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Red light district
Beer and party atmosphere, sex for sale, and limitless people-watching. These erotic theaters, barely dressed women -old, young, black, white, Asian, fat, skinny, ugly, beautiful pose in windows, lick their lips, and try to lure visitors inside. The stores are full of hardcore videos, magazines, and sex toys complete the attractions in this sexual amusement park.
Prostitution has been legal in the Netherlands since Napolean made it so in 1815 and in 1996 the Dutch government started to tax it. According to statistics there are now over 25,000 prostitutes in the Netherlands and over half of these are said to be illegal immigrants. Like many cities in the world there are a large number of brothels in Amsterdam but unlike other cities there are a large number of red lit windows in the Red Light District where prostitutes sell sex in their day-glo bikinis. These windows offer protection systems for the girls and there is also a prostitutes union (the red thread). Sex always involves a condom and costs around 50 euros for oral and then full sex. There are also many brothels, both low and high class. In high class brothels such as Yab Yums sex can cost upwards of 150 euros an hour. A trip to Amsterdam would not be complete without seeing the brightly lit windows of the red light district. A real experience for anyone.
Sex Museum, Damrak 18
Inside the sex museum you will find a great collection of erotic art from throughout history and a number of other entertaining exhibits. Theres everything from an extensive collection of literature and manuscripts portraying various illustrations of sex that have popped up throughout history through padded booths playing porno films to a gallery of alternative sexual fetishes. Very informative and explicit, not for those easily offended.
Erotic Museum
OZ. Achterburgwal 54, Red Light District
An artistic view over the world erotics. The Erotic museum reflects what it is all about in the Red Light District. Five floors of erotic enjoyment and a collection of erotic art from all over the world
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