After extensive research, we've compiled a representative list of coffeeshops across the city, so that you're never far away from one of these exceptional Dutch institutions. Although the Netherlands was once a safe haven for people who enjoy the herb, conservative politics and a new national law have sent many a foreign toker looking for less turbulent shores to have a joint. The new law states that only Dutch residents can buy and smoke soft drugs like marijuana and hash at coffeeshops. Although more strictly enforced in other areas of the country, the wise and commerce-driven Groningers do what they usually do when they don’t like a law. The city and the police usually turn a blind eye to foreign smokers, so step inside and smoke a J.