I always found those boats nothing more than a novelty -- nothing 'gezellig' about them, they just seemed to be aimed at younger folks, particularly for big weekend parties. Mississippi looked like it could hold a couple of hundred people.
Wall Street was one of the other shops that has closed.
I much prefer places like Heaven 69 (the best, imo) and Maxcy's.
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The reason being is that the police visited the coffeeshops and there were under 18 year olds smokin' in the 3 shops. IMO, it's sad to hear about ANY coffeeshop closures
fair enough; it's down to the owners to be responsible for this: they didn't have to lose their licenses on this account.
despite Maastricht's distance from Amsterdam, I think it is useful to pay attention to policies there because it also has a large base of coffeeshops that rely heavily on (cross-border) tourist trade. in this case it sounds like the owners were either irresponsbile, ignorant, or willfully turning a blind eye.
-paniked