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Amsterdam Window shopping on the Redlight
At the Red Light Districts of Amsterdam you will find hundreds of girls standing behind a window with some redlight offering sex for money. Nowhere else in the world except in some other main Dutch cities like Eindhoven, Alkmaar, Groningen, The hague and Utrecht. Because this conspicuous window prostitution is distinct to the Netherlands.
For many hundreds of years prostitution has been tolerated, it's rarely been considered an offence. In 1996 the taxation of prostitutes was introduced. Since October 2000 window prostitution and brothels have the benefit of being fully legal businesses.
Amsterdam's main Red Light District, known locally as the Walletjes (spoken form), or Wallen (written form), or generically as Rossebuurt (red or pink neighbourhood), is situated along and around two of the city's oldest canals, the Oudezijds Achterburgwal, the Oudezijds Voorburgwal (collectively known as the Burgwallen), and around the Oudekerkplein, in an area bounded by the Warmoestraat and the Nieuwmarkt.
There are three Red Light Districts in Amsterdam. The main area, the Walletjes, and two minor, Singel and Pijp.
At the Red Light Districts of Amsterdam you will find hundreds of girls standing behind a window with some redlight offering sex for money. Nowhere else in the world except in some other main Dutch cities like Eindhoven, Alkmaar, Groningen, The hague and Utrecht. Because this conspicuous window prostitution is distinct to the Netherlands.
For many hundreds of years prostitution has been tolerated, it's rarely been considered an offence. In 1996 the taxation of prostitutes was introduced. Since October 2000 window prostitution and brothels have the benefit of being fully legal businesses.
Amsterdam's main Red Light District, known locally as the Walletjes (spoken form), or Wallen (written form), or generically as Rossebuurt (red or pink neighbourhood), is situated along and around two of the city's oldest canals, the Oudezijds Achterburgwal, the Oudezijds Voorburgwal (collectively known as the Burgwallen), and around the Oudekerkplein, in an area bounded by the Warmoestraat and the Nieuwmarkt.
There are three Red Light Districts in Amsterdam. The main area, the Walletjes, and two minor, Singel and Pijp.