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Re: Spirit
Posted: Mon 12th Aug 2013 07:45 pm
by ftcarer
Re: Spirit
Posted: Mon 12th Aug 2013 07:47 pm
by Lafe
matty223 wrote:ftcarer wrote:Nice review HH
Harry Highpants wrote:
The only downside is that there's not really any other coffeeshops nearby,
depends what you class as close mate

Bronx and t'Keteltje are roughly 5 mins walk away ,Siberie, Utopia ,HGF, Grey Area , Amnesia , Paradox, Harrlemmerstraat CS's all only 10-15 mins away depending on ur travelling speed of course
Check the map , a excellent resource

don't forget funky monkey and 1e hulp are basically 10 min walk
De Republiek is a 10 minute walk also. Just hop Tram 10 for the ride back toward Leidseplein, passing 1e Hulp, etc.
One can do a Tram 10 crawl if desired, I should lay that one out....
Re: Spirit
Posted: Mon 12th Aug 2013 09:03 pm
by elasticband
Harry Highpants wrote:
The only downside is that there's not really any other coffeeshops nearby,
Sorry but haarlemmerstraat is pretty much just at the end of the road and over the bridges(edit) which is about 5mins on foot
or get a bike and everywhere is close by
Re: Spirit
Posted: Tue 13th Aug 2013 07:35 am
by Harry Highpants
Ok - I guess I'm going amend this one to read, "there's no other coffeeshops on the same street!"

From my riding experience during the trip, nothing's really far from anywhere if you have a bike in Amsterdam!
I guess that means everybody can pay this place a visit!
The area itself is top notch. Flea market on one day (I think Monday) and organic market on another(Saturday?). Plenty of good eats and drinks places on the same street. Which reminds me -Spirit also does a decent coffee (although not mind blowing, for all you fellow coffee-snobs!).
Re: Spirit
Posted: Tue 13th Aug 2013 10:16 am
by treetop
Harry Highpants wrote:Ok - I guess I'm going amend this one to read, "there's no other coffeeshops on the same street!"

From my riding experience during the trip, nothing's really far from anywhere if you have a bike in Amsterdam!
I guess that means everybody can pay this place a visit!
The area itself is top notch. Flea market on one day (I think Monday) and organic market on another(Saturday?). Plenty of good eats and drinks places on the same street. Which reminds me -Spirit also does a decent coffee (although not mind blowing, for all you fellow coffee-snobs!).
A developing street in an area that looks like it might be as exclusive as inside the canal soon.
Re: Spirit
Posted: Fri 28th Feb 2014 07:37 am
by mikelondon
Made a note of visiting this shop on the 19th. Purchased some cheap white widow @ 9 Euro, standard fare, but the main reason i visited was for the pinball.
If anyone is interested they have the new jersey jack machine 'The Wizard of Oz', which i was not expecting to see at all! It's a real beauty to look at and play. Others include Shrek, Avatar, Metallica, ACDC, Star Trek next generation.
Re: Spirit
Posted: Mon 21st Jul 2014 07:24 am
by KayaIndica
I had an apointment nearby on saturday so I thought I might as well give it a shot to see what this place is about. A large, rather old school kind of shop, promoting social activities such as board games and pool. There are eight pin ball machines available and a pool table in the back and large tables to sit around in large companies. The quality of the combustionables are questionable. We bought SSH and Super Amnesia (as they called it). It smoked alright, with tobacco ^^, and the ashes looked clean. A little tickleish on the throat but I´m generally sensitive for that so no biggie.
All in all, worth a visit for pin ball and pool.
Re: Spirit
Posted: Mon 1st Sep 2014 07:06 pm
by honestguy
make for games here with not buy smokes. only we drinks buyed for play with smoke we buyed barneys. good for stayed for smokes on big space.
Re: Spirit
Posted: Fri 25th Mar 2016 08:37 pm
by puffpuffgive
23-03-17 The CS is currently undergoing renovations- no pinball machines or anything atm although the shop is technically still open, just one tiny area accessible from some stairs on the street. Pinball tables should be back in 4wks according to the guy there.
Re: Spirit
Posted: Fri 25th Mar 2016 08:40 pm
by Papi
puffpuffgive wrote:23-03-17 The CS is currently undergoing renovations- no pinball machines or anything atm although the shop is technically still open, just one tiny area accessible from some stairs on the street. Pinball tables should be back in 4wks according to the guy there.
Treetop is going to be absolutely devastated.
Re: Spirit
Posted: Fri 25th Mar 2016 11:10 pm
by worldcitizen1723
Papi wrote:puffpuffgive wrote:23-03-17 The CS is currently undergoing renovations- no pinball machines or anything atm although the shop is technically still open, just one tiny area accessible from some stairs on the street. Pinball tables should be back in 4wks according to the guy there.
Treetop is going to be absolutely devastated.
oh - I hope that they get some better air circulation in that back room!!!
Re: Spirit
Posted: Mon 11th Apr 2016 09:02 am
by treetop
FFS - it will be touch and go whether they will be open again by 4/19 when I wanted to run a toking/pinball/testing session.
Time to find a replacement......
Re: Spirit
Posted: Fri 15th Apr 2016 07:01 pm
by Not_the_monk
Oops, double post
Re: Spirit
Posted: Fri 15th Apr 2016 07:02 pm
by Not_the_monk
Still very much out of action as of this afternoon, scaffolding outside and guys working on a whitewashed interior.
Re: Spirit
Posted: Sat 21st May 2016 03:21 pm
by la2019
So what's the status of Spirit? Has it reopened? If so, whats it like now?