Every day, thousands of tourists make their way through Amsterdam’s red-light district De Wallen. Not everyone likes this – Mayor Femke Halsema has wanted to ban sex workers to the suburbs since April 2023. But since then there has been resistance from all sides. But now the ‘district’ would move.
The famous red light district in the old center of Amsterdam is moving to an erotic center on the edge of the city.
The city council announced a choice of location on Monday, which should not put an end to the controversial discussion (see video above) about the plans.
The high-rise building with employment for about a hundred prostitutes, as well as restaurants, sex theaters and clubs, will be located in a district on the southern edge of the city. However, it could be another seven years before it opens.
Sex apartment right next to the EU Medicines Agency?
But: residents and the EU medicines authority EMA based there have already protested. The city council: “Due to the enormous growth in tourism, the old city center, and in particular the Red Light District, has been under pressure for years.” The municipal council is expected to discuss the choice of location early next year.
The old city must become more liveable
The erotic center is one of the measures to make the city center more liveable again. In exchange for the 100 planned places for sex workers in the center, a comparable number of jobs in the red light district would have to disappear.
Not much will remain of the revealing flair of the red-lit windows in De Wallen, as the old city district is called, in the sex apartment. “The windows of the erotic center will be located exclusively inside the building,” the city council announced.
House rules are intended to keep ‘disruptive people’ at a distance
All visitors enter through a secure entrance and must adhere to the house rules. “In this way we want to counter tourist tourism and keep disruptive groups at bay.”
Source: Krone
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