Guides
How clubs and coffeeshops work, city by city — with the rule and its source on every page.
Netherlands
- Coffeeshops in RotterdamThirty-nine tolerated shops, no new ones since 1997, hours from 10:00 and a residency rule the city has chosen not to prioritise.
- Coffeeshops in The HagueThirty-six shops down from 103, eight areas where street use is banned, and a closure that costs the tolerance for good.
- Coffeeshops in UtrechtThirteen shops, a cap of twenty with one place held for a social cannabis club, and no public-use ban — unlike its two larger neighbours.
- Coffeeshops in Amsterdam167 shops, the densest concentration in the country, a public-use ban in one designated area, and 01:00 closing all week.
- Coffeeshops in HaarlemSixteen shops and a ceiling held since 1998 — and a policy that never says whether residence is checked.
- Coffeeshops in EindhovenTwelve shops, and a mayor who suspended enforcement of the residency rule in 2019 — a decision still in force.
- Coffeeshops in GroningenInside the closed-chain experiment: only state-grown cannabis, a week's stock, no stash — and nine shops heading for ten.
Germany
- Medical cannabis in GermanyWho may prescribe, when statutory insurance pays — and why it stopped covering flowers in July 2026.
- Joining a German cannabis associationHow membership works under the KCanG: who may join, how much, what it costs — and why nobody consumes on the premises.
- What Germany's Cannabis Act allows25 grams in public, 50 and three plants at home, no use in pedestrian zones by day — and no border crossing, ever.
- Germany's THC limit for drivers3.5 ng/ml in blood serum since August 2024, a separate offence with alcohol, and none at all for new or under-21 drivers.
- Cannabis clubs in HamburgThe city's official list of licensed associations, who may join, and why nobody consumes on the premises.
- Cannabis clubs in HannoverLower Saxony's list of licensed associations, who may join, and what is forbidden on the premises.
- Cannabis clubs in CologneLicensed associations in Cologne, why North Rhine-Westphalia publishes no list, and who may join.
- Cannabis clubs in BremenLicensed associations in Bremen, where the list comes from, and what is forbidden on the premises.
Spain
- Cannabis social clubs in BilbaoHow club membership actually works, neighborhood by neighborhood, and why Bilbao (not Barcelona) is the historical home of the movement.
- Cannabis law in Spain 2026What is and isn't legal: private vs public, Ley Orgánica 4/2015, social clubs, the 2024 medical decree and the Barcelona closures.
- Cannabis clubs in BarcelonaThe annulled Catalan law, the PEUAT planning rules, the 2024 closures and how the Barcelona list was built.
- Cannabis associations in MadridWhat the law says, why Madrid's registry says so little, and how to recognise a registered association.
- Cannabis clubs in ValenciaThe only Spanish registry that records whether an association is still active, and what it cannot tell you.
- Cannabis clubs in SevilleWhat the Andalusian registry records, what the law says, and how to recognise a registered association.
- Cannabis clubs in ZaragozaAragón's registry classifies cannabis associations officially — what that means and what the law says.
- Cannabis associations in TenerifePrivate, members-only associations across the island — what the registry shows and what the law says.