Hempstory

Medieval Centre & Red Light District


Everything at this light-filled contemporary boutique is made from hemp: skincare ranges (soaps, moisturisers, and body washes such as hemp and ginseng), insect repellent, homewares (blankets, throws, cushions, botanical prints on hemp paper), men's and women's clothing (shirts, jackets, scarves, hats), and hemp-cord jewellery. Its tiny cafe serves (non-active) hemp tea, hemp-seed cakes and hemp-seed smoothies.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Medieval Centre & Red Light District attractions

1. Hash, Marijuana & Hemp Museum

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Simple exhibits here cover dope botany and the relationship between cannabis and religion. Highlights include an impressive pipe collection, an…

2. Hemp Gallery

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Part of the Hash, Marijuana & Hemp Museum, the Hemp Gallery has displays on hemp art and history.

3. Cannabis College

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This nonprofit centre offers visitors tips and tricks for having a positive smoking experience and provides the low-down on local cannabis laws. There are…

4. Oude Hoogstraat 22

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Property in Amsterdam used to be taxed on frontage. So the narrower your facade, the less you paid. The slender house at Oude Hoogstraat 22 must have…

5. Kleine Trippenhuis

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The creamy confection of the Kleine Trippenhuis, just 2.44m wide, looks as if the builders made the most of the infill between two normal-sized canal…

6. Oost-Indisch Huis

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The mighty Dutch East India Company (Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie; VOC), founded in 1602, was one of the earliest multinational companies, trading…

7. Trippenhuis

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Built from the lucrative profits of arms dealing, this elaborate grey stone mansion was designed by young Dutch architect Justus Vingboons in 1660 for the…

8. Trompettersteeg

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An intriguing place to view the Red Light action is Trompettersteeg, a teeny alley where the women in the windows charge some of the highest prices…