Reviewed Sep 2026Tolerated

Cannabis in Utrecht

Utrecht caps coffeeshops at 20 including a slot for a cannabis club and had 13 open in June 2025. It is a control city, not a trial one.

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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 Utrecht

A traveller who arrives at Utrecht Centraal and wants a coffeeshop has a short walk: Hi/Lo, on Croeselaan 213 on the Jaarbeurs side, is two minutes from the station.

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Hi/Lo is by the station and open daily from 10:00 to 00:00, holidays included, since 2011. Culture Boat is a coffeeshop and café on a moored boat on the Wittevrouwensingel canal. Coffeeshop BLOw is far out on Elektronweg 38 in Lage Weide, toward Leidsche Rijn.
Bring photo ID
Coffeeshops admit adults only, so expect a check at the door.
Pay as the shop allows
BLOw takes cash and PIN, per the register; ask the others.
Check weekday hours
BLOw runs split hours on weekdays.

A city that plans to grow its list

Utrecht's policy sets the maximum at 20 coffeeshops, including one reserved for the social cannabis club experiment, after the council backed an increase in 2024 because the city grew by 22% between 2010 and 2024. In June 2025 the municipality counted 13, which leaves room under the cap. Utrecht does not take part in the regulated-supply trial. It serves as a control municipality, so researchers compare its market with the ten trial towns, and its shops sell tolerated, not state-grown, product.

The trial is explained in this guide, and the province page covers everything else in Utrecht.