Getting Weed in Berlin (Legally)

As a tourist, there is no way you are getting cannabis legally in Berlin. Germany’s capital, Berlin, was established in the thirteenth century. The Holocaust memorial and the scrawled remnants of the Berlin Wall serve as reminders of the city’s stormy 20th-century past. Its 18th-century Brandenburg Gate, which was split during the Cold War, has come to represent reunification. (Things to do Berlin)

We all know the only legal method to obtain cannabis in Berlin is by joining a non profit cannabis social club. This method applies to residents or if you have lived in Germany for at least 6 months and have a primary or secondary residence (Wohnsitz). As a tourist who plan on spending a few weeks of vacation in Berlin, I’m sorry but you are not getting cannabis legally in Berlin.

Your only way out if you really need to smoke some weed is the black market. Worry not, you are not alone in this, 99% of tourists who smoke weed in Berlin get it from the black market. 

So how do you go about this? Görlitzer & Hasenheide Parks, Warschauer Straße, Alexanderplatz, and Kottbusser Tor transit stations. These are the top and most reliable spots where you can find informal cannabis vendors in Berlin. They always have lookouts who walk up to potential buyers to ask if they need cannabis. These lookouts are not the actual sellers. After you approve your request for cannabis, they take you to an area where the transaction is carried out in all discretion. Make sure you always have some change with you.

Under the German law, passing or sharing cannabis is prohibited but some locals who cultivate cannabis tend to share with some tourists. So if you have a friend in Berlin who is a resident and cultivates cannabis (legal for 3 cannabis plants), then you are good to go. 

You may also want to read about getting cannabis in Munich.