If you want to exercise your brain as well as your elbow, head for this chess, bridge and darts café. Willing playmates are always to hand and there are...

The College, occupying two floors of a 17th-century listed monument in the Red Light District, provides the public with an impressive array of information...

A variety of rubbers of the non-erasing kind to wrap up trouser snakes of all shapes and sizes in a store that's equal parts amusing and inspiring.

Conscious Dreams was the original proponent of the smart drugs wave in Amsterdam. The staff here really know their stuff - the owner worked as a drugs...

A new member of the legendary Dampkring family, this delightful emporium has everything needed to set up a grow centre at home: from hydroponics and organic...

A new fixture in Amsterdam's subculture, DNA has become a sparkling promoter of fresh talents in the world of independent rock and electronica. It may keep...

'My Aunt's Cake' started life as a purveyor of over-the-top cakes (which they still make) before becoming the campest tea-room in town. In a glowing pink...

Here you'll find dozens of images of naked folk and people having it off, mostly by unknown artists, as well as souvenir kitsch like mini replicas of the...

Luminary 'lowbrow' artists like Ray Caesar, Mark Ryden, Tim Biskup, Joe Sorren and Glenn Barr. Art for those who like their hot rods ablaze, their punk...

Planning on immersing yourself in cannabis culture? Then this is just the place to rest your addled head. Perched above the coffeeshop of the same name on...

One of the first shops in Amsterdam to sell hemp clothes and products, and now one of the last, Hemp Works has had to diversify into seed sales and fresh...

After a big renovation, Het Rozentheater now hosts theatre by and for young people. The performers are professionals, theatre students or enthusiastic...

Amsterdam has endless options for wetting one's whistle, but this interactive venue across from the Van Gogh museum insists on serving up a little history -...