Red Lights district

The Red Lights district is the Mecca of the world’s sex industry. This district in Amsterdam is the place where the most notorious sex shops, erotic theaters and brothels of Europe are located. The tempting red lights glowing in the windows of the establishments here gave the district its name. This place is truly legendary.

In Amsterdam, as in any other big seaport city, there was always demand for “free love”. Miserable for women’s attention, sailors used to leave nearly all of their salary in such places.

Today the red lights district resolves the problem of prostitution with Eropean pragmatism. The law in the Netherlands punishes sexual harassment strictly; meanwhile, whatever is going on behind the doors of brothels is private life, intervention in which is unacceptable. Clients only pay for the room’s rent, all the other things they get is just pleasant pastime by mutual consent.

Besides brothels, there’s a lot of other sex-related establishments in the Red Lights district. Sex shops, erotic theaters, the Sex museum, and on top of that, coffeeshops.

If you decide to visit this unique oasis of free love, do not forget: it’s strictly forbidden to photograph the ladies here!

Tour information

Duration: 2 hours

Excursions

Amsterdam
– Amsterdam sightseeing tour
– Red Lights district
– Van Gogh Museum
– Rijksmuseum (National Gallery)
– A tuk-tuk tour in Amsterdam
– Canal-cruise in the candlelight
– The Royal Palace, Amsterdam
– Amsterdam – the city of Rembrandt
– A tour to the world of purses
– Amsterdam sightseeing tour on a private boat
– The history of Dutch seafaring

Holland
– The Hague and the North Sea
– Delft
– Madurodam
– ZaanseSchans – mill park
– Fishing village Volendam
– Holland as it is
– Utrecht
– Castle de Haar
– Marken – the former isle
– Castle Muiderslot
– Keukenhofflower park
– Tour to Edam
– Rotterdam
– Haarlem (Frans Hals museum)
– Flowers Auction, Aaslmeer
– A village with no roads
– Zaandam (The house where Peter the Firststayed)
– Het Loo Palace
– Zuiderzee” Enkhuizen (the open-air museum Zuiderzee)
– Alkmaar (cheese market)

Authors Excursions
– Glory to the bicycle!
– A day of the life of Rembrandt
– The Dutch Adventure
– Tram #8
– Tourist-free Holland
– Open-air museum in Arnhemt

Belgium and Luxembourg
– Brussels
– Antwerp
– Bruges
– Gent
– Brussels Beer Tour
– Waterloo
– Dinant
– Namur
– A museum in the open air – Bosrijk, Maastricht
– Leuven and Maastricht
– Mechelen
– Oyster farms of Zealand
– Chimay Abbey and castle Bouillon
– Liege
– Luxemburg
– Aachen
– A tour to the ancient city of Echternach
– The wine road tour
– Excursion to the medieval castles Vianden and Beaufort
– The German part of the Moselle valley
– Four countries in one day: Luxembourg, France, Belgium and Germany
– Trier, the most ancient city in Germany