Hill Street Blues

With comfy couches and natural lighting via some well-placed windows, this cosy corner on the Nieuwmarkt is ideal for a mellow high. Delectable milkshakes, smoothies, space cookies and space truffles are also worth indulging in. But if harder and louder is more to your liking, head to the sister shop on Warmoesstraat 52, where the walls and furniture are covered in barely decipherable graffiti. The basement has pool tables and arcade games, and with a police station next door, you can savour a legal toke near the law. A favourite of Irvine Welsh.