choices. Products and stock change, so check the current menu when you arrive. For visitors aged 18 and over.
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September 30, 2026
Coffeeshop Amsterdam — Best For Atmosphere
Coffeeshop Amsterdam is for visitors who want to do more than buy something and leave. The Haarlemmerstraat shop has three floors, each with its own mood: order and talk to the staff downstairs, find the social heart on the first floor, then head higher up when you want things quieter. Useful when your group is loud and you are already longing for a corner without a committee meeting. And then there are the delicious cakes, toasties and eye-catching milkshakes. The kind of milkshake that makes people suddenly lose all urgency to leave.
Starting in 2007, the building housed the second branch of De Dampkring. The current name appeared on the façade in 2017. That past gives the place history without making the interior feel like a museum. Brick, warm colours, comfortable seating, drinks and snacks make it easy for all kinds of visitors to stay a little longer. Ask your questions downstairs, then choose the floor that suits your mood.
From Central Station, you can walk straight into Haarlemmerstraat, with shops, places to eat and other coffeeshops nearby. Continue towards Brouwersgracht or Westerpark afterwards. Come outside the busiest evening hours if you want a quiet seat.
Practical details: Haarlemmerstraat 44. Open daily from 09:00 to 01:00 according to the official website. Bring valid ID; entry and sales are for over-18s only. Do not combine cannabis with alcohol, and do not drive or cycle after using it.
You come for the cannabis and stay because one flight of stairs up turns out to have exactly the atmosphere you wanted.
Pro tip
Go early in the day or during the afternoon if you want unhurried advice. Have your ID and budget ready, be honest about your experience and ask what is actually available that day. If something has sold out, ask for a similar alternative; an angry review does not restock the shelves.
Easy Times — Best For Tourists
Anyone searching for the best coffeeshop in Amsterdam for tourists soon ends up looking for somewhere easy to reach with a place to sit. Easy Times on Prinsengracht fits neatly into that picture. It is close to Leidseplein, with canals, restaurants, clubs and trams all within easy reach.
The Prinsengracht location has a modern lounge atmosphere and seating. That is useful when you are entering an Amsterdam coffeeshop for the first time and do not want to be back outside after thirty seconds with a bag and three unanswered questions. Recent menus recorded by visitors show a wide choice of cannabis, traditional and newer styles of hash, pre-rolls and edibles. The exact selection and prices change, so ask what is available that day.
During the day, you can walk from here along Prinsengracht towards the Nine Streets. By evening, you are already in the nightlife district.
Practical details: Prinsengracht 476. Check current opening times and house rules on the official website. Bring valid ID. There is also an Easy Times on Reguliersdwarsstraat, so check which branch your navigation app is sending you to.
Central, comfortable and easy to combine with the rest of your day.
Tourist Trap Checker
Do
Decide which quality matters most to you: atmosphere, an easy first visit, hash, edibles, service or value for money. Then visit one or, at most, two shops and give the neighbourhood a chance too.
Don't
Tick off all six coffeeshops in one day. An editorial selection then turns into a tiring shopping list, and by the end your main discovery is that Amsterdam has a lot of counters.
Tweede Kamer — Best For Hash
Tweede Kamer is small enough to make its name feel literal. The shop in Heisteeg feels like a second living room where a serious cannabis menu just happens to be on the table. The wooden interior, old furniture and close quarters between visitors make it warm and intimate.
Founders Paul and Jeroen discovered coffeeshop culture in the 1970s and later opened this place together. The building previously housed a stamp dealer, hence the postage-stamp logo. The name refers both to Dutch politics and to the idea of a second living room.
In the early years, Dutch-grown cannabis barely existed and the selection revolved around imported cannabis and hash from places including Morocco, Lebanon, Afghanistan and Kashmir. That tradition continues: a recorded 2026 menu included Moroccan hash as well as a Rifman category, the line enthusiasts associate with hash from Morocco's Rif region.
Practical details: Heisteeg 6. Open daily from 08:00 to 01:00 according to the official website. Bring valid ID and come outside peak hours if you want a quiet seat or advice.
Small in size, big on hash history.
Boerejongens Centrum — Best For Edibles
Boerejongens Centrum on Utrechtsestraat looks as though a classic pharmacy and a modern pâtisserie decided to open a coffeeshop together. Marble, brass, immaculate white uniforms and a polished counter give the small shop a strikingly orderly atmosphere — it suits this branch's best-known draw: edibles that look more like proper pastries than the dry slab of cake where the word 'space' is doing most of the work.
A recent menu record lists a brownie cake and red velvet cake. Availability can change, and appetising packaging says nothing about how your body will respond. Ask the staff what portion they recommend: space cake often takes 45 minutes to one and a half or even two hours to kick in, and its effects can last much longer than smoked cannabis. Taking more after twenty minutes is not enthusiasm — it is a planning error that can last for hours.
This branch is compact and popular, so queues can form at busy times. Come earlier in the day if you have questions or want a particular product.
Practical details: Utrechtsestraat 21. Open daily from 07:00 to 00:45 according to the official website. Bring valid ID. Do not combine edibles with alcohol or other substances, and do not use them if you still need to cycle, drive or catch a flight.
The red velvet looks like dessert. Your schedule will soon notice that it is a different kind of cake.
Coffeeshop Noord — Best Service
At Coffeeshop Noord, you do not have to swallow your questions because somebody behind you is impatiently rattling loose change. The service is the story here: say what you are looking for and, before long, the jars are open, you have seen and smelled different products, and you are getting an explanation of aroma, strength and expected effect.
The shop's own website describes the team as certified and professionally trained. You notice that at the counter: questions are not treated as a waste of time, but as part of the purchase. Staff take time to explain the differences between cannabis, hash, edibles and current batches.
From the IJplein ferry, it is about a twelve-minute walk or a four-minute bike ride to Ooievaarsweg. You are then close to Hamerkwartier, where nightlife feels looser and rougher around the edges than it does near Leidseplein.
Practical details: Ooievaarsweg 10. Open daily from 07:00 to 00:45 according to the official website. Bring valid ID. Always check age limits, tickets, smoking rules and the programme with any nearby venue itself.
Go for the explanation, stay in Noord for a night out without a gold door handle.
Boerejongens West — Best Value For Money
The Boerejongens story began on Baarsjesweg. This branch has the same pharmacy-like look as the central shop, but the neighbourhood feels less touristy and the range of prices is useful for anyone looking for quality without automatically jumping to the most expensive line.
Recent menus show cannabis, Moroccan hash, modern blocks, pre-rolls and edibles across several price points. That range is exactly what makes the shop appealing: you can ask the staff which affordable option is performing well that day instead of confusing price with quality.
Boerejongens West sits outside the busiest tourist route, but not outside the city. Overtoom and Kinkerstraat are close, as are Vondelpark and Rembrandtpark.
Practical details: Baarsjesweg 239. The official website lists daily opening hours of 07:00 to 23:45; check current times before you leave. Bring valid ID. Check the menu and stock when you arrive.
Tourist trap check — do: decide which quality matters most to you and visit one or, at most, two shops. Don't: tick off all six coffeeshops in one day.
Quick Summary
Good value does not mean choosing the cheapest option. It means you are still happy with your choice tomorrow.
- Coffeeshop Amsterdam for atmosphere; Easy Times for an accessible first visit.
- Tweede Kamer for hash history; Boerejongens Centrum for edibles.
- Coffeeshop Noord for guidance; Boerejongens West for value for money.
- Always check the current menu, opening times, house rules and stock.
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