Now permanently closed by the city of Amsterdam, the small Coffeeshop Extase is/was located in the Red Light District, the Oude Hoogstraat. Offereing fresh orange juice, loud music, clouds of smoke, many interesting characters were to be found here! Lots of windows, plants and flowers made this a cheery place.
Hip little spot right off the Spui. I love the vibes, the music (a treat to hear K&D chant about bug-powder dust while getting high) and the grass. Some of the tastiest, at good prices. Nice to sit at the big open window on sunny days and watch the people go by. Cappucino was great, and I will return for more of that bud. They offer an Internet terminal for the customers to use as well.
NOW WITH TWO LOCATIONS!
This wonderful coffeeshop is tucked away in an alley just a block from the Dam square. Excellent smoke, a beautiful, trippy interior, and live DJ make this a popular place with locals and tourists.
One building was built originally as a coffeeshop and café to serve clientele from the neighborhoods many newspapers a hundred years ago. The scene abck then was filled with reporters out for a drink, a meal, or a smoke. Tobacco was king back then, not marijuana, but I’m sure a few crafty Dutch were smoking opium or hashish at the time. You can feel it in the Abraxas’ aura when you are there.
Info:
To find the Abraxas Coffeeshop from the Dam Square, look at Madam Tussaud’s Building, and notice the alley to the right of it called the Kalverstraat. Enter this alleyway, and look for the very first right-hand turn into the tiny alleyway named Jonge Rollensteeg. Keep going… it’s down at the other end by the Nieuwzijdes Voorburgwal on the right. There are several large neon signs.
Address:
Jonge Rollensteeg
Amsterdam 1012PL
Phone: 489-1933
Barney’s has a great place next to the coffee shop. Great music, good cocktails and really good food. They stay open till midnight. This is one of the few places in Amsterdam where you can have a good meal while you smoke your weed.
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This is GREAT NEWS for cannabis users in Holland (and tourists of course!). Now maybe the Dutch will STOP mixing their marijuana with tobacco in their joints! It’s very unhealthy and addictive to smoke tobacco!
By Bruno Waterfield in Brussels
Cannabis will be exempt from a Dutch smoking ban that comes into force in two months.
Restrictions on smokers in cafes and restaurants will not apply as long as cannabis is consumed neat, without tobacco. The exemption follows fears that many of Amsterdam’s lucrative “coffee shops” would be forced to close if soft drug users had to smoke elsewhere.
Liberal Dutch policies, introduced in 1972, on the sale and use of cannabis have generated a trade valued at more than £3 billion a year.
Source: Telegraph
Update: Some people are saying the Dutch will just ignore these bans, especially in Amsterdam.
Well it’s finally going to happen! Next year the Dutch are banning all smoking in all coffeeshops, as well as bars and restaurants. This will help the Dutch comply with EU laws. Other countries have had to do the same. Whether or not this will mean you can’t light up anymore is still open to debate as coffeeshop owners insist the ban is only on tobacco. Of course nearly all Dutch smoke their cannabis mixed with tobacco. So now you can’t buy booze and you can’t smoke in Coffeeshops, the only thing left is to purchase cannabis and I guess sit there and look at it…
Have fun in Amsterdam while you still can!!!
Despite efforts to fight this new law, the remaining coffeeshops in Mastricht are going to comply with the new rules. Other Dutch border towns and the city of Rotterdam are also considering implementing these new rules for coffeeshops.
No doubt this will have a chilling effect upon the cannabis trade in Holland.