Barcelona coffee shops are private by law; they are quite different from Amsterdam’s coffee shops or Denver’s dispensaries. I get several hundred emails each month from people asking questions about the coffee shops in Barcelona, and it’s obvious that there is a lot of misinformation out there. If you’re looking to get a membership at a coffee shop in Barcelona, it’s important that you understand that you will be held to a higher standard as a member than at a public dispensary or coffeeshop. Therefore, you should commit these study points to memory so that – if you do become a member of a Barcelona coffee shop – you’ll be a valuable new member and not just a selfish turd that only cares about getting high.
How to Join a Coffee Shop in Barcelona, Spain
*Barcelona Coffee Shops Are Private – you cannot just walk in and join. You need to be sponsored by a current member of the club, and you need to complete an application with that sponsor present (in most cases), and pay a registration fee. Sometimes there is a review and approval process. Act like a disinterested tourist or a rowdy party boy and you’ll probably be rejected. Bye!
CLICK HERE TO APPLY FOR MEMBERSHIP NOW
(This is a preliminary application process valid as of 2018; not all who apply will qualify for membership based on Spanish law and club policy. This process is not meant to be promotional in any way, it is merely intended to properly direct the hundreds of unsolicited emails that I receive each week. Application for Barcelona cannabis club membership is general and is not necessarily applied to any particular club unless the applicant fully qualifies.)
*Coffee Shops in Barcelona Charge a Very Small Yearly Fee – usually around 25 to 50 Euro. If you don’t think that a few dozen Euro is worth it to have a beautiful, well appointed place to safely acquire and smoke some of the world’s best cannabis; to have a place to meet like-minded people without fear of persecution, and to have all of the benefits these clubs provide – game nights, pool tables, video games, weed tastings, free dinners, live music, free snacks, etc. – then you can pound sand up your ass and take your business back to the street.
*Barcelona Coffee Shops Are Safe – Why do some of you write to me and ask me if the club I am considering sponsoring you at is safe? As if I am going to say; “No, it is a very dangerous club. You should not go to any coffee shops in Barcelona without being armed.” Of course they’re safe! All of the many coffee shops in Madrid, Barcelona, and anywhere else in Spain that I have been to are extremely safe and professional; just like nearly every other business you’ll enter in a day.
My wife is a dainty little thing and she’s as naive as a newborn titmouse, but I’d send her to any of the Barcelona cannabis clubs I frequent on her own, and wouldn’t think any more of it than if she had just left for the market.
*You Are Permitted to Take Up to 98 Grams From the Club Each Month, Maximum of 5 Grams Daily – You must reimburse the club for the marijuana products that you take. You are not buying anything. If you are a member, then you and everyone else shares the harvest and the expenses related to it. So when you go to a coffee shop in Barcelona, you are simply reimbursing the club’s treasury for your share of marijuana. You are not buying it. Remember this.
*Yes, You Can Take Weed Out of the Club – Everyone does. But keep this in mind: possession of marijuana in Barcelona is only permissible in private. You can use cannabis at home, or you can use it in the club. When you take marijuana products out of the clubs or coffee shops, you are at risk. If you are stopped by the authorities and they find your weed, they will take it and fine you. This is not a criminal offense, so don’t pee your pants. Instead, if you decide to take cannabis out of the club, place it in your undergarments and quickly take it home or to a private location. Don’t be the asshole that walks down La Rambla smoking a joint.
*You Will Need an Address in Spain and a Passport or NIE Card to Join a Coffee Shop in Barcelona – No, the club will not accept a photocopy, you must have the actual ID card present. In most cases, you can use any valid passport, driver’s license, state or regional ID, visa with a photo, etc. You must have this ID and your membership card present every time you enter a private coffee shop in Barcelona.
*If You Are Under 18, You Cannot Join – Sorry, it’s against the law. In fact, at many coffee shops, you cannot join if you are younger than 21 years old. Each club has its own rules, but none can allow members who are under age 18. In general, most cannabis clubs in Spain are reserved for members who are 21+. This is especially true with cannabis clubs in Madrid, but Barcelona does have some 18+ clubs, so do your homework and ask about the age requirements before you go through the process to attempt to join a coffeeshop in Barcelona.
*Most of Barcelona’s Coffee Shops Offer Medicinal-Grade Cured Flowers and at Least One or Two Concentrates or Value-Added Products like Hash, Wax, Shatter, Edibles, Oils, Candies, Creams, and so on – What each club offers changes approximately once every two weeks, and I don’t have time to keep track. So no, I cannot tell you what strains or products the club has available. I can only tell you that the clubs I am a member of always choose excellent, premium strains and produce some of the world’s best, freshest marijuana and other products. Because product availability changes so often, it’s best to check with the club before you apply, and to understand that products can be sold out, discontinued, or unavailable at any time.
*You Can Join More Than One Coffee Shop in Barcelona – If you want, you can create an entire tour of coffee shops, provided you can get someone to sponsor you at each one. Here are a few things to keep in mind about joining multiple cannabis social clubs in Barna (Barna is the nickname of Barcelona, not Barca. Barca is the nickname for the city’s football [soccer] team);
*The process of joining one of Barcelona’s coffee shops generally requires anywhere from 10 to 25 minutes of your time.
*In most cases you can acquire and consume cannabis the same day you join.
*Once you are a member, you cannot sponsor new members for a couple of weeks or more, depending on the club’s policies.
*If there is a large group of you visiting Barcelona, it is possible for all or most of your group to join and enjoy the club/s together. There is usually plenty of room, but if you have doubts, just send me an email and I will let you know.
*Finally, There Are No Such Things as Coffee Shops in Barcelona – They’re not called coffee shops at all! No one here refers to the cannabis clubs in Barcelona as “coffeeshops,” except perhaps tourists who come from the Netherlands or the United Kingdom, where that is the term they have grown up with. All over Spain, these establishments are referred to as social clubs or associations. The only reason that I wrote this article using the terms “Barcelona coffee shop” and the like is because I noticed in my analytics and tracking software that the vast majority of people use Google to search for cannabis clubs in Barcelona using the term “coffee shops;” probably because that’s what most of the world has been hearing out of Amsterdam for the last forty years. So if you’re looking to become a member of a “coffee shop in Barcelona,” you should probably start by referring to these exceptional clubs by their proper terms:
Cannabis Club, Cannabis Association, Social Club, and, locally, Asociaciones de Cannabica.
You can also check out the following terrible video I made, which will give you a glimpse of what it’s like inside of Barcelona’s cannabis clubs:
CLICK HERE TO APPLY FOR MEMBERSHIP
(This is a preliminary application process valid as of 2018; not all who apply will qualify for membership based on Spanish law and club policy. Application for membership is general and is not necessarily applied to any particular club unless the applicant fully qualifies.)
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157 thoughts on “Coffee Shops in Barcelona: How to Get Membership”
Hi Russ! This is Ken from Hong Kong ..
Is that possible for a foreigner to apply for membership of Cannabis Clubs in Spain?
*(Given that someone like you or my Spanish friends provide a address for application use..)
Thanks and your articles are real’ Great!
Hola Ken; from the following resources link, please read article #1 paragraph #3, and article #2 paragraph #1 for specific information about addresses and registration: https://marijuanagames.org/reading-materials-cannabis-club-resources/. Best wishes. Peace -Russ
ARE THERE COFFEE SHOPS IN LORET DE MAR? AND HOW CAN I BECOME A MEMBER
Hola Russ soy Ubaldo and voy a visitar Barcelona en noviembre y quería preparar con tiempo para saber si era posible para ser miembro de un club. Voy a visitar con un my novia And unos amigos.
Hola Ublado! Please email your request to me at russ@marijuanagames.org and I will be glad to help you there. Peace -Russ
Hey Russ,
I want to surprise my husband with a club membership for our honeymoon. I sent you an email with our address at the mouse at yahoo. Can you help me get it done? TY so much!!!!!
Hii I wanted to ask if anybody nows if there are any coffeshops open until later than midnight
Mi nombre es Takashi Ono. Vamos a Barcelona el 30 de abril.
Sin introductor se debe a los viajeros.
Usted no será capaz de comprar alguna manera?
Gracias desde el fondo de mi corazón.
Hi Russ, I’m visiting BCN on 2nd-6th May for my birthday and was wondering
Hi russ, all good tips i will bair in mind! thanks, im flying over to macba with 3 friends,on the 18th of apr, till the 25 to travle all around, the skate mecca and i was hoping you maybe able to help us out with or point us in the right directions with jioning one of the associations. many thanks!
Hola ALexander; sorry, I don’t know of any clubs near there; is that a town in Spain?
Hi Russ , i m going to Barcelona on 16 of April with my brother and my cousin , we are 20 , 19 and 18 years old , Could you sponser us ? We are Going to stay in Garcia can you help us to find some chill places were se can enjoy the green side of Barcelona ? Thanks for all the information
Hey man great article. Thinking of booking Barcelona for my girlfriends birthday was just wondering if you’d be able to help me out with getting a membership sorted, would be highly appreciated
Hola Ryan; please email your request to me at russ@marijuanagames.org and I will be happy to help there. Peace -Russ
Hi Russ, Me and my friend both over 22 are coming to barcelona on the 2nd of April evening and staying til late 5th Wednesday evening. Need to see barca is a rival to amsterdam haha ..Please sponsor us!!
Hola Marion; please email me a day or two before your arrival and I will be happy to discuss then: russ@marijuanagames.org Peace -Russ
Hi i am landing in barcelona on 27th of march i would like to visit on the day i get there and also on the 28th and 29th, i will be coming with 3 other friends together as they would like to visit also, what are your opening times? And what is the procedures
Hola Sultan; I will be happy to sponsor you at a cannabis club if you qualify. Please email me 24 hours prior to your arrival in the city and I will be glad to assist you then. Peace -Russ
Hi russ,
Me and 3 friends will be visiting Barcelona on the 24th-27th of march. We are all over the age of 24 and are daily smokers one of us uses to medicate for atheists/crones. So would be looking to visit clubs for recreational use aswel as medical is this somthing you can help us with?
Look forward to hearing from you and seeing the beautiful flowers of Barcelona. 🙂
Hola Craig; cool, sounds like it will be a fun trip. Please send me an email to russ@marijuanagames.org and we can discuss it there. Peace -Russ
HI Russ!
Im going to Barcelona on the 26th of this month (3 days from now) with 4 friends, I’m 19 and the rest are 21, could you let me know of the coffee shops that allow 18+ and would it be possible to sponsor me?
thanks man, great article
Hey russ im on a bus to Barcelona right now (!) just came across this article and after reading the comments section,i have to ask .
Sponser me ?:-)
Thanks man … If you really helped all these people its charity
Hola Aner; please email your request to me directly at russ@marijuanagames.org Peace -Russ
Hello im going barcelona tomorrow i just wanted to know I’m 18 and my boyfriends 21 we want to apply for a few coffe shops but I need to know wich ones are actually going to take a 18+ not 21
Hola Evita; please email me at russ@marijuanagames.org to discuss. Peace -Russ
How are you meant to acquire a spanish address ?
Hi there Russ i am in Barcelona at the moment cauld you please sponsor me im am here until monday but could do with your help asap thanks
Hi Russ coming 26 oktober in hostel Can you sponsor us at that time ? I am gonna stay in u232 hotel.
Is there good cannibus club around ?
Talked to you via email, see you soon. Peace -Russ
How can I get a membership I’m going in 2 days
Hola Brian; please email me at russ@marijuanagames.org Peace -Russ
Hi Russ
I was a member of a club last year but have lost my card and not been back since. It was down an alley way in town, near a costa coffee hop. I am coming back next week would you be able to sponsor me please?
Lol, not based on that description, but if you want me to sponsor you at a club I am a member of and where you qualify, sure, just email me 24 hours prior to the day you want to go: russ@marijuanagames.org Peace -Russ
Dear Russ,
2 of us coming to Barcelona this Wednesday for 3 days, do u think you can sponsor us? We will ne staying in hotel though. Thanks! Den
Hola Den; please email me at russ@marijuanagames.org Peace -Russ
We are all staying in a rented apartment in Catalonia!
Hi! There is a group of 5 who are visiting Barcelona for the first time in September! how do we go about getting sponsored? We would only want to be sponsered for 3 nights only,
Thanks Romina
Hola Romina; please email me at russ@Marijuanagames.org Peace -Russ
Hey Russ ,
Hope this message finds you well.
My friend and I arrived today in Barcelona and are staying in an apartment for a week long. I was wondering if you could sponsor me for that time !
Thanks
Hey russ,
Me and a group of friends will be arriving in Barcelona in 4 days and are interested in becoming members. We have rented an apartment for our stay will that address be good enough to get a membership?
Hola Carlos; in most cases any address that is not a hotel or hostel is fine, as long as it’s a Spanish address. Please email me 24 hours prior to your arrival in the city and I can hook you up if you want. 😉 Peace -Russ
Hey Russ ,
I wanted to ask i see that most clubs require me to pay some fee for a year membership , but i am a tourist for 5 days only , is there a way to avoid paying the yearly cost ?
Hi Russ,
Some fantastic advice on your site and will be very useful when visiting next week. Was wondering how it is best to go about getting sponsored and finding an individual who is already a member. If you could send over any advice that would be great.
Thanks Tom
Hola Tom; please email me at russ@marijuanagames.org with your above message and I will help there. Peace -Russ
Hi Russ, I’m visiting Barcelona next month, & will be staying in Lloret de Mar. I was wondering if when you sponser me and I obtain a medical card, if it will work in the social clubs located near me? And if I’m able to use the address of where I’m staying for the week for the details they need? Many thanks, KR.
Hey Russ,
I’m in barcelona with my girlfriend and we would like to score some weed. Could you help us?