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10 Best Amsterdam Red Light District Photos

Posted on: Januar 15, 2020
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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 […]

10 City Tours in Amsterdam

Posted on: Januar 1, 2025
tours in Amsterdam

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 Netherlands Will Have Opposite Effect


Amsterdam Red Light District laws

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 […]

Newly Proposed Dutch Prostitution Regulation, What’s Wrong With It?

Posted on: November 6, 2019
New Dutch prostitution regulation

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 […]

Amsterdam Red Light District Future Uncertain

Posted on: Januar 1, 2025
Amsterdam Brothels Closing

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 […]

New Amsterdam Red Light District Windows Proposal

Posted on: September 6, 2019
Amsterdam Red Light District windows

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

Posted on: Juni 1, 2025
Amsterdam Red Light District Wiki

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 […]

Amsterdam Sex Workers Want to Stay in Red Light District

Posted on: Januar 1, 2025
Nighttime canal scene in Amsterdam’s Red Light District: glowing red‑lit windows along a canal with reflections in the water, pedestrians walking on the street and a bicycle leaning against a canal-side railing.

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 […]

Decriminalizing Prostitution Helps Sex Workers

Posted on: Juni 19, 2019
Amsterdam decriminalizing prostitution netherlands

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 […]

10 Places For The Best Fries In Amsterdam in 2025

Posted on: Oktober 1, 2025

Picture source: Elle.nl Top 10 Best Fries in Amsterdam in 2025 Looking for the crispiest, most mouthwatering fries in Amsterdam? You’re in luck. The Dutch capital is famous for its fries—called patat—and in 2025, the fry scene is more exciting than ever. From classic cones topped with mayo to gourmet dips and vegan-friendly options, here […]

New Stripclub In Amsterdam: BonTon

Posted on: Juni 10, 2019
Amsterdam Stripclub BonTon Lapdance Bar

New High-End Stripclub in Amsterdam On the Stadhouderskade in Holland’s capital, behind two black-lacquered doors, there is a new high-end stripclub: BonTon. This is the newest stripclub in Amsterdam and it’s definitely not a faded titty-bar where worn-out strippers who spin endlessly around a sticky pole. Rather the opposite! It’s a chic, dark speakeasy, with […]

First 5D Porn Cinema of the World in Amsterdam Red Light District

Posted on: August 1, 2025
5D Porn Cinema Amsterdam Red Light District

World’s First 5D Porn Cinema in Amsterdam   The 5D Porn Cinema in the Amsterdam Red Light District is a one-of-a-kind experience. As the name suggests, the cinema is designed to give viewers a 5D experience, with each of the five senses being stimulated. The cinema uses special effects to create an immersive environment.   […]

Group Tour Tourist Ban In Amsterdam Red Light District

Posted on: März 27, 2019
Tourist Ban In Amsterdam

Group Tour Tourist Ban In Amsterdam Red Light District By January 1, 2020, they should be gone from the Amsterdam Red Light District: groups of tourists, shuffling through Amsterdam’s old historical centre during “rush hour”. The executive board of the municipality of Amsterdam considers it “not respectful towards the sex workers”. Alderman Udo Kock thinks it “no […]

Statistics On Drug Use In The Netherlands

Posted on: Januar 1, 2024
Drug use in the Netherlands cocaine usage

Drug Use In The Netherlands Ecstasy is the most popular entertainment drug among young adults. Alcohol and tobacco cause the most deaths from substance use. These are key takeaways from the Dutch National Drug Monitor 2018. The annual report of the National Drug Monitor (NDM) contains trends, figures and facts about the use of alcohol, […]

Amsterdam Tour App For Red Light District

Posted on: Januar 2, 2019
Amsterdam tour app for Red Light District

Explore Red Light District With Amsterdam Tour App You often hear it; complaints from locals about tours in Amsterdam’s Red Light District. Tour groups that block the street. But there is a different way. Just recently an Amsterdam tour app was released that offers visitors a (private) tour in the Red Light District with a […]

Amsterdam Alcohol Sign Appears In Red Light District

Posted on: Dezember 13, 2018
Amsterdam Alcohol Sign Anti Public Drinking

Amsterdam Alcohol Sign To Inform Tourists Amsterdam is using large banners in the Red Light District to inform tourists that drinking alcohol on the streets is not allowed. The banners are placed on – the Oudezijds Voorburgwal and the Oudezijds Achterburgwal – the most visited streets in the area, next to some bars. ‘0.0% zone’. ‘No […]

10 Best Amsterdam Red Light District Bars in 2025

Posted on: Oktober 1, 2025
Best Red Light District bars

The Tailor cocktail bar. Picture by: Roï Shiratski 10x Best Amsterdam Red Light District Bars Best Amsterdam Red Light District Bars often disappoint—crowded, pricey, confusing. Skip stress; follow our 2025 top-10 routes. Top 10 bar profiles Below are the ten bars you asked to feature. Each profile gives simple, scannable tips so you know what […]

10 Best Amsterdam Christmas Markets

Posted on: Dezember 6, 2018

Picture source: zoover.nl Does Amsterdam have a Christmas market? Yes, there are many Amsterdam Christmas markets! So where should you be in December for mulled wine, ice-skating, last minute presents and some cozy Dutch atmosphere? We’ve made a list with the 10 best Amsterdam Christmas markets below: Christmas Market at Amsterdam’s Museum Square The monthly […]

No More Red Light District Credit Card Payments in Amsterdam

Posted on: Januar 1, 2025
Red Light District Credit Card

Sex Workers in Amsterdam Lose Credit Card Payment Option It’s a safe means of payment and is anti-money-laundering. However, one week ago Amsterdam’s Red Light District credit card payments were no longer an option. The last payment processor has pulled the plug from the payment terminals. “About 30% of all sex workers have such a […]

Smoking Joints In Coffeeshops Will Be Illegal in Amsterdam

Posted on: November 22, 2018
A brightly painted, mural‑covered façade of The Bulldog coffeeshop (number 90) in Amsterdam’s Red Light District, with a person in a blue coat pushing a colorful stroller in front.

No More Joints In Coffeeshops In The Netherlands Smoking tobacco will soon be illegal in Amsterdam coffeeshops. Customers will no longer be allowed to light up joints (Wikpedia: a rolled cannabis cigarette) in coffeeshops with tobacco in them. Paul Blokhuis – politician of the Christian Union serving as Dutch state secretary for Health, Welfare & Sports […]

Dr. Kate Lister Interview From Whores Of Yore

Posted on: Januar 1, 2025
Whores of Yore - Dr Kate Lister

dr. Kate Lister from Whores of Yore. Picture source: Leeds Trinity University Whores of Yore Expert About Sex Work Kate Lister works as a Dr. at Leeds Trinity University but she is more widely known around the world because of her Twitter account @whoresofyore. With Whores of Yore Kate aims to give a voice to the […]

New Campaign Against Street Dealers Amsterdam


Street Dealers Amsterdam Warning Campaign

Street Dealers Amsterdam: A Persistent Problem Street dealers in Amsterdam remain a persistent problem despite the deployment of police and other measures. In fact, the problem continues to extend even beyond the city center. As is well known, street dealers cause nuisance and feelings of anxiety among residents and entrepreneurs. Tourists are often stuck with […]

Interview With An Amsterdam Brothel Chairwoman


Brothel window at My Red Light, a cooperative brothel in Amsterdam’s Red Light District, with a softly lit doorway framed by traditional canal‑house architecture—symbolizing a sex worker‑run space promoting autonomy and safer work.

Justine le Clercq On The Amsterdam Brothel Business Back in 2016 it was announced that the Startfoundation – an independent social development company – would start working on setting up the brothel My Red Light in Amsterdam – better known as the ‘municipality brothel’. This Amsterdam brothel was created at the initiative of the former […]

Dutch Drug Gangs Earn Billions Of Euros By Selling Synthetic Drugs

Posted on: August 30, 2018
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Dutch Drug Gangs Make A Killing Dutch drug gangs produced at least € 18.9 billion of ecstasy and amphetamine in the Netherlands in 2017. Most probably the actual turnover was significantly higher. These striking numbers come from a new study done by the Dutch Police Academy. Dutch Drug Gangs Produce More “Value” Than Philips The € […]

Could Amsterdam Drug Dealers Soon Face The Dutch Tax Authorities?

Posted on: August 24, 2018
Amsterdam Drug Dealers

Will A Tax Levy On Amsterdam Drug Dealers Scare Them Off? The tax authorities must be used to deal with the criminal profits of Amsterdam drug dealers that roam the city streets. That is what the CDA (Christian Democratic Appeal) wants in Amsterdam and in the Dutch congress. But is it a feasible plan? 1600 […]

Sex Worker Exhibition Amsterdam In The Old Church

Posted on: Juli 20, 2018
Sex Worker Exhibition Amsterdam in the Old Church

The sex worker exhibition Amsterdam is a creation of Mariska Majoor and her daughter Robin and can be seen from the 21st until the 29th of July, 2018. It’s open on all days. It’s accessible free of charge through the coffee bar of the Old Church. We did a short interview with former sex worker […]

Amsterdam Red Light District Audio Tour In Dutch Press

Posted on: Juli 18, 2018

Amsterdam Red Light District Audio Tour In The News Dutch media has reported on our Amsterdam Red Light District Tour. The reason for all the attention is the launch of our new application: Amsterdam Audio Stories. This is the only app that offers an audio tour with 22 experts in Amsterdam’s Red Light District. Moreover […]

Amsterdam Audio Tours: Explore Red Light District With 22 Experts In Your Pocket

Posted on: Mai 14, 2020
Amsterdam Audio Tours App

Amsterdam Audio Tours App Become an Amsterdam connoisseur today! From home or in the Netherlands. Listen to fascinating stories from 22 experts. Learn everything about Holland’s most fascinating area with the Amsterdam Audio Tours app.   Amsterdam Audio Tours: stories that take you places. It allows you to experience a GPS-guided tour in the Red Light District […]

Drug Consultant August de Loor Awarded With Dutch Medal

Posted on: Juni 5, 2018
August De Loor Amsterdam Hard Drug Consultant

Amsterdam Drug Consultant August de Loor Gets Medal August de Loor started his work on drugs and drug use in the early 1970’s. He was one of the co-founders of the ‘junkie union’ Medical Service Heroine Users (MDHG), the first interest group in the Netherlands by and for hard drugs addicts. Instead of referring heroin […]

10 Questions For Amsterdam Historian Russell Shorto

Posted on: Januar 3, 2024
Russell Shorto Amsterdam History

Interview With Russell Shorto Russell Shorto Bio Russell Shorto is an American writer, historian and journalist who’s best known for his book Amsterdam: A History of the World’s Most Liberal City and his book on the Dutch origins of New York City: The Island at the Center of the World. If you’re interested in Amsterdam, liberalism, tolerance and the Dutch […]

Interview With CEO FEBO Netherlands: Dennis Borst

Posted on: Januar 1, 2025
Febo Netherlands Managing Director Dennis de Borst

FEBO Netherlands: Typical Dutch Food Out Of A Wall 10 Questions For The CEO of FEBO Netherlands Dennis Borst (in picture above) is the current managing director of FEBO Netherlands. He’s also the grandson of Johan de Borst (1919 – 2008),  the founder of the FEBO. The restaurant chain was originally just a bakery named “Maison […]

The Best Amsterdam Escape Room


Amsterdam Escape Room The Vault Break in

Amsterdam Escape Room Sherlocked What is an escape room? An escape room is a physical adventure game in which players are locked in a room and have to use elements of the room to solve a series of puzzles and escape within a set time limit. The games are designed for groups of two to […]

Prostitutes Protest Against Red Light District Brothels With Sex Dolls

Posted on: April 1, 2018
Protests against Red Light District brothels with sex dolls

Amsterdam’s Prostitutes Demonstrate Against Sex Doll Brothels Over 200 sex workers and sympathizers are protesting in Amsterdam against the opening of more Red Light District brothels with just real sex dolls. From the Oudekerksplein, located in the heart of the Red Light District, they walked to city hall, to offer the local mayor a petition. […]

Permit For Guides In Amsterdam Red Light District

Posted on: März 13, 2018
Permit for guides in Amsterdam Red Light District

New Permit For Guides In Amsterdam Red Light District (updated on April 02, 2018) From the 1st of April 2018, all tour guides who work in Amsterdam Red Light District will need to have a permit from the City of Amsterdam. This has been decided by the local government. We have been informed about this […]

Amsterdam Red Light District Documentary

Posted on: März 1, 2018
Amsterdam Red Light District Documentary Tour Peep Show

New Popular Amsterdam Red Light District Documentary Dutch TV broadcaster BNN recently made a very interesting Amsterdam Red Light District Documentary. The documentary makers interviewed prostitutes, residents, brothel owners, brothel cleaners, tourists, strippers, local authorities, our tour company owner and many other experts. The production team contacted us and asked if they could join one […]

Tourism Economy in Amsterdam

Posted on: Februar 15, 2018
Tourism economy in Amsterdam photographers

What Is The Current Situation Of The Tourism Economy In Amsterdam? “Amsterdam must continue with its city promotion abroad!” That is what the directors of all Amsterdam’s cultural institutions (like the Van Gogh Museum & Rijksmuseum) advocate in Dutch newspaper “Het Parool.” The tourism sector in amsterdam continues to grow. As a result some political parties want […]

First Amsterdam Sex Doll Brothel Opens Its Doors

Posted on: Januar 26, 2018
Amsterdam Sex Doll Brothel

Picture by Kippa Evert Elzinga, ANP. Amsterdam Sex Doll Brothel In The Red Light District Dutch television program Spuiten en Slikken (Injecting and Swallowing) opened a “Pop Up Brothel’ in the Red Light District on the 24th of January 2018. There you could have sex with a real doll.  The Amsterdam Sex Doll Brothel was […]

New Prostitution Policy in the Netherlands

Posted on: Dezember 6, 2017
prostitution policy in the Netherlands

New Local Prostitution Policy In The Netherlands The Dutch municipality Almere, located 22 kilometers away of Amsterdam, plans to make an inventory on whether sex workers in the region want to stop with their work. This is evident from the concept for prostitution policy that was sent to the city council. Almere anticipates a new prostitution […]

20 Amsterdam Red Light District Rules & Laws in 2025

Posted on: September 1, 2025
Amsterdam Red Light District Etiquette and Rules

Top 20 Amsterdam Red Light District Rules Amsterdam Red Light District rules can be confusing for first-time visitors. It’s easy to unknowingly cross a line in this unique and historic part of the city. That can lead to awkward situations—or worse. This guide walks you through 20 simple rules so you can explore confidently, respectfully, […]

The Best Red Light District Amsterdam Tours In Town

Posted on: Dezember 1, 2017
Red Light District Amsterdam Tours

The Best Rated Red Light District Amsterdam Tours Our tour company has been doing Red Light District Amsterdam tours since 2014. Through the years we’ve built up an unbeatable expertise on this most infamous and oldest part of Amsterdam. And that knowledge hasn’t gone unnoticed: our tours have been featured on media channels such as: […]

Interview With Prostitution Expert Mariska Majoor

Posted on: Januar 1, 2025
Mariska Majoor Portrait Photo

10 Questions for Mariska Majoor about Prostitution & Amsterdam Red Light District Mariska Majoor is one of Holland’s most well known and respected sex worker experts. She even got a royal distinguishing in 2017 for all the work she’s done. In our exclusive interview with her we’ll talk about prostitution, her interesting experiences in Amsterdam’s Red […]

10x Amsterdam Drug Laws For Tourists in 2025


Amsterdam Drug Laws

Top 10 Amsterdam Drug Laws For Tourists Are you considering using drugs in Amsterdam? Or do you want to learn how legal and illegal drugs are handled in the Netherlands? Then read this article with 10 Amsterdam Drugs Laws. This overview answers the most frequently asked questions about drug laws in Amsterdam which results into […]

Follow Our Red Light District Facebook Page And Stay Up To Date

Posted on: November 17, 2017
Red Light District Facebook Page

Our Red Light District Facebook Page We started our Red Light District Facebook page (the link is on the top right corner of our website) back in 2013. Since then we’ve been providing our friends and followers all the latest news about the legendary district and Amsterdam. Expect the unexpected, and stay up to date about […]

Street Prostitution In Amsterdam Has Been Declining For Years

Posted on: November 8, 2017
Prostitution in Amsterdam

No Street Prostitution In Amsterdam There is almost no street prostitution in Amsterdam, reports the mayor of Amsterdam. The interest group for sex workers – Proud – wonders if this is a positive development. “The most vulnerable ones easily move out of sight.” In 2014, 17 applications were filed with the police in Amsterdam for […]

Marijuana Users Have More Sex Than Non Users

Posted on: Januar 2, 2025
Marijuana Users

Regular Marijuana Users Have More Sex Than Non Users Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine examined data from 50,000 Americans aged 25 to 45, from an earlier national research project. The results were published in Journal of Sexual Medicine. The participants of the research project had to indicate how often they had sex […]

New Red Light District Rules Rejected By Dutch Court

Posted on: November 1, 2017
New Amsterdam Red Light District Rules

New Red Light District Rules Don’t Lead To Better Control Window brothel operators almost got completely buried by the new Red Light District rules and regulations implemented by the city of Amsterdam. “We had to inspect if the ladies were washing their sex toys with the right disinfectant and if the perishable date of their condoms […]

Anne Frank Cold Case Investigation Set To Answer Remaining Questions


Anne Frank Cold Case

American Team Investigates Anne Frank Cold Case (Source picture above: Anne Frank House) An American cold-case team tries to find the answer to the question: Who betrayed the Frank family in 1944? They will use specially developed software to find out. The Anne Frank cold case team is led by former FBI agent Vince Pankoke, […]

Growing Weed In The Netherlands To Become Partially Legal

Posted on: Oktober 30, 2017
Weed production in the Netherlands

Picture source: Explosion Growing Weed In The Netherlands Takes its Next Step To Full Legalisation (This article has last been updated on the 10th of November 2017) The new Dutch cabinet will allow for the distribution of legal weed in some municipalities. The new government weed will be cultivated locally and then spread among six […]

Anne Frank Comic Book Made From Diary

Posted on: Oktober 28, 2017
Anne Frank Comic Book

Anne Frank, drawn as the lauded journalist and writer she hoped to become. This Article was originally posted by Dutch newspaper NRC. New Anne Frank Comic Book Shows Her Thoughts & What She Hoped For For the first time, an official comic book of Anne Frank’s diary has been published. Israeli film maker Ari Folman […]

Prostitutes In Utrecht Cost Almost A Million In Subsidies Per Year

Posted on: Oktober 26, 2017
Prostitutes In Utrecht Hustling

Prostitutes In Utrecht Aren’t Cheap In the Dutch city Utrecht, only a handful of prostitutes are active. Yet they cost the community tons of money, reports Dutch newspaper WNL. This year alone, the municipality has spent 833.226 euros in aid and other services for prostitutes in Utrecht. Outdoor Prostitution Allowed With A Permit In Utrecht […]

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