have to agree with lip,but for my 2 cents if the coffee shop has a "theme" stay out,if its full of tourists stay out go in the quiet ones where the locals smoke.i'd love to give you names but i'cant understand dutch when i'm stoned.BUT last time i was there i smoked major train wreck at a coffe shop which is one of the few where you can smoke weed(it had a really cute stoner chick behind the bar too)and drink beer at the sametime that place was excellent!.(as for directions come out of dam station go straight forward past the tram station turn left is the red light district you turn right go straight past the bulldog and theres a main street which leeds you past a few fast food joints and an irish pub,cant remember exactly but this was were this coffee shop was)BTW a lot of the coffee shops round this area are quality(i think cos this is where the dutch live instead of it being a tourist area like TRLD).happy smokin anyway