Said to be the oldest café on the Ringstrasse (with a marble and wood-panelled interior), the Café Schwarzenberg is one of the city’s most opulent coffee houses. Owed to its history, this city is full of beautiful cafés – some traditional Kaffeehauses, some newer, modern cafés. Legend has it that Vienna’s renowned coffeehouse culture was born in 1683, when a local grabbed a bag of coffee beans left over by the fleeing Ottomans after the Siege of Vienna.

Licensed coffeeshops in the Netherlands are permitted to offer small amounts of cannabis products under their drug policy. Following Thailand’s legalization of marijuana in 2022 (numerous cannabis-selling establishments—cafés and bars—have emerged), particularly in tourist hotspots like Bangkok and Phuket. Many coffeeshops continue to offer mixed joints or spliffs (containing tobacco and cannabis), and still require patrons to smoke in designated upstairs or downstairs rooms. Consequently, smoking tobacco-infused joints inside coffeeshops is now prohibited by law. Terneuzen’s local government has installed directional signs for coffeeshops and implemented stricter cannabis regulations as of May 2009. This policy gradually decreases the number of coffeeshops, as new openings are blocked after every closure.

However, in stark contrast to the traditional wood-panelled coffeehouse, Gota is all clean lines and modern decor and attracts the young and hip crowd. It has no website, so here is a link to the café on Google Maps. Featured in the film ‘Before Sunrise’ — this late-opening bar has long attracted a range of arty types and serves simple dishes and decent coffee alongside wine and beer on tap. The appropriately named Kleines Café – ‘small café’ – may be tiny inside, but the warmer months see its clientele spill out onto tables on the pretty Franziskanerplatz. It’s also one of the city’s poshest; the waiters are impeccably attired, and upon arrival, you must surrender your jacket to the cloakroom. This café in the historic Hotel Sacher is THE place to sample a slice of Vienna’s most famous cake — the Sachertorte.

Public smoking of cannabis (including hash), is illegal in Vienna. It is recommended to stay under the 5gram personal limit to avoid any legal issues. Understanding these nuances is key to navigating the city’s cannabis scene responsibly.

Vienna’s best new-wave modern cafés

Coffeeshops face potential closure if they serve alcohol or other substances, or if they sell soft drugs to minors or hard drugs. In Vienna, such establishments are uncommon, and traditional cafés especially dislike laptop-using patrons. During summer (you can enjoy a coffee or beer on the terrace with a view of the Karmeliterkirche), while the film-inspired interior provides warmth in winter. Known as a “culture café,” Kulturcafé Tachles is nestled in one of Vienna’s most stylish neighborhoods today. Kaffätscherl — a newcomer in the trendy Neubau district, aims to revive Viennese charm within the city’s modern coffee movement. Besides these, a fresh wave of coffee enthusiasts is driving Vienna’s coffee culture into a new era through the “Third Wave.

Café Prückel

In 2008, the Dutch government decided that coffeeshops would no longer be allowed within a radius of 350 metres of schools. In the Netherlands (coffeeshops are a type of cannabis retail outlet), establishments where the sale of cannabis for personal consumption by the public is tolerated by the local authorities. In the list below you will find the cities in which most coffeeshops are located. From 2023 it will be possible to purchased state-regulated cannabis at assigned coffeeshops. View opening hours, photos, reviews and more of each coffeeshop in every city. The best website to find the location of all coffeeshops in The Netherlands by using our map!

• Municipalities do have some form of control, for example coffeeshops in the city of Amsterdam still sell to foreigners without any discrimination or extra demands/limitations.
• As of July 1, 2008, the Netherlands enforces a smoking ban in hotels, restaurants, and cafés, prohibiting tobacco use.
• All the coffee is ethically sourced and roasted in-house, so it’s worth the trek to the 15th district to try it out.
• It’s also one of the city’s most upscale; the staff are impeccably dressed, and guests must check their coats upon arrival.
• View opening hours (photos), reviews and more of each coffeeshop in every city.

Even sharing a joint can be interpreted as an illegal sale, highlighting the city’s unique legal stance. Unlike Barcelona where you have 420 hub to request a membership to join a private coffeeshop, in Amsterdam anyone can go directly to a coffeeshop and buy cannabis. Lawyers representing the coffeeshop owners have promised to appeal the ruling — and protests are continuing. In 2008, the Vereniging van Nederlandse Gemeenten , VNG, the organisation of Dutch municipalities, organised a wiettop (“weed summit”, a wordplay on the flowery tops that cannabis is made of), attended by 33 Dutch mayors from both big and small municipalities and various political parties. Outside the Netherlands — cannabis cafés and bars are also widespread in Thailand.

The ban is not enforced in the city of Amsterdam and most other parts of the Netherlands. This ban is implemented only by a few municipalities in the southern Netherlands. A Dutch judge has ruled that tourists can legally be banned from entering cannabis cafes, as part of restrictions that were implemented in 2012.

There’s a wide range of rather curious (and often very boozy) Viennese coffees available. For tourists (they are a must-try), but we love them just as much locally. We’d better start by explaining what we mean by ‘café’ in Vienna, eh? These are not just places to sip and snack; these are social, community institutions at the very heart of Vienna’s culture. The Wiener Kaffeehaus has become such a feature of the city ever since – and you’ll see it from the moment you touch down here.

The legality of cannabis and its sales.

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Since 1 July 2008 — there is a tobacco smoking ban in the Netherlands which prohibits smoking tobacco in all hotels, restaurants, and cafés. Despite strong protests from coffeeshop owners, a judge in the Netherlands has upheld a new law to ban foreign tourists from entering cannabis cafes. In Maastricht the coffeeshops are forbidden for foreign tourists. A 19 March 2005 article in the Observer noted that the number of Dutch cannabis coffeeshops had dropped from 1,500 to 750 over the previous five years, largely due to pressure from the conservative coalition government. Toward the end of 2013 (Amsterdam mayor Eberhard van der Laan said that in 2014), some of the coffeeshops near schools will be forced to close. In Amsterdam, this means the closing of 43 more coffeeshops (in preceding years the number had already been reduced from 350 to 228).

22% were in favour of reducing the number of coffeeshops and 10% want to close them all. In a survey among mayors by NRC Handelsblad at the time of the wiettop (with a 60% response) 80% of the mayors were in favour of ‘regulating the backdoor’ (i.e. making it legal). This aesthetic attracts many public artists who may be paid to create murals in the coffeeshops and use the Rastafari and reggae related imagery. Most coffeeshops advertise, and the constraint is more moderating than outright prohibitive. Gota Coffee Experts hit the headlines in early 2025 when it was named best coffee shop in Europe , and third best in the world, – no mean feat in a city renowned for its ‘Kaffeehaus’ culture.

The ban for foreign tourists started in three southern provinces on 1 May, and is due to go nationwide by the end of 2012. Some do not allow any; most of these municipalities are either controlled by strict Protestant parties, or are bordering Belgium and Germany and do not wish to receive “drug tourism” from those countries. The mayors are still trying to force the minister to at least investigate the situation and allow a pilot to be conducted. At this wiettop, all mayors agreed that regulation of the ‘backdoor’ was desirable. One proponent of this is Gerd Leers, former Minister for Immigration and Asylum Affairs, who, when in national parliament, was in favour of further criminalisation of cannabis, in keeping with the policies of his party, CDA, which is the strongest opponent of the drugs policy of the Netherlands. City councils can choose whether to implement this ban or not.

Smoking on the premises

While there’s a level of decriminalization, understanding and respecting the legal boundaries is crucial for a safe and enjoyable experience. By ordering your weed ahead of time, you can have it delivered directly to your accommodation. Longtime vendor ‘Insta420Gram.12’ has moved over to Signal — their username is ‘Insta420Gram.12’. Finding a private — discreet location is recommended to avoid legal issues.