Vape shops in amsterdam?

bluenavey00

Arizer Air Aficionado
Does anyone recommend any particular shops for vapes / equipment in Amsterdam?

Or coffee shops with vapes to use?

I'm just at the airport, will be there in a hour :D
 
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horst

horsed
Yes, you can find a nice selection of vapes at http://www.azarius.net on kerkstraat, opens at 12.

A few coffeeshops got vapes, but I can't recall everyone at the moment. Barneys got a volcano on every table and 1e hulp and bluebird got a verdamper for free usage.

Barneys is very expensive and not the best quality lately. I like 1e hulp a lot, a little bit out of the centrum but walkable and they got quality gear at good prices with a nice atmosphere in the late hours.

Have fun!
 

1DMF

Old School Cheesy Quaver
It Amsterdam still available to non-residents? I thought they changed the law so only residents could enjoy the local coffee shops?
 
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horst

horsed
a few regions in the netherlands handle it that way but amsterdam still welcomes every tourist in their coffeeshops. Only thing in amsterdam changing in terms of weed is the closedown of some coffeeshops in school areas in the last couple of months and next couple of months.
 

h3rbalist

I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too
Weirdly I found Amsterdam to be behind the times with regards to vaping and as far as I know don't have many vape shops.

Barneys and the 420 both have Volcanos, and as already mentioned they are expensive.

Good luck finding any dab rigs out there.

I tried for three days to obtain a bubbler and nail but was meet with disdain by most coffee shops as they seem to be against the unnatural nature of concentrates.

Although you can buy great shatter (for €80 a gram) at the Strain Hunters place just down from Barneys.

Have fun, you lucky bastard.

:D
 

djonkoman

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yeah dabbing isn't really known here in the netherlands, it surprises me you were able to find shatter, I've never seen any kind of hashoil. but I also only visited some coffeeshops in amsterdam once, so it's probably easier to find in amsterdam than in the rest of the country. I've also often heard hashoil is categorized as harddrug, and so is illegal, although I've heard confliicting info about that so I'm not really sure. but in general I also think hashoil doesn't really fit into the weedculture here, most people just like to hangout together and share some joints, pretty much everything besides joints is less popular. for example most stoners will have tried a bong some time, but the complaint about bongs I often hear is that they get you stoned too quickly, so you can't really enjoy the act of smoking.

and about the coffeeshops being restricted to residents, that's only the case in the southern provinces. amsterdam is still completely open to tourists, and in most other parts of the country you also won't be denied. I don't know exactly where those rules aply(never encountered a shop that denied foreigners), but if you're going to a town below the rivers I would check online what the rules there are. above the rivers it's probably no problem.
 

MinnBobber

Well-Known Member
@bluenavey00 ,
I'm jealous.

Azarius X2 for equipment/ vapes/ glass/ magic truffles if you dare.

La Tertulia has De Verdampfer and an upstairs and downstairs. Patio on nice canal but can't vape out there. I found many coffeeshops to be small/ crowded etc. La T is bigger and quieter/ nicer vibe IMO.
Enjoy the cannals------
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VaporsVaporizer

On the Stoop
There are plenty of Vapes available at many Coffeeshops in Amsterdam. Besides the ones already mentioned , Amnesia has a couple, Barney's lounge,Happy Feelings etc and a few more. Mostly Volcano's and De Verdampfer's . Now i just bring my own portable cause i don't like other people's slobber, even if they do have alcohol wipes :D
 

NorVape

Vape Rictim
Aren't the coffee shops really falling behind compared to the US, Canada and Barcelona?

Haven't been there for a while, but people say it's still very, uhm... Posters of Jimi Hendrix with a parodically fat spliff and cheap stuff in rasta colours with sativa leaves printed on it.

I fully respect that that kind of thing is some people's lifestyle, but I've always felt uncomfortable in those kind of surroundings.

I really love Amsterdam as a city, and Dutch people are in general really cool. Plus they speak fluent English, which is good for a Scandinavian tourist.

So I'm really hoping that Amsterdam is still going to be a vital part of International Cannabis Culture :)
 

h3rbalist

I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too
Aren't the coffee shops really falling behind compared to the US, Canada and Barcelona?

Haven't been there for a while, but people say it's still very, uhm... Posters of Jimi Hendrix with a parodically fat spliff and cheap stuff in rasta colours with sativa leaves printed on it.

I fully respect that that kind of thing is some people's lifestyle, but I've always felt uncomfortable in those kind of surroundings.

I really love Amsterdam as a city, and Dutch people are in general really cool. Plus they speak fluent English, which is good for a Scandinavian tourist.

So I'm really hoping that Amsterdam is still going to be a vital part of International Cannabis Culture :)
I'm afraid your suspicions are correct.

I found the majority of head shops are glorified incense shops with a few crappy pipes.

Don't get me wrong there are some more 'classy' joints but in general it's mostly the sort of gaffs you and I would both find uncomfortable.

My experience was, they are anti concentrates and even though they have vapes like the Volcano people in the coffee shops were pointing and laughing at me sucking on my 'condom' while they were all combusting on their glass 'dicks'.

I, like you have time for the dutch people and love the Netherlands.

Eindhoven is great. More modern and up market and with coffee shops without the fake dreadlocks.

Not as many boobies though.

:o

My next weed vacation will be the US or Canada.
 

djonkoman

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well yeah, that's how coffeeshops are here. never been to a dispensary in the US, but from what I read/see online they developed more from the medical corner, so they're more clinical, try to look more professional, include stuff like cannabinoidpercentages, etc.

coffeeshops here in the netherlands evolved more like bars, a lot of them are not particularly notable, dark, some typical rasta/weed decorations, some chairs/tables and maybe a pool table. but some of them are more like the better bars, or like an actual coffee/teashop, more open and light, more and better decorations, plants, bigger assortment drinks/tea, sometimes food and boardgames. but it's a very different vibe from clinical/medical, it's more focussed on 'gezelligheid', a mellow place where it's nice to hang out.

and I think amsterdam has a bit more of those not really remarkable dark shops, since amsterdam has so many shops in total, and with all the tourists I guess it's not too hard to stay in business even with a mediocre coffeeshop. and many shops that focus on tourists double down on the rasta/weedculture stereotypes, becoming almost a parody of it. and I can kind of understand that, most coffeeshops I know(outside amsterdam) aren't really that noticable from the outside, usually there's 1 sign or so that gives away it's true identity(a weedleaf, or rastacolors), but not much else to go on, so I can understand that if you want to attract tourists who are not used to recognising coffeeshops, and there are many more coffeeshops around, it works to attract attention with obvious weed-imagery. (it's also forbidden for coffeeshops to advertise, so signs on the building itself and word-of-mouth are pretty much the only ways to get people to visit)

you're probably not getting away completely from the weedculture-images and stereotypes, but there's a lot of difference between a purely touristfocussed shop(lots of attentiongrabbing, expensive weed that's probably not worth it's price), or a shop more focussed on locals, that tries to get people to keep coming back there instead of just trying to get tourists to visit one time.

if you want to avoid those typical touristshops I would go to another city as amsterdam, most tourists stay in amsterdam so outside amsterdam you won't find as many shops that purely depend on tourists for business.

and maybe it also plays a role that there are no new licenses for coffeeshops being given out(I think, not 100% sure), so any new startup would have to take over an existing coffeeshop to get a license, so since it's not easy to start a new shop from scratch you probably will see less innovation on the existing concept.
 
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