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Red Light District exposed
Guided walking tours
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| With a licence | Minimum | Maximum |
| Window prostitution | 1.090 | 3.380 |
| Clubs/ privatehouses | 820 | 820 |
| Escortservice | 600 | 660 |
| Total | 2510 | 4.860 |
| Without a licence |
Minimum |
Maximum |
| Street prostitution | 40 | 45 |
| Prostitution at home | 2.000 | 2.000 |
| Escortservice | 600 | 750 |
| Remaining | ? | ? |
| Total | 2.640 | 2.800 |
Window prostitution
There are three different areas where prostitution brothels are operated:
The Redlight District (aka: de Wallen), the Singel-area and the area around the Ruysdaelkade.Momentary there're are 407 windows in total.
The prostitution on the Redlight District area is by far the largest with 290 windows.This represent 71 percent of the total supply. The number of windows in The Singel-area is 18 percent of the total supply. These brothels are more integrated integrated into the living- and workfunction compared to the Redlight District area: there are less restaurants and coffee shops established.
Ruysdaelkade's prostitution is the smallest area. It counts 43 windows which are owned by 14 different operators.
In general, the prostitutes on the Redlight District are the youngest of all. More than half of the prostitutes are younger than 26. One in six prostitutes on the Wallen are born in the Netherlands. Most of the prostitutes, about 60%, come from Eastern Europe.
The average age of the prostitutes varies by country of birth. The South-American prostitutes are 38 years on average. The Eastern European prostitutes are 25 years on average and are the youngest group of prostitutes on the Wallen.
Foreign prostitutes often return to their home country for a long vacation or for a family visit. These are mainly the independent prostitutes who have the freedom to travel.
The future of the Redlight
Within a couple of years the number of brothels will be reduced to 239 windows. There used to be over 509 brothels in Amsterdam, which now 102 are closed.
Despite of the reduction in brothels, prostitutes generally continue to work as a prostitute. The only exception are the Dominican prostitutes, who return to their homeland.
For the autonomous and independent prostitutes who work behind the window, it seems highly unlikely that as a result of closing the windows, they will make the switch to an escort. Window prostitution offers more security and delivers more money.
Some prostitutes are forced to work in another city, such as The Hague, Alkmaar, Utrecht or Groningen. But Amsterdam is and will be the preferred city for many prostitutes.
