21 year limit in coffeeshops?

[Salt Cracker]

Just saw a picture of De Dampkring and suddenly noticed the "21 Jaar" sign on the door. Did they change this recently?

How many other coffeeshop has this rule?
Going to Amsterdam very soon and had no idea some shops have increased their age limit. I'm 21 in august.
Or do we really have to stand on the street like complete morons, while the one guy in our group (which is 22) buy weed for us?

De Dampkring was going to be our closest coffeeshop which I had heard some good things about, but I guess that changed now.

Is there any other coffeeshops nearby Koningsplein that might be worth a visit, and has 18 age limit?

Why have they increased the age-limit anyway? Drunk loudmouthed 18 year old british boys?
Can't see any long term benefit of doing that. I'd imagine people under 21 years would start getting older people buying weed for them, teenagers under 18 included.

Also; have the 15% THC limit law been applied yet?

[Uncle Ron]

Hoi, good questions.
Last to first, the 15% THC limit. No, there is no limit. Please enjoy the gear.
As for shops for over 21's, I've only heard of a couple, nothing to worry about either.
If the shop you want to go in is for Over 21's, simple, come back in August.

If some advise to hit up others outside the shop, here's why that's a bad idea.
1. Like a teenager asking to buy alcohol outside a store, embarrassing.
2. Bad rep for CS if caught.
Solution - Go to a shop that allows over 18's, there are plenty to chose from.

Peace.
and Zippy

[Salt Cracker]

Hoi, good questions.
Last to first, the 15% THC limit. No, there is no limit. Please enjoy the gear.
As for shops for over 21's, I've only heard of a couple, nothing to worry about either.
If the shop you want to go in is for Over 21's, simple, come back in August.

If some advise to hit up others outside the shop, here's why that's a bad idea.
1. Like a teenager asking to buy alcohol outside a store, embarrassing.
2. Bad rep for CS if caught.
Solution - Go to a shop that allows over 18's, there are plenty to chose from.

Peace.
and Zippy

Thanks Uncle!

No limit, sweet. That won't matter either way, Amsterdam cannabis is probably much stronger than in Norway anyway.

Yes, I think at least De Dampkring BV and De Tweede Kamer has 21 years age-limit.

Yeah, we will find CSs with under 21 year age-limit. Either way, we have someone in our travel group over 21 years of age so there would be no problem anyway (would not ask random people). But we won't do that.

So hyped, can't wait!

[Yossarian22]

Some places do, some places don't. I believe that a lot of the 21+ places do that because they were caught with underagers inside and one of the conditions of restoring their license was to increase the age limit. When I was under 21(quite a while ago), I saw a couple of "21+ only" signs around, but it didn't really impact my trip. There's a lot of coffeeshops around Koningsplein. I'm almost 30 now so I haven't had to worry about it and haven't paid close attention to the age limits, but I don't believe that 420 Cafe/Dutch Flowers(was Dutch Flowers, but 420 cafe owners bought it; on the map on this site, it still shows up as Dutch Flowers), Dolphins, Easy Times, Otherside or Tertulia are 21+ and they're all a short walk away. Just go in, hand over your IDs if requested and be polite if they inform you it's 21+; there's plenty of other places a short walk away that will serve you. One last thing: if you do decide you absolutely want some gear from a 21+ coffeeshop, go get a beer or a coffee at a nearby bar/cafe (or just find a bench at Konginsplein or Spui) and have your 22 year old friend meet you there after buying what you want rather than standing outside the coffeeshop looking sketchy.

[Salt Cracker]

Some places do, some places don't. I believe that a lot of the 21+ places do that because they were caught with underagers inside and one of the conditions of restoring their license was to increase the age limit. When I was under 21(quite a while ago), I saw a couple of "21+ only" signs around, but it didn't really impact my trip. There's a lot of coffeeshops around Koningsplein. I'm almost 30 now so I haven't had to worry about it and haven't paid close attention to the age limits, but I don't believe that 420 Cafe/Dutch Flowers(was Dutch Flowers, but 420 cafe owners bought it; on the map on this site, it still shows up as Dutch Flowers), Dolphins, Easy Times, Otherside or Tertulia are 21+ and they're all a short walk away. Just go in, hand over your IDs if requested and be polite if they inform you it's 21+; there's plenty of other places a short walk away that will serve you. One last thing: if you do decide you absolutely want some gear from a 21+ coffeeshop, go get a beer or a coffee at a nearby bar/cafe (or just find a bench at Konginsplein or Spui) and have your 22 year old friend meet you there after buying what you want rather than standing outside the coffeeshop looking sketchy.

Yeah, its probably just a few of them that has 21+. It would be really wierd if not, since there is not mentioning of 21+ on the Internett at all. Just 18+.

Will have a walk around when I get there. Thanks!

[gronin]

Keeping the kids out will improve service.. all that looking at 10 strains to show their mates how knowledgeable they are.. then spending only a few euros.. I'm the old git standing behind in the queue - I want to spend 50 E on 'that'..I don't dick about...hurry up FFS.

TBF Dampkring has always been great at bringing oldsters straight to the front as they understand we spend more without all that nonsense. The Dutch hate waste.. money, food, TIME. As I've said before, American service expectations do not apply.

That said, the earnest 'Professor 420' bollocks can be quite entertaining to watch..if I'm in the mood..

[Quazer]

... I want to spend 50 E on 'that'..I don't dick about...hurry up FFS...

Perfectly put! It happens way too often...

[Papi]

Yeah, looking at something before purchasing is just a utterly childish move. Even when it's 10 strains, it's the customer's right to check out goods sold there.
Btw, you don't see Ingi(just an example) treating customers differently depending on how much euro they spend/plan to spend. As for the limit, I don't care, it's an owner's decision what age limit they are going to impose and customer's must obey. Simple as that.

[Adamster]

I've seen ppl being turned around n scream at staff after showing passport at Barney's n bud tender telling them to get the fuck out n that minimum age is 21
I think more that the budtender was just being an ass like most of the staff that work there !!

Want a job at Barney's ? All you need is be a rude son of a bitch n no need to Kown your drugs plus be willing to rip off ppl that order a glass of TAP water 4€ !!

[Quazer]

Simply sucks when you have to wait forever that's the whole point. Especially if it's your last day or when you're in a rush for some reason. I don't feel comfortable smelling through the whole menu while there's a line all the way to the door. I'll check 3 or 4 strains, buy if I like one of them... if not ask the budtender whats good. Then after I smoked and finished my drink, I might check the rest of the menu at a quiet moment when I don't feel like wasting peoples time.

In earlier years I just lit up whenever some group decided to smell/look and talk through the whole menu. I smoked one of the joints I rolled for walking around... Nobody ever told me to put it out btw. That made waiting much easier.

[Salt Cracker]

I want to spend 50 E on 'that'..I don't dick about...hurry up FFS.

Well, I doubt we'll be able to smoke up 50 euro's worth of weed/hashish that fast. And I don't wanna buy all the weed in one coffeeshop. Will probably crawl around the hotel room for 3 weeks straight then. My companions have barely smoked before.

Probably .4g's and I'm off sleeping.

Gonna invest in a lighter, rolling papers /w filters, a grinder and probably a pipe too though. And maybe some of those gigantic cones.

[gronin]

I want to spend 50 E on 'that'..I don't dick about...hurry up FFS.

Well, I doubt we'll be able to smoke up 50 euro's worth of weed/hashish that fast. And I don't wanna buy all the weed in one coffeeshop. Will probably crawl around the hotel room for 3 weeks straight then. My companions have barely smoked before.

Probably .4g's and I'm off sleeping.

Gonna invest in a lighter, rolling papers /w filters, a grinder and probably a pipe too though. And maybe some of those gigantic cones.

It's pretty easy to spend 50E. That would be just over 3g of decent hash in Dampkring which would last two days at best. I'm an old git - 35 years of smoking does give you a higher tolerance. My first trip to mokum - many years ago - I did literally crawl about the city; lost a lot of hash, money and dignity.

Lighters, papers and other paraphernalia offer a very poor investment return. Just buy them. Remember all the caps and sunglasses in the world will not disguise a caned visitor. Just saying.

[gronin]

Yeah, looking at something before purchasing is just a utterly childish move. Even when it's 10 strains, it's the customer's right to check out goods sold there.
Btw, you don't see Ingi(just an example) treating customers differently depending on how much euro they spend/plan to spend. As for the limit, I don't care, it's an owner's decision what age limit they are going to impose and customer's must obey. Simple as that.

I was stating an opinion... and taking the piss a bit, as I do. No need to be so earnest, Papi.

Of course I get a good look and sniff of whatever I'm buying - but if I were a budtender, I'd get bored of 10 strain inspections for a 7E spend. As a punter, it can be a bit tedious to witness. I didn't mention 'childish' but us middle-aged types can't be arsed to fuck about with 'connoisseur' pretensions. Make of that what you will, dear.

[Marok21]

I think it´s possible to get into the Dampkring under 21... if you are friendly and ask before you go to the weed counter it´s no problem I would say... In the past I saw people there under 21 and there id was checked and there was no problem... maybe if they see that u are a good friendly person it´s no problem Dealers and staff are pretty nice there

[thompaw]

Simply sucks when you have to wait forever that's the whole point. Especially if it's your last day or when you're in a rush for some reason. I don't feel comfortable smelling through the whole menu while there's a line all the way to the door. I'll check 3 or 4 strains, buy if I like one of them... if not ask the budtender whats good.

This reminds me of our visit to what should have been the old Pink Floyd cafe (Dampkring 2), they were remodeling the counter at the front of the store and the weed was being sold out of a cramped room temporarily while the bar counter at the front was being rebuilt. The host(?) who brought us in from the front door introduced the budtender who was happy to show me the couple of strains I had on my list and what he thought about them. In the span of that minute or two a line had formed of 4 or 5 people, when I looked back to the bud tender after noticing the line, he had this pleading look in his face. I quickly ordered up the two of the strains and some hash. He seemed happy that I finished up quickly.