Your guide to Dutch cannabis culture
The HighLife Cup 2025 brought together Dutch coffeeshops and seed banks in Europe's longest-running cannabis competition. Marbella claimed the Weed Cup with Apple Banana Ice, while Dizzy Duck secured the Hash Cup with Fruit Joy.
From March 14-16, Barcelona's Fira de Cornellà hosted the final Barcelona edition of Spannabis, featuring the Champions Cup awards showcasing Europe's finest cannabis flowers, extracts, and CBD products.
As neighboring countries embrace legalization, the Netherlands finds its once-pioneering cannabis policy at a crossroads between tradition and reform.
Regional fragmentation and pilot programs mark the 2010s as Dutch cannabis policy decentralizes while grappling with the persistent backdoor problem.