Softland #1
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Spuistraat 222
1012 VT Amsterdam, Netherlands [Get Directions]
Phone: +31 020-420-9799
Hours: Call For Hours
Walking into Softland I was expecting to be greeted with open arms as a 2008 Cannabis Cup judge. This was not the case. For some reason, Softland was listed as one of the coffee shops that had entered the Cannabis Cup but when I walked in and asked to see their entries, they said it was a mistake and that they were not taking part in The Cup.
The guy working there was pretty rude about the fact that people kept coming in and asking about them being involved. I explained that he was listed, and even showed him the list where it said ‘SOFTLAND’ but he didn’t care.
Either way I was there and I was going to get high. The shop itself is medium size with a bit of a flying saucer / what people in the 1950’s thought the future would look like kind of vibe. There is a lot of metal including on the floor, the ceiling, the tables. Even the 6 computers they have hooked up to the internet for customers to use are encased in metal.
There was a ton of construction going on right on front of the shop and I thought for sure that was going to hurt business but there was a bunch of people there hanging out. I was king of surprised actually
While I was there, they were playing some decent techno music, the norm it seems for most coffee shops. I am not sure why but the stars painted on the ceiling seemed to stand out.
After looking over the menu I decided to try the White Widow at appx. $13/G. The buds were light and fluffy and had a great smell.
We hung out at Softland for only about 20 minutes as we had a lot of site seeing to do that morning. It’s a pretty cool shop but to be honest, I’ll probably skip it the next time I am in Amsterdam. There just was not anything special about the shop to make me want to go back. –Chubbs
Grade: B+
Pros: Internet access, good selection, decent prices, location
Cons: Rude bud tender, not the strongest bud, Too much metal
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Considering Amsterdam is supposed to stock some of the worlds best weed why is there so many of these shit, rip off, rude, low quality herb venders.
dambuster: Was wondering the same thing myself.
Because they can rip off the consumers (like the germans)and other people who doesnt know everythink about weed.
You have to go to the little towns in the NL, there you will find some REALY good Coffeshops with much lower prices.
peace
Amsterdam is overrated and they are so full of themselves (most are not from there btw).