The Goat Coffeeshop Cannabis Social Club in The Hague, Den Haag

The Goat coffee shop sits on Spui, where students, bookish types and office workers cross paths on their way through the centre. I walk past it most days when I'm heading between campus and the old government buildings. Inside it's unpretentious — a small counter, a few spots to sit, and people quietly chatting or leafing through a paper. It feels like a place for quick stops between trams as much as for slow afternoons with a book or laptop. The surrounding streets are full of secondhand bookshops, cafés and the steady hum that comes from being close to the parliamentary quarter. Weekdays bring a steady commuter stream; weekends loosen up with more tourists and students drifting through. The staff are low-key and practical, more focused on keeping things moving than on fuss. If you're wandering Den Haag's centre and want a no-nonsense coffee shop stop, this is somewhere you can pop into without thinking twice.