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Top 10 Amsterdam Red Light District Photos This list shows our 10 best Amsterdam Red Light District photos containing most likes on Instagram. This is one of the places where we share the newest images. Learn more about Holland’s most fascinating neighbourhood. Listen to real stories of 22 experts who know this area best. Including […]

Top 10 City Tours in Amsterdam Are you looking for fun things to do in Amsterdam? And would you like to learn a thing or two about this beautiful city and its liberal Dutch culture? Check out this useful list with 10 great city tours in Amsterdam. 1 | Amsterdam Red Light District Tour This […]

New Prostitution Law In The Netherlands Is A Bad Idea A prostitution law in the Netherlands aims at requiring a permit for sex workers. That is a bad idea, writes Marjan Wijers in Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant. Criminalisation Of Prostitution For the first time since 1800, prostitutes are being criminalized again in the Netherlands, at […]

New Dutch Prostitution Regulation Won’t Let Sex Workers Become Their Own Bosses The newly proposed Dutch prostitution regulation marginalises sex workers and can increase the chance of human trafficking, writes Rik Viergever in the Dutch newspaper NRC. Rik Viergever obtained his PhD on “care after human trafficking” and was a project manager at CoMensha. Since […]

More or Less Window Brothels Amsterdam Red Light District? Amsterdam’s mayor Femke Halsema is taking the next step in the debate about the future of the Red Light District of Amsterdam (locally known as ‘De Wallen‘). She will investigate the relocation of prostitution to other parts of the city, including the neighborhoods where those new […]

Brothel Owners Present New Plan For Amsterdam Red Light District Windows Brothel operators from 200 of the 330 Amsterdam Red Light District windows, “at least 250” sex workers who rent the windows and their sympathisers have written a new future option for the area. It’s an alternative to the four options that mayor Femke Halsema has […]

Amsterdam Red Light District Wiki This Amsterdam Red Light District Wiki page contains information about its history, prostitution, inhabitants, red light windows (also known as window brothels), visitors, local companies, laws, inhabitants, Project 1012, tours, and whatnot. It does not contain information about escorts because they do not work in the Red Light District. The […]

Sex Workers in Amsterdam Do Not Want To Work Elsewhere Sex workers want to stay in Amsterdam Red Light District, says interest group Red Light United run by sex workers. Sex workers do not want the red light windows to be moved to other parts of Amsterdam. They want to stay where they are, in the […]

Decriminalising Prostitution Helps Sex Workers If you further criminalise prostitution, you force the women out of sight from government. Decriminalizing prostitution does the opposite. In this translated article from Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant Tom Kroon talks about the signs between voluntary and forced prostitution and how he as a customer deals with this issue. “As a […]

Picture source: Elle.nl Top 10 Dutch Fries According To Amsterdammers Crispy, greasy, salty and with a good lick of mayonnaise: some Dutch fries once in a while is never a bad idea! But where can you find the tastiest and best fries in Amsterdam? Readers of Amsterdam newspaper Het Parool massively tipped its editors with […]