De Dampkring
An Amsterdam coffeeshop whose name keeps turning up in Cannabis Cup records and in the window art of a tape-based street artist.
- 24cup results
- 10first places
- 1995–2006active in results
- 1cups entered
01Beginnings
De Dampkring is a coffeeshop in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. That much the sources we drew on agree on: an article about the street artist Max Zorn places it in the city by name1.
The origin story is another matter. When De Dampkring opened, who started it and what the first days looked like are not documented in the material behind this page, so we are not going to guess. If you know the early history, it is exactly the kind of detail this page is missing, and we would rather leave a blank than fill it with a rumour.
02The story
The clearest thread in the public record is the Cannabis Cup, whose winners are catalogued on Wikipedia. De Dampkring is credited at the 9th Cup in 1996, where its White Russian took the overall win, and again at the 10th Cup in 1997, with Peace Maker2. Back-to-back credits in the mid-1990s make for a lively opening chapter.
Later listings keep the name in view. In 2005 the 18th Cup lists a Silver Haze entry under the slightly different label Coffeeshop Dampkring, plus hash entries credited to De Dampkring in two categories, Import Hash and Nederhash2. Hash entries credited to the shop also appear in the 2006 listings (19th Cup) and the 2007 listings (20th Cup)2.
03Culture
Beyond the competition tables, De Dampkring shows up in the art world. The artist Max Zorn, known for works made from tape, has had big street-art pieces spread over several window panes at places that include De Dampkring in Amsterdam1. A shopfront doubling as a gallery wall is a nice image, though the sources do not say when the installation happened.
A related name appears in the 2014 Cannabis Cup (the 27th) listings: two entries under the Best Glass heading are credited to the Dampkring Gallery2. Whether that gallery is formally part of the coffeeshop is not stated in the sources we used, so we note the shared name without claiming a link.
04Now
The most recent De Dampkring-linked entry in our source material is the 2014 listing for the 27th Cannabis Cup, credited to the Dampkring Gallery2. After that, the trail goes quiet in what we have to work with.
So what is De Dampkring doing today? Its current operating status is not documented in these sources, and we had no official-site text to consult. Please check current, local information directly rather than relying on this page for anything about opening, closing or recent changes.
05Future
No announced plans for De Dampkring were found in the sources behind this page. We would rather say so plainly than speculate about what might come next.
On the podium, in our data
CannaLib records 24 cup results naming De Dampkring, between 1995 and 2006, 10 of them first places.
Where they showed up
- High Times Cannabis Cup (Amsterdam) · 24 entries
Strains behind the results
Sources
Written from the sources above and checked on 2026-10-29. Spot an error? Tell us on the contact page.