Amsterdam red light district to be moved from the city centre
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It is very likely that you have heard about this neighbourhood and to be frank, everything you have heard is probably true. From brothels to sex shops to museums, the Amsterdam Red Light District has it all.
But the city’s mayor has put forward a widely supported proposal by the different political parties to move the notorious to the outskirts of town in an effort to help legal sex workers avoid ridicule from tourists. lawmakers said in a report.
Brothel windows will be shuttered in the bustling De Wallen neighbourhood and an “erotic centre” will be set up in a yet-to-be-determined area.
Ali Coulton 27 Jan 2021
The days of tourists eating space cakes and bogarting joints in Amsterdam’s infamous coffee shops appear to be numbered, following a proposal from the city’s mayor.
Mayor Femke Halsema has proposed a new policy which would see foreigners banned from entering the city’s 166 coffee shops to make the sector more manageable and reduce criminal activity.
In 2013, national drug laws in the Netherlands were updated so that only locals could enter coffee shops, which are able to sell small amounts of marijuana.
Amsterdam managed to get an exception to this law, but now Halsema is looking to enforce the update.