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Europe's largest coffee shop closed

Europe's largest coffee shop closed

By Moa Thorssell

The Hague's coffee shop Checkpoint belongs to history after a series of close downs, suspensions and proceedings.

On Wednesday, March 9, the Municipality decided not to "tolerate" Checkpoint, the so called "largest coffee shop in Europe" with up to 3.000 visitors per day, anymore.

Source: Raad van State

 

 

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Moa Thorssell
Journalist with experience within news paper, magazine, tv, web and radio. Biggest interests: travelling, culture and poltics. Been living and working in London, Paris and now located in Amsterdam.Read more

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