Top 13 Amsterdam Red Light District Rules & Laws in 2024
Posted on: November 1, 2024
Amsterdam Red Light District Rules & Laws: Avoid Fines or Violations
Before visiting the most fascinating area in the world it might be a good idea to get acquainted with the most important Amsterdam Red Light District rules & laws. You don’t want to accidentally break the rules, do you? Discover this useful list with 13 laws in Amsterdam Red Light District.
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1 | Öffentliches Alkoholverbot
In einigen Gegenden Amsterdams gilt ein öffentliches Alkoholverbot. Das Rotlichtviertel ist eines dieser Gebiete. Es ist daher verboten, im öffentlichen Raum (auf den Straßen) Alkohol zu trinken und Flaschen oder Dosen mit alkoholischen Getränken bei sich zu haben. A fine of € 95,- is imposed on violations of the alcohol ban. The local police and municipality enforcers uphold the ban.
The main street of the Red Light District (Oudezijds Achterburgwal).
Straßenschilder mit roten Kreisen weisen darauf hin, dass in den Niederlanden etwas nicht erlaubt ist. Das Schild im Bild oben bedeutet, dass es in diesem Bereich auf den Straßen nicht erlaubt ist, Alkohol zu trinken; das Rotlichtviertel.
How old do you have to be to drink in Amsterdam?
In Amsterdam, the legal drinking age for beer and wine is 18 years old. However, the legal drinking age for spirits and other distilled beverages is 18 years old as well. It’s important to note that bars and restaurants in Amsterdam are required to check IDs to ensure that their customers are of legal drinking age. Failing to comply with this requirement can result in significant fines or even the loss of the establishment’s liquor license. Additionally, public drinking and public intoxication are not allowed and can also result in fines or other penalties.
2 | Straßenprostitution ist illegal
It’s forbidden for Sexarbeiterinnen to offer or promote their services on the streets of Amsterdam’s Red Light District or elsewhere in the city.
Das Gesetz gilt auf oder neben der Straße oder in einem öffentlich zugänglichen Gebäude. Ebenso ist es möglichen Kunden untersagt, Angebote, in welcher Form auch immer, zur Inanspruchnahme ihrer Dienste anzunehmen. Die Geldstrafe für Straßenprostitution für die Sexarbeiterin und den Kunden beträgt € 115,-.
Sex workers statue next to Amsterdam’s Alte Kirche (Oude Kerk).
3 | Cannabis draußen rauchen
Aktuelle Gesetze des Rotlichtbezirks das Rauchen von Cannabis im Freien nicht verbieten auf den Straßen. Es gibt jedoch einige öffentliche Orte in Amsterdam, an denen das Rauchen eines Joints im Freien verboten ist. Diese Orte sind zum Beispiel: Kinderspielplätze und Schulplätze. In den Niederlanden ist es gesetzlich erlaubt, 5 Gramm zu haben weed auf Sie, für den persönlichen Gebrauch.
Die Terrasse von Coffeeshop The Bulldog auf dem Oudezijds Voorburgwal.
Das ungeschriebene Gesetz beim Rauchen von Gras in den Niederlanden besagt, dass die Leute es zu Hause oder in einem Coffeeshop tun. Wenn Sie im Freien rauchen, stellen Sie sicher, dass Sie andere Personen nicht behindern. Rauchen Sie also zum Beispiel keinen Joint vor Häusern mit offenen Fenstern. Nicht jeder mag den Geruch.
4 | Ausweispflicht
Everyone aged 14 and older in the Netherlands must be able to identify himself or herself with a valid ID. For persons aged 16 or over who fail to comply with the obligation to identify themselves the fine is € 60,-. Für Personen im Alter von 14 und 15 Jahren beträgt die Geldstrafe € 30,-.
Only certain government officials can ask for your ID. Dies sind: Polizeibeamte, Fahrkartenkontrolleure (öffentlicher Verkehr) und Sondervollzugsbeamte (BOA auf Niederländisch) wie Arbeitsinspektoren und Förster.
Amsterdam’s most narrow alley including 9 Fensterbordelle.
5 | Öffnungszeiten des Amsterdamer Fensterbordells
Window prostitution businesses are allowed to be open to visitors from 08:00 am to 06:00 am. Yes, the window brothels are op 22 hours a day! The Sexarbeiterinnen tend to work in 8 hour shifts and are not allowed to work more than 11 hours a day.
6 | Müll in Amsterdam ist nicht erlaubt
Werfen Sie keine Getränkedosen, Plastiktüten oder andere (leere) Produktverpackungen auf die Straße. Wenn dich die örtlichen Behörden dabei erwischen, kostet es dich € 140,-. Außerdem, warum überhaupt Müll in einer so schönen Stadt?
Dutch cops are very friendly if you just stick to the rules.
7 | Im Auto zu schlafen ist verboten
In Amsterdam it is forbidden to use the road as a place to sleep or to use a vehicle, boat, caravan, tent or any other accommodation as a place to sleep or to offer these options. The authorities lately have been clamping down hard on people who sleep in their own car. The price for some nice quiet time in your own car is € 140,-
8 | Prostitutionshotels sind illegal
It is currently forbidden to operate prostitution-hotels in the city of Amsterdam. In prostitution hotels rooms are made available to prostitutes who recruit their clients elsewhere. These types of hotels are forbidden because they go hand in hand with street prostitution.
However, Amsterdam escorts often go with their clients to hotels. Sometimes, customers invite escorts to Red Light District Amsterdam hotels. That is legal. The staff at the hotels are of course allowed to refuse an escort – if they know they are a sex worker.
Police also patrol the area by horse making the district even safer.
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9 | Tour-Bestimmungen im Rotlichtviertel
Providers of tours in the Red Light District have to comply with rules that were in implemented in April 2018. If a guide gives a tour to five people or more, he/she needs a government exemption. With larger tour groups there is currently a set limit of 15 participants. If the tour group is bigger than this, local authorities can end the tour, and the guide will be fined.
It’s also mandatory for tour guides to inform the participants that it is not allowed to take pictures of the sex workers.
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10 | Die Förderung der Prostitution auf den Straßen ist illegal
It is forbidden for Sexarbeiterinnen (or anyone else) to advertise sex services on the streets. The fine for this is € 115,-. In general, Prostituierte do not want to work on the street at all because it is less safe, less comfortable and it makes less money. In the 1950’s & 1960’s, some prostitutes worked on the streets in Amsterdam’s Red Light District. Also because there were less window brothels. Those days are over now partly because Amsterdam has more than 350 window brothels.
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12 | Mindestalter von Sexarbeitern
One of the last Red Light District laws you have to know about is the following. The prostitutes in Amsterdam’s Red Light District need to be at least 21 years old to work in the windows. Every time they rent a window brothel, they are required to show their ID to the brothel operator.
13 | Auf der Straße zu urinieren ist verboten
It is strictly forbidden to urinate on the streets of the Red Light District. The local residents hate it when visitors urinate in the street. Do not do this or risk a fine of 140 euros.
Please visit Sexy Loo instead. It’s a public restroom that looks like the Red Light District, filled with imitation red light windows.
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