Canned cannabis and the Amsterdam Flower Market

Back a couple years ago, on another barge trip, from Amsterdam to Bruges, we had a day to spend in Amsterdam. We spent an hour or two walking around the Flower Market enjoying the sights and marveling at the different options for purchasing your cannabis products.

Tulips made of wood. When lit, they smoke, but you can't smoke 'em.

Cannabis Starter Kits came shrink-wrapped, in boxes and in cans (3 for 10 euro!) sold alongside other paraphernalia--pots; softball-sized bulbs; fake, live & dried flowers; books; posters; tools and so on.

All cannabis was in seed form for planting--not good for anything else. Not exportable.

The flower market was a psychedelic blur of colors and smelled great, but we didn't inhale.

Awesome selections with even better names--Shiva, Orange Skunk, Early Skunk, Silver Haze, Jack Horror, Hindu Kush, Purple Power, Dutch Hope, Skunk #1, White Widow.


The dried-flower ceilings were beautiful. Good place to dry your herbs.


Most bulbs sold here were exportable to other countries, though last time we bought tulip bulbs, in some great jewel tones, they all came up yellow. Buyer beware...


The basket on the left was dried moss. Just add water!


Softball-sized bulbs.


The orchids were orching.


They look good enough to eat, if you had the munchies.