Amsterdam’s world-famous red-light district could look very different going forward as the Dutch city prepares to vote on an ordinance that would permanently close brothel window curtains in order to ...
Artist and tour guide Louke Spigt makes ends meet by offering tours to some of the millions of foreign visitors who pour into ...
There are going to be less of the infamous neon-lit windows. Tourists visiting Amsterdam will often find themselves—whether accidentally or on purpose—wandering through the De Wallen red light ...
Amsterdam is taking a step closer to saying good riddance to wild bachelor parties and rowdy tourists. The popular destination is launching a new campaign this spring aimed at curbing tourism-induced ...
Amsterdam will ban visitors to the city's infamous Red-Light district from smoking marijuana and limit alcohol sales in the area starting in mid-May in response to complaints from local residents ...
It’s the latest in a long line of efforts to tame the neighborhood. It’s been just over four years since Femke Halsema, Amsterdam’s first female mayor, began in earnest her campaign to overhaul the ...
It is 11 a.m. on a weekday in late June in Amsterdam’s De Wallen district, and a clean-up operation is underway. Street sweeping machines are collecting trash that hints at a raucous time the night ...
A murdered Dutch prostitute is haunting Amsterdam’s famed Red Light District from beyond the grave — pleading with passers-by for help finding her killer. Bernadett “Betty” Szabó, 19, was a new mother ...
The city of Amsterdam is banning the smoking of marijuana outdoors in its red-light district. The ban is part of a host of changes to appease those who live in the popular neighborhood, which attracts ...
Sex workers in Amsterdam say they are being unfairly targeted by city plans to tame its red light district. Known as De Wallen, the city’s centuries-old district takes its nickname from the red neon ...
Amsterdam’s world-famous red-light district could look very different going forward as the Dutch city prepares to vote on an ordinance that would permanently close brothel window curtains in order to ...