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Re: Latest coffeeshop changes
Posted: Fri 21st Feb 2025 03:07 pm
by Lemming
A joke surely. Tourists only? Why? How would that work?
Re: Latest coffeeshop changes
Posted: Sat 22nd Feb 2025 09:49 am
by kalima
Lemming wrote: Fri 21st Feb 2025 03:07 pm
A joke surely. Tourists only? Why? How would that work?
possibly.... I wish I could remember where I saw it, I have feeling on a you tube video, it was a few days ago, I will try and have look to night and see if I can find out where I saw it. there iOS a thread on reddit about it
Re: Latest coffeeshop changes
Posted: Sat 22nd Feb 2025 11:24 am
by kalima
kalima wrote: Sat 22nd Feb 2025 09:49 am
Lemming wrote: Fri 21st Feb 2025 03:07 pm
A joke surely. Tourists only? Why? How would that work?
possibly.... I wish I could remember where I saw it, I have feeling on a you tube video, it was a few days ago, I will try and have look to night and see if I can find out where I saw it...... just found this .... there is a thread on reddit about it
Re: Latest coffeeshop changes
Posted: Sat 22nd Feb 2025 08:59 pm
by Marok21
thats crazy
On my last visit there, I noticed the sign in front of the door, but I didn't read it carefully and understood it to mean that only locals were allowed to sit there. I could have understood that somehow, but only tourists allowed doesn't make sense
The only reason I can think of is that the shop was very popular with the boys from the street. When I was there, there were often groups of Dutch youngsters who didn't exactly seem like law-abiding citizens to me
But that's pure speculation and I wouldn't think it would be a reason to introduce such a rule...
Re: Latest coffeeshop changes
Posted: Tue 25th Feb 2025 04:08 pm
by Lemming
Just heard, SWED (ex. Funky Munkey) has changed name again to Tha Dogg House. That name didn't last long!
Re: Latest coffeeshop changes
Posted: Mon 14th Apr 2025 02:39 pm
by Lemming
Apparently, a new shop called Power Flower is going to open on the site of
Terminator in Amsterdam.
Re: Latest coffeeshop changes
Posted: Mon 14th Apr 2025 05:33 pm
by Jolly
Lemming wrote: Mon 14th Apr 2025 02:39 pm
Apparently, a new shop called Power Flower is going to open on the site of
Terminator in Amsterdam.
Will it be open by this weekend?
Re: Latest coffeeshop changes
Posted: Mon 14th Apr 2025 09:13 pm
by Lemming
Re: Latest coffeeshop changes
Posted: Wed 16th Apr 2025 05:49 am
by la2019
I have to say, every time I see this topic bump up to the top of the board I brace myself for the Plug taking over another shop...
Re: Latest coffeeshop changes
Posted: Thu 12th Jun 2025 01:00 am
by Lemming
New coffeeshop coming soon in Hoogeveen. It will be at Grote Kerkstraat 22.
Re: Latest coffeeshop changes
Posted: Thu 3rd Jul 2025 02:31 pm
by Lemming
Amsterdam Genetics have taken over
Superskunk 1 (formerly Atlantis) in the Pijp and renamed it ProGram.
Re: Latest coffeeshop changes
Posted: Thu 3rd Jul 2025 05:37 pm
by KeyMonCha
Lemming wrote: Thu 3rd Jul 2025 02:31 pm
Amsterdam Genetics have taken over
Superskunk 1 (formerly Atlantis) in the Pijp and renamed it ProGram.
It can't be just me that is starting to really dislike this chain?! Didn't mind so much when it just seemed like Boerjongens were trying something different, but they're spreading faster than any CS chain, ever... Don't get me wrong; I think there's a place for clinical, soulless B&F shops, but when there are several, almost identical, Amsterdam Generics in one city centre, taking over traditional shops it feels like it's harming the scene a little...
...If they'd just have different carpets, like Wetherspoons!
Re: Latest coffeeshop changes
Posted: Thu 3rd Jul 2025 05:44 pm
by Jolly
KeyMonCha wrote: Thu 3rd Jul 2025 05:37 pm
Lemming wrote: Thu 3rd Jul 2025 02:31 pm
Amsterdam Genetics have taken over
Superskunk 1 (formerly Atlantis) in the Pijp and renamed it ProGram.
It can't be just me that is starting to really dislike this chain?! Didn't mind so much when it just seemed like Boerjongens were trying something different, but they're spreading faster than any CS chain, ever... Don't get me wrong; I think there's a place for clinical, soulless B&F shops, but when there are several, almost identical, Amsterdam Generics in one city centre, taking over traditional shops it feels like it's harming the scene a little...
...If they'd just have different carpets, like Wetherspoons!
Agreed. Sitting in a coffeeshop is what makes Amsterdam special for me.
Re: Latest coffeeshop changes
Posted: Fri 4th Jul 2025 06:33 am
by HitTheNorth
Yep. My personal preference is "Old School" shops like Siberie or Tertulia. The clinical, lab coat dispensary style may have been a novelty the first time i visited boerejongens but now it's feels kinda soul-less. I don't want A'dam to become homogenized, variety is the sapcecake of life
Re: Latest coffeeshop changes
Posted: Sat 5th Jul 2025 12:52 pm
by KeyMonCha
Exactly... Everyone, i assume, can get decent gear at home nowadays... The weed is not the lure, but the coffeeshops themselves are... Where else can i go out for a meal, go see a show, sit on a terrace in de zon, and have a spliff and a coffee without feeling like a criminal, or a nuisance?
I feel some owners are really missing the point entirely...
...then again, i haven't seen their bank statements.