{"id":18322,"date":"2026-01-01T19:33:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T18:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/?p=18322"},"modified":"2026-04-01T12:00:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:00:45","slug":"future-red-light-district-of-amsterdam-uncertain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/news\/future-red-light-district-of-amsterdam-uncertain\/","title":{"rendered":"Amsterdam Red Light District Future Uncertain"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_or_Less_Window_Brothels_Amsterdam_Red_Light_District\"><\/span>More or Less Window Brothels Amsterdam Red Light District?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Amsterdam&#8217;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 &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/de-wallen-amsterdam\/\">De Wallen<\/a>&#8216;).<\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Inhoudsopgave<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle tabel met inhoud\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/news\/future-red-light-district-of-amsterdam-uncertain\/#New_Workplaces_for_Sex_Workers_in_Amsterdam\" >New Workplaces for Sex Workers in Amsterdam?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/news\/future-red-light-district-of-amsterdam-uncertain\/#Project_1012_Already_Closed_112_Window_Brothels_in_Amsterdam\" >Project 1012 Already Closed 112 Window Brothels in Amsterdam<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/news\/future-red-light-district-of-amsterdam-uncertain\/#Disagreement_Within_Amsterdams_Council\" >Disagreement Within Amsterdam&#8217;s Council<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/news\/future-red-light-district-of-amsterdam-uncertain\/#What_Do_Sex_Workers_Want\" >What Do Sex Workers Want?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/news\/future-red-light-district-of-amsterdam-uncertain\/#Four_Prostitution_Scenarios_in_Amsterdam\" >Four Prostitution Scenario&#8217;s in Amsterdam<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/news\/future-red-light-district-of-amsterdam-uncertain\/#Advertising_Sex_Work_on_Internet\" >Advertising Sex Work on Internet<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/news\/future-red-light-district-of-amsterdam-uncertain\/#How_Do_People_Feel_About_A_Possible_Shut_Down\" >How Do People Feel About A Possible Shut Down?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/news\/future-red-light-district-of-amsterdam-uncertain\/#More_Enforcers_in_Red_Light_District_of_Amsterdam\" >More Enforcers in Red Light District of Amsterdam<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>She will investigate the relocation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/information\/prostitution-in-holland\/\">prostitutie<\/a> to other parts of the city, including the neighborhoods where those new workplaces can be found.<\/p>\n<p>A prostitution hotel outside the Red Light District of Amsterdam is one of the options, she said during the council debate on Thursday 17th October 2019.<\/p>\n<p>At the request of the city council, Halsema also wants to investigate whether <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/news\/sex-workers\/\">sekswerkers<\/a> can be given the opportunity to attract customers online or receive them at home, which is not yet permitted.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"New_Workplaces_for_Sex_Workers_in_Amsterdam\"><\/span>New Workplaces for Sex Workers in Amsterdam?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/tour\/5d-porn-cinema-tickets\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18336 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Windows-Red-Light-District-of-Amsterdam-1024x789.jpg\" alt=\"Amsterdam Red Light District Windows\" width=\"1024\" height=\"789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Windows-Red-Light-District-of-Amsterdam-1024x789.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Windows-Red-Light-District-of-Amsterdam-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Windows-Red-Light-District-of-Amsterdam-768x592.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Windows-Red-Light-District-of-Amsterdam-600x462.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Windows-Red-Light-District-of-Amsterdam.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Amsterdam, Dollebegijnensteeg in the Red Light District.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Mayor Halsema uses this to pick out the points that can count on a majority in a further divided city council. The debate is slowly shifting in the direction in which Amsterdammers have to take into account that new workplaces will also be created for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/news\/amsterdam-prostitution-menu\/\">prostituees<\/a> outside the 3 area&#8217;s in the city with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/news\/bordelen-amsterdam\/\">Amsterdam brothels<\/a>, which are:<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Red Light District of Amsterdam (De Wallen)<\/strong>, <strong>the Singel area<\/strong> en <strong>the Ruysdaelkade street<\/strong>. Few political parties object to this.<\/p>\n<p>The party Forum voor Democratie (Forum for Democracy) is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ANanninga\/status\/1674012011355598851\" rel=\"noopener\">against the relocation<\/a>, but in favor of strict enforcement,\u00a0closure of window brothels in case of violation and then no new window brothel in return.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Project_1012_Already_Closed_112_Window_Brothels_in_Amsterdam\"><\/span>Project 1012 Already Closed 112 Window Brothels in Amsterdam<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18345 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Amsterdam-De-Wallen-Project-1012-1024x706.jpg\" alt=\"Amsterdam Wallen Project 1012 UpCylcle Store\" width=\"1024\" height=\"706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Amsterdam-De-Wallen-Project-1012-1024x706.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Amsterdam-De-Wallen-Project-1012-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Amsterdam-De-Wallen-Project-1012-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Amsterdam-De-Wallen-Project-1012-600x414.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Amsterdam-De-Wallen-Project-1012.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>This building used to have several window brothels before Project 1012. Now a recycle store with a subsidized low rent.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The number of window brothels in Amsterdam are currently +- <strong>365<\/strong>. The Red Light District (De Wallen) counts 292 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/news\/amsterdam-red-light-windows\/\">raambordelen<\/a>, the Singel area has 37 windows and the Ruysdaelkade also has 35.<\/p>\n<p>De Wallen used to have more window brothels before the start of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/news\/amsterdam-red-light-district-wiki\/\">gentrification-plan <strong>Project 1012<\/strong><\/a> that changed window brothels into art-galleries, waffle stores, recycle stores, record shops, etc. <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">112 window brothels were closed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/de-wallen-amsterdam\/\">De Wallen<\/a> since 2007, which costed 108 million euros in tax money. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">On 26th of June 2018, Amsterdam&#8217;s Court of Audit came with hard conclusions after analyzing Project 1012: \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.parool.nl\/nieuws\/rekenkamer-wallenproject-overheid-niet-gelukt~b0548bdf\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Gentrification-plan in Red Light District of Amsterdam failed<\/a>\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Disagreement_Within_Amsterdams_Council\"><\/span>Disagreement Within Amsterdam&#8217;s Council<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/tour\/red-light-district-audio-tour\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18347 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Prostitution-in-Amsterdam-Legal-1024x858.jpg\" alt=\"Prostitution in Amsterdam\" width=\"1024\" height=\"858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Prostitution-in-Amsterdam-Legal-1024x858.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Prostitution-in-Amsterdam-Legal-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Prostitution-in-Amsterdam-Legal-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Prostitution-in-Amsterdam-Legal-600x503.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Prostitution-in-Amsterdam-Legal.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Amsterdam, Oudezijds Achterburgwal<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There is disagreement about whether this relocation will subsequently lead to fewer windows in the Red Light District of Amsterdam. The Socialist Party (SP) and Labour Party (PvdA) want to sacrifice part of the window brothels for this. The Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), Christian Union (CU) and Party of the Elderly (PvdO) even want all windows in Amsterdam&#8217;s Red Light District to close.<\/p>\n<p>Green left (GL), Bij1 and Democrats66 (D66), on the other hand, want the <strong>window brothels to remain open<\/strong> and that, added together, there should be <strong>more workplaces in Amsterdam<\/strong>.\u00a0Mayor Halsema leaves this in the middle for the time being. &#8220;I first\u00a0want to work out this scenario better.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Do_Sex_Workers_Want\"><\/span>What Do Sex Workers Want?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18338 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Amsterdam-De-Wallen-Windows-Red-Light-District-1024x849.jpg\" alt=\"red light district of Amsterdam\" width=\"1024\" height=\"849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Amsterdam-De-Wallen-Windows-Red-Light-District-1024x849.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Amsterdam-De-Wallen-Windows-Red-Light-District-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Amsterdam-De-Wallen-Windows-Red-Light-District-768x637.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Amsterdam-De-Wallen-Windows-Red-Light-District-600x498.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Amsterdam-De-Wallen-Windows-Red-Light-District.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>A few of the almost 300 windows brothels in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/de-wallen-amsterdam\/\">De Wallen<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/redlightunitednl\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Red Light United<\/a>, an union for window prostitutes in the Red Light District of Amsterdam,<strong> surveyed 170 of the approximately 375 sex workers<\/strong> in that area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/news\/sex-workers-want-to-stay-in-red-light-district\/\">The survey concluded that 90% of the 170 prostitutes want to say in the Red Light District<\/a>. They\u00a0see nothing in moving windows from Amsterdam&#8217;s Red Light District to other parts of the city.<\/p>\n<p>They want to stay where they are. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/redlightunited.wordpress.com\/2019\/07\/03\/sekswerkers-op-de-wallen-het-is-hier-niet-te-druk-en-wij-willen-hier-niet-weg\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Their website states<\/a>: &#8220;Sex workers Amsterdam\u2019s Red Light District: <strong>It\u2019s not too crowded and we don\u2019t want to move away!<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Over 93% of the sex workers are against plans of relocating prostitution to another part of the city, and prefers to keep working behind the windows.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18335 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Red-Light-United-Wants-More-Window-Brothels.png\" alt=\"Tweet from Amsterdam Sex Workers Union\" width=\"590\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Red-Light-United-Wants-More-Window-Brothels.png 590w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Red-Light-United-Wants-More-Window-Brothels-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Tweet of a sex workers union. English translation below.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/redlightunited\" rel=\"noopener\">Yesterday Red Light United tweeted<\/a>: &#8220;Sex workers in the Red Light District want more windows in the Red Light District! We do not want to advertise online with or without curtains closed or work somewhere else. Provide more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/news\/amsterdam-red-light-windows\/\">raambordelen<\/a> and also more workplaces elsewhere in the city for other sex workers. Everyone wins!&#8221; (<em>translated from Dutch into English<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ProudNederland\/\" rel=\"noopener\">PROUD<\/a>, another union for and by sex workers, is in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PROUDnl\" rel=\"noopener\">favor of scenario number four<\/a> created by Amsterdam&#8217;s mayor, meaning more window brothels.<\/p>\n<p>On the 10th of July 2019, PROUD <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PROUDnl\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a>: &#8220;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">If you cannot change the behavior of tourists, you cannot simply move sex workers. We are not toys you can play with and move around simply because you are not pleased. We are legal independent business owners and you must work WITH us, not around us.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Four_Prostitution_Scenarios_in_Amsterdam\"><\/span>Four Prostitution Scenario&#8217;s in Amsterdam<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/nl\/tour\/red-light-district-audio-tour\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18340 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Amsterdam-Red-Light-District-Images-1024x902.jpg\" alt=\"Closure of Window Brothels in Amsterdam?\" width=\"1024\" height=\"902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Amsterdam-Red-Light-District-Images-1024x902.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Amsterdam-Red-Light-District-Images-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Amsterdam-Red-Light-District-Images-768x677.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Amsterdam-Red-Light-District-Images-600x529.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Amsterdam-Red-Light-District-Images.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The expectation is that some residents will resist a new brothel or <strong>prostitution hotel<\/strong> in their neighborhood. Amsterdam&#8217;s mayor is also investigating the financial consequences, saying that closing window brothels in the Red Light District of Amsterdam can cause hundreds of millions of plan damage.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor &#8216;narrows&#8217; the discussion that she started by formulating <strong>four scenarios<\/strong>: closing all window brothels in the Red Light District, expanding the number of window brothels in the Red Light District of Amsterdam, moving part of the window brothels to another location in Amsterdam, or close all curtains.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Advertising_Sex_Work_on_Internet\"><\/span>Advertising Sex Work on Internet<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18343 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Brothels-Amsterdam-Netherlands-1024x836.jpg\" alt=\"Red Light District of Amsterdam Wallen\" width=\"1024\" height=\"836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Brothels-Amsterdam-Netherlands-1024x836.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Brothels-Amsterdam-Netherlands-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Brothels-Amsterdam-Netherlands-768x627.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Brothels-Amsterdam-Netherlands-600x490.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamredlightdistricttour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Brothels-Amsterdam-Netherlands.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>The Oudezijds Voorburgwal in Amsterdam.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A majority of the council, consisting of GL, D66, PvdA and Bij1, want sex workers to be able to recruit their customers via internet. That should be possible at the new workplaces in Amsterdam, but also in the Red Light District, if prostitutes want to close their curtains, for example, to stay out of sight of tourists. Some sex workers in Amsterdam no need to advertise their services online, partly due to privacy reasons.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Do_People_Feel_About_A_Possible_Shut_Down\"><\/span>How Do People Feel About A Possible Shut Down?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FAmsterdamRedlightDistrictTour%2Fposts%2F3151231584943181&amp;width=100%\" width=\"100%\" height=\"289\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We asked people about their opinion on the possible removal of window brothels in Amsterdam. In total, 4,165 people were reached, 226 people voted. <strong>18% answered yes<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>82% is against removal of window brothels in Amsterdam&#8217;s Red Light District.\u00a0<\/strong>Both Dutch and foreigners participated in this poll.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_Enforcers_in_Red_Light_District_of_Amsterdam\"><\/span>More Enforcers in Red Light District of Amsterdam<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The call for more enforcement in Amsterdam&#8217;s Red Light District is loud. Many stakeholders agree to this. The crowds is one of the reasons to intervene in window prostitution, in addition to combat human trafficking and safeguarding the human rights of prostitutes. 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