Reviewed Sep 2026Tolerated

Cannabis in Rotterdam

A visitor's route to Rotterdam's coffeeshops: two listed shops near the Markthal and Oppert, the school-hours rule, and a 2025 court ruling.

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Sellers listed: 2
Minimum age: 18+

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The rules

Key rules in the Netherlands

Plain-language summary. The regulator is Municipalities (mayors) under the national tolerance policy.

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 Rotterdam

A visitor who steps out of Rotterdam Centraal and heads for the Markthal is close to the first of the two Rotterdam coffeeshops on our register, and needs three things: the address, a document, and an eye on the clock.

Pick a shop from the register
't Trefpunt is on Botersloot 7 near the Markthal, open 10:00 to 00:00, with a smoking area, board games, and cash or card. The Reef is on Oppert 1, with a sit-down room and the same hours.
Carry photo ID
Buyers must be 18 or over, and staff check at the door.
Watch the school clock
A coffeeshop within 200 metres in a straight line or 250 metres on foot of a school may not be open during school hours, according to the city's policy.
Buy for now, not to carry across a border
Dutch tolerance ends at the shop door.

Why the distance rule is not going away

On 23 April 2025 the Council of State ruled that Rotterdam's distance criterion is lawful, and that the opening hours of the coffeeshop Tuda Fruta may be restricted, per Cannabis Industrie. Rotterdam has also shrunk its market from 62 coffeeshops in 2007 to 36 in 2017, according to official coffeeshop counts. Rotterdam is not in the regulated-supply trial, so shops still buy through the ordinary grey supply chain.

The Rotterdam rules guide has the current hours rules, and the South Holland page covers The Hague next door.