Книга: Types of Coffeehouses: Internet Cafe, Cannabis Coffee Shop, Mamak Stall, Cosplay Restaurant, Viennese Cafe, Maid Cafe, Kopi Tiam, Manga Cafe

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Internet Cafe, Cannabis Coffee Shop, Mamak Stall, Cosplay Restaurant, Viennese Cafe, Maid Cafe, Kopi Tiam, Manga Cafe, Sidewalk Cafe, Penny University, Cat Cafe, Parisian Cafe, Utagoe Coffeehouse, Konditorei. Excerpt: A sign of a cannabis coffee shop in Amsterdam The Grasshopper is a cannabis coffee shop in the city center of Amsterdam , Netherlands Coffeeshops are establishments in the Netherlands where the sale of cannabis for personal consumption by the public is tolerated by the local authorities (in Dutch called gedoogbeleid ). Under the drug policy of the Netherlands , the sale of cannabis products in small quantities is allowed by 'licensed' coffee shops. The majority of these 'coffeeshops' (in Dutch written as one word) also serve drinks and food. It is not allowed for a coffeeshop to serve alcohol (although in the past some coffeeshops in central Amsterdam have transgressed this law without reproach) or other drugs (a policy that is universally adhered to). The idea of coffeeshops was introduced in the 1970s for the explicit purpose of keeping hard and soft drugs separated. In the Netherlands, 105 of the 443 municipalities have at least one coffeeshop. Many at the borders sell mostly to foreigners (mostly from Belgium , Germany and France ), who can also buy marijuana in their own countries, but prefer the legality and higher product quality of Dutch coffeeshops. Dutch coffeehouses not serving marijuana are called koffiehuis (literally 'coffee house'), while a cafe is the equivalent of a bar . Coffee shop law Drug policy of the Netherlands Coffeeshop license In the Netherlands, the selling of cannabis is 'illegal, but not punishable', so the law is not enforced in establishments following these nationwide rules: For some offences, a business may be forced to close for ...