Amsterdam Coffeeshop Directory - Siberië coffee shop

Siberië
Brouwersgracht 11, Amsterdam

Street	Brouwersgracht
District	Western Main Canals and Jordaan
Town	Amsterdam
Province	Noord Holland
Postcode	1015 GA
Telephone	0031 (0)20 6235909
Open	Sun-Thu 11:00-23:00, Fri & Sat 11:00-00:00
Map	Amsterdam Map ref: E2
Founded	1984
e-mail	info@siberie.net
"Official" Site	prohibition.knotwork.com/coffeeshops/siberie.spider (dead link) and www.siberie.net

Description

Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2004, this cool shop has simple café-style furniture and metal fly-trap lamps on bendy stalks. Toasties and yoghurt are available and the grass and drinks prices are very reasonable for such a central location.

When visiting, be sure to take a stroll along the photogenic Brouwersgracht (brewers' canal).

Comments

Darren M from UK. Sent 6 Dec 2005.
Great little coffee shop in superb setting next to canal. Long and roomy, nice paintings, very clean and internet access for a small fee. I've heard in other ratings they play trance music but I cannot see this would fit in with the style of the place and was pleased to hear some nice mellow lunchtime vibes. Very friendly girl had problems with coffee machine so ended up having a few bottles of Coke instead. Didn't buy any weed here (although a friend did but cannot remember what sort). Stopped off at Barney's B/Bar just before as it is not to far away and bought some of their famous "Laughing Buddha" and this years Cannabis Cup winner "Willie Nelson". Girl in Siberie had no objection to us smoking it in there. Would definitely go back and imagine it would be great in the summer.

Scott from France. Sent 23 Sep 2005.
The shop looks very nice and cosy from the outside, it's right in front of one of Amsterdam's canal. You enter the coffeeshop and the counter is 3 or 4 meters in front of the door - it's a small shop with about 15 seats (or maybe there is a second floor?). I didn't stay at all, I just went in there and bought 3 grams of Power Plant for 20 euros (more or less). The quality wasn't that great, the color of the weed was a brownish green. I smoked a normal joint of it later on and thought it was quite strong. But there was not that much taste or whatever. The weed is probably overpriced, but the coffeeshop ambiance is very good and it's really cute. Also, the bartenders are very nice.

Allan from Scotland. Sent 2 Aug 2005.
Fantastic selection of soft black, felt cold though.

Epsilon from USA. Sent 3 Jul 2005.
Nice shop in a quiet location. De Vrouw rated the "Purple Outdoor" among the best of our recent trip. Soothing music, nice staff, comfy seating, all around good shop.

Jon and Lori from USA. Visited 7-13 Mar. Sent 27 Mar 2005.
NYC Diesel is just a name here, not as good as others. The Mightly Whitey here was excellent though. Got really stoned from it. Spent an hour 1/2 here one day playing checkers and smokin' in a torrential downpour. The staff was great, very helpful, one of the staff here even gave us his e-mail so we could download music etc. Definitely a chill spot, was one of the few we visited more than once and not too far from Centraal station.

Bip from USA. Sent 23 Mar 2005.
Siberie is the way you do the coffee shop right. An assortment of stupefying things for the kind smoker to gaze upon from art and venus fly-traps to the hottest female in the known universe working behind the counter. If you want to die, try the Siberian tiger, but anything on the list will do. Tea, chai, coffee, Dutch ice and scuff. Siberie makes the gulag look like paradise!

Stephen and Sonja from USA. Visited Mar 17. Sent 21 Mar 2005.
Didn't buy any weed, but had a comfortable smoke there while enjoying orange juice and tostis. Nice and quiet location.

Matthew from England. Visited 14-18 Feb. Sent 22 Feb 2005.
As a first timer here I was very impressed, I didn't buy from here but a very comfortable place with plenty of interesting art to hold your attention.

Jul-Kev-Stev from France. Visited 22-26 Nov. Sent 1 Dec 2004.
This place was just next our house on browsergracht. We try their Thai & Skuff! The Skuff is really good and cheapest 8€ for 1g. Very good deals here.

Tim & Amey from USA. Sent 23 Nov 2004.
This was one of the few shops with a pinball game (the Doors Palace and Funny People also have them) - so my husband was more than stoked. Friendly locals struck up some conversation with us, which is always cool. If I remember correctly, the weed prices and quality were good. Nothing stupendous, but good. Tunes were also groovy.

Doody from USA. Visited May 26 - June 7 '04. Sent 3 Sep 2004.
A fantastic little shop, I went there on this web site's recommendation and it was well worth it. Located near Centraal Station, right where the Singel (canal) and the Brouwersgracht connect, west of Centraal Station. Siberie has great ambiance; a very friendly staff, trance music, art all over the walls, I loved the goldfish hanging from the ceiling. Big tables to relax, read, or play any of the available games. A narrow place, with the weed counter at the back. The menu displays several buds under glass, and they will show you any "specials" they have going. Overall, a very nice menu. I got a Skunk joint for 3.20 euro and a cappuccino, the weed was just fine, a good deal for this part of town. They have an "Attack from Mars" pinball machine that I played for an hour up by the front door that opened to the canal, a beautiful setting, there is also terras seating. Great place to hang, check it out if you're in the area.

Jimmy from England. Sent 4 May 2004.
Very good deals here. Cheap. Got some Manali supercheap as it was a bit old and stale, but so much better than at home and it made good gifts. When you sit outside this shop in the summer you provide free entertainment for boatloads of canal trippers so that's good.

Justin from USA. Visited June 18-25 2003. Sent 26 Jun 2003.
This was one of my favorite spots. It had some quality weed, some weird trance type music and very nice people. Plus, they had some crazy artwork on display. Definitely check it out; it's on a relatively quiet street along a canal. Make sure to stop in.

Petrone from UK.
Legend has it that former staff of RUSLAND opened up here in exile so to speak. In a previous century, these ground floor premises would be used for storage of goods, hence the wide doors, opening onto the Brouersgracht. An amazingly relaxed setting, for a shop so close to Central Station. It's spacious and relaxed with that idealistic, sixties feel for those of us who can remember.

Awards

ACD rating 80% (Click here for info on ratings)

2004 Highlife Festival 2^nd in Coffeeshop Outdoor category for 'Purple Power'

2003 Highlife Festival 3^rd in Coffeeshop Outdoors category for 'Purple A 5'

1998 Cannabis Cup 3^rd in Hydro category for 'Siberian Tiger'

1996 Cannabis Cup 3^rd in Nederhash category for 'Amsterdam Delight'

Siberië

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		2004 Highlife Festival 2^nd in Coffeeshop Outdoor category for 'Purple Power'
		2003 Highlife Festival 3^rd in Coffeeshop Outdoors category for 'Purple A 5'
		1998 Cannabis Cup 3^rd in Hydro category for 'Siberian Tiger'
		1996 Cannabis Cup 3^rd in Nederhash category for 'Amsterdam Delight'

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