For many, smoking weed is a ceremonial process: a welcomed reward at the end of a stressful day. A time to dim the lights, turn on the tunes and relax … albeit in an altered reality. Since the ...

Talk about a buzz kill. Tourists looking to visit Amsterdam‘s infamous “coffee” shops where marijuana is openly sold may soon see their travel plans go up in smoke. The Netherlands‘ new government has ...

When international tourists finally return to the canal-lined historic streets of Amsterdam, one of the city’s main travel attractions might be off limits. Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema has proposed a ...

On a recent chilly, drizzly afternoon in Amsterdam’s city center, a steady stream of patrons venture out of the rain and into a narrow 17th-century building on the Haarlemmerdijk, a popular shopping ...

Tourists hoping to light up a joint in one of Amsterdam’s famed coffee shops after the coronavirus pandemic passes are likely to be disappointed. Soon, all coffee shops in the capital of the ...

Amsterdam could ban tourists from buying cannabis under strict new rules aimed at cleaning up the Dutch city’s overcrowded red light district. Femke Halsema, the mayor of Amsterdam, is understood to ...

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