The very first coffeeshop unfortunately closed in was Mellow Yellow. This coffee shop on the premises of an old bakery — where one could drink coffee — was full of dealers, disguised as patrons.
The nature of the business may have changed but the name has stuck! Mellow Yellow was given the first licence and many others followed. So long as these coffee shops were happy to comply with the strict rules set out by the government, they could freely sell weed despite it being technically illegal — which is still the case today. For some fun suggestions you can read our blog on the Things to do in Amsterdam for stoners.
After all, the Dutch consume more coffee per day than almost any other country! Eet smakelijk! Please contact the developer of this form processor to improve this message. Even though the server responded OK, it is possible the submission was not processed.
Back to blog. Why are coffee shops called coffee shops? Mike, a customer and retail manager for Green House which has several coffeeshops in Amsterdam, said that since the country had reopened and restrictions were removed, business had ticked upward but was still off its peak. Mike noted the coffeeshops had "suffered a lot" during Covid lockdowns over the past 18 months. The Dutch authorities initially announced that coffeeshops would have to close with short notice when the country's first lockdown began last spring.
The government quickly reversed course, however, after lines formed outside coffeeshops. Customers wanted to stash supplies ahead of the closures, and the authorities feared that the sale of cannabis could quickly take to the streets and allow the illegal and unregulated drugs trade to flourish. In the Netherlands, selling drugs is illegal but the Dutch government tolerates the sale of soft drugs in coffeeshops which are strictly regulated. Still, despite being allowed to remain open, opening times were reduced and travel bans meant that a large proportion of their customers, tourists, were unable to visit until this summer when the Netherlands opened up travel to some nations.
However, there are still restrictions on visitors from some countries with higher Covid rates like many, the Netherlands designated other countries with a traffic light system of red, amber and green depending on case rates and PCR testing and quarantine rules in place for some, deterring many tourists further.
Many locals have tired of the groups of younger tourists that come to Amsterdam for its soft drugs tourism and have enjoyed the lower numbers in the last 18 months.
Lieke, an Amsterdam resident with a young daughter, told CNBC she'd enjoyed the quieter city but didn't think coffeeshops should be no-go areas for tourists, noting that "they will buy it anyway" which was illegal and carried with it other risks, and that to ban tourists would be discriminatory. Otto, an economics teacher who also lives in Amsterdam, agreed that, as a resident, it was "very nice to get our 'own' city center back" rather than having to contend with "shouting and strunk" stoned and drunk tourists.
Asked whether tourists were a nuisance when it comes to coffeeshops, Otto was unequivocal in his response: "Yes. In , Amsterdam had coffee shops, more than any other municipality and more than the other large municipalities Rotterdam, Den Haag, Utrecht, Eindhoven and Tilburg combined. The highest number of coffee shops could be found in municipalities with over , inhabitants , at nearly coffee shops. By comparison, only five coffee shops were in municipalities not exceeding 20, citizens.
A recent survey found that nearly 95 percent of recent cannabis users participating had acquired the drugs in a coffee shop.
By comparison, just over ten percent recently received cannabis from a dealer at home, and only 2. You need a Single Account for unlimited access. Full access to 1m statistics Incl. Single Account. View for free. Show source. Show detailed source information? Register for free Already a member? Log in. More information. Supplementary notes. Other statistics on the topic. State of Health Average price of ecstasy in the Netherlands State of Health Average price of cocaine in the Netherlands State of Health Total number of drug deaths in the Netherlands Conor Stewart.
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