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"What are the prices in Europe for the already grown stuff in the special shops, not on the street?"

There really isn't anything like that. The coffeeshops in Holland are supplied by black market growers, predominantly organized crime. Growing is still illegal there, although the police will look the other way when it comes to small closet grows. Small closet grows are not supplying the coffeeshops. These are high volume businesses that require steady supplies people growing four or five plants at a time cannot deliver. Also, like any other business selling goods, they require consistent product. On top of that, in order to compete with the other shops they have to provide a wide variety of product to satisfy their customers. A lot of what they sell is imported, smuggled into their country much the same as it is smuggled into ours. Growers, smugglers, and other suppliers are busted in Holland, and a lot of marijuana and hashish is seized by law enforcement. It's a strange arrangement they have there. These coffeeshops are allowed to operate. Some even have neon marijuana leaves on the fronts of their buildings. Some are national chains. All of their supply is bought from the black market though. There are no massive scale growing operations like you might see in the tulip business in Holland. The suppliers there operate much the same as they do here and consequently prices aren't that much different there. Prices are probably a little lower on average but from what I have read, not a great deal lower.