After months of protest, and contentious meetings between Mayor Femke Halsema and local residents, the political leadership of Amsterdam-Zuid have told Halsema and the full city council that the district is firmly opposed to plans to build an erotic center in either of the shortlisted locations in the district.
Amsterdam has sought to reform its image in recent months, enforcing earlier closures of brothels and banning smoking cannabis in the red-light district, as well as deterring rowdy British tourists.
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Amsterdam sex work advocates are condemning a plan to move the city's famed red-light district from the historic neighborhood of De Wallen to an erotic center on the outskirts of the city.