Amsterdam Leidseplein

The coffeeshops around the Leidseplein are surprisingly unpopulated given how packed the area is. Prices do tend to be slightly higher, reflecting the neighborhood's more central location.

Easy Times, Prinsengracht 476 (☎062 415 72), This coffeeshop feels a bit like a hip club, with sleek furnishings, purple lights, and trance-y house music playing on the stereo—like a hip club, but minus the exclusive attitude. Extensive selection of indica, sativa, and hash as well as space cookies, brownies, and cakes. Carries the infamous Dutch ice-o-lator. Also serves coffee and juices. Tram #1, 2, or 5 to Prinsengracht. Make a left and continue along the canal. Weed €8-15 per g; joints €7-10, with tobacco €3.50-5.50; hash €6-13, ice-o-lator €22 per g; baked goods €6-10. Buy 4g or more, get a 10% discount. Open daily 8:30am-1am. Does not take credit cards. Wheelchair access. Has internet. Has outdoor seating.
Rookies, Korte Leidsedwarsstraat 145-147 (☎063 909 78; www.rookies.nl), This super-chill coffeeshop in the heart of the Leidseplein will welcome you into its unusually large smoking room, which is filled with the dulcet tones of laidback hip hop (and, obviously, clouds of smoke). Small but quality selection of marijuana and hash; pre-rolled joints are available with Northern Lights (weed) and Super Pollen (hash). Also sells space cakes, coffee, and juices. Tram #1, 2, 5, 7, or 10 to Leidseplein. Weed €5.50-13 per g; joints €3.50; hash €7.40-15, ice-o-lator €24 per g; space cakes €5. Open daily 10am-1am. Does not take credit cards. Wheelchair access. Has outdoor seating.
Tatanka, Korte Leidsedwarsstraat 151 (☎042 121 39), This smartshop sells a variety of mushrooms, marijuana seeds, salvia, and all kinds of smoking accoutrements—pipes, grinders, and anything else you might need. Also sells T-shirts and other souvenirs. Very helpful staff will walk you through the mechanics of any prospective purchase. Tram #1, 2, 5, 7, or 10 to Leidseplein. Mushrooms €12-20; seeds from around €30 to over €100. Open daily 11am-10pm. Takes credit cards. Wheelchair access.