Reviewed Sep 2026Tolerated

Cannabis in Groningen

Groningen compared with Nijmegen and Utrecht: shop numbers, the trial, and where the student city's coffeeshop count is heading.

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The rules

Key rules in the Netherlands

Plain-language summary. The regulator is Municipalities (mayors); experiment run by the national government, product quality supervised by NVWA.

Possession
Up to 5 g is not prosecuted (tolerated, not legal).
Home grow
Up to 5 plants per person is not prosecuted.
Purchase limit
Coffeeshops may sell at most 5 g per person per transaction.
Minimum age
18; no minors on the premises.
Residents criterion
National rule since 1 January 2013, enforced locally; strict in Maastricht and mandatory in experiment municipalities on the Belgian or German border.
Public use
No national ban, but municipalities can prohibit it — e.g. Amsterdam's Wallen since 25 May 2023 (€100 fine after a warning).
Supply
Outside the trial, cultivation and supply to coffeeshops remain illegal; in 10 trial municipalities shops sell only regulated cannabis since 7 April 2025.
Advertising
Coffeeshops may not advertise drugs.

Summary, not legal advice — rules change; check local law. Last reviewed Sep 2026.

How it works

How cannabis is sold in Groningen

Groningen counted nine coffeeshops until 1 May 2026, when De Dees and De Driemaster closed and the total fell to seven, according to Dutch local reports.

	Groningen	Utrecht	Nijmegen
Supply	Trial growers only, since April 2025	Ordinary tolerated supply; a control city for the trial	Trial growers only
Shop policy	Aims for ten; consultants advised 7 to 14	Cap of 20 including one club slot; 13 open in June 2025	No number on the city page
Verdex register	1 shop	3 shops	1 shop

Listed shop: De Vliegende Hollander, Gedempte Zuiderdiep 63
Opening hours on record: 10:00 to 00:00 daily
Consultants' range: 7 to 14 shops (Breuer Intraval)

A student city with a shrinking list

The municipality commissioned Breuer Intraval to say how many coffeeshops the city needs and where. The bureau's answer was at least seven and at most fourteen, and the council later said it would look for new operators for up to ten, per OOG Radio en Televisie. Two closures in one day put the count at the bottom of that range.

De Vliegende Hollander stocks only experiment growers' cannabis. Its address is Gedempte Zuiderdiep 63, and the register records daily opening from 10:00 to 00:00. For how Dutch cities compare on entry rules, use the residency guide. Provincial context: Groningen province.