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[QUOTE=Oneminuteboy;2456912]Not sure if it was posted before but Amsterdam got a high end strip club last year named Bon Ton [URL]https://stripclub-bonton.com/[/URL].
In August sexwork will be allowed again and their doors will re-open. One of the owners also ran Club LV, a high end sex house with fees starting at 300 euro.[/QUOTE]Prostitution will only be allowed from September 1, as it looks now. So maybe this club will reopen in August, but sexual contact won't be allowed.
[URL=https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/red-light-blues-amsterdam-prostitutes-fear-corona-lockdown-could-become-permanent-a-4185af77-b1a4-43fa-b8ad-a6a0d7865993]DER SPIEGEL - Amsterdam Prostitutes Fear Corona Lockdown Could Become Permanent[/URL]
[QUOTE]Amsterdam Prostitutes Fear Corona Lockdown Could Become Permanent
After years of being overrun by tourists, Amsterdam is suddenly rediscovering what life is like without visitors. The city's infamous red-light district is currently empty, and the prostitutes who work there are afraid it could stay that way.
"It's crazy," she says. She can't remember ever being able to do so on Oudekennissteeg, the bridge she used to cross nearly every Saturday afternoon for the past two and a half years. She always had a group of tourists in tow, pushing past other tourists to begin her red-light district tour. Now, though, it's all quiet.
The coronavirus has forced people around the world to stay at home. Images of deserted city streets have taken on a familiar, threatening feel. But the Oudekennissteeg bridge in Amsterdam lays bare another threat by virtue of its sudden absence: mass tourism.
So far, the city of Amsterdam has only announced that sex work would be prohibited until Sept. 1. People who work in other so-called "contact professions," such as hairdressers and masseurs, have been permitted to work again since mid-May. "It is completely absurd that we aren't trusted," says Rosie Heart. "Health and caution are our job. It's an old stigma that prostitutes spread disease. We have a lot of ideas for how to continue our work safely."
These days, Bert Nap has to hop on the subway anytime he needs to buy a loaf of bread. "There's no bakery in the neighborhood, but there are waffles with Nutella and souvenirs everywhere," Nap says. "If the sex workers and clients came back, there would be no reason to complain. But if mass tourism returns, all hell will simply break loose again. We should focus on the real problem: the global tourism industry."
The mayor described the "humiliation of sex workers by large groups of tourists" as "unacceptable." In comments she made last year, Halsema said: "For many visitors, the sex workers were nothing more than an attraction to look at."
In order to stem the flow of visitors and to create more living space for permanent residents of the Dutch capital, the city moved to prohibit renting apartments through online platforms such as Airbnb in some parts of the city center beginning on July 1, 2020. Tours of the red-light district, like the ones de Vries gave, have also been subject to restrictions since April.
But the sex workers themselves have also become a problem. Mayor Halsema has pointed to an alleged increase in underground, unlicensed prostitution in Amsterdam and has suggested four scenarios to deal with the overcrowding of De Wallen and to protect legal sex workers -- including the closure of all windows and the ending of prostitution in the red-light district altogether.
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An unfortunate end of an era. I do understand the problem isn't the escort but too many tourists and public intoxication.
[QUOTE=GuyBrusg1957;2460994][URL=https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/red-light-blues-amsterdam-prostitutes-fear-corona-lockdown-could-become-permanent-a-4185af77-b1a4-43fa-b8ad-a6a0d7865993]DER SPIEGEL - Amsterdam Prostitutes Fear Corona Lockdown Could Become Permanent[/URL]
An unfortunate end of an era. I do understand the problem isn't the escort but too many tourists and public intoxication.[/QUOTE]Mayor Femke Halsema has presented 4 scenario's for the future of De Wallen (the main RLD in the city centre) and a total ban of prostitution is not one of them.
In a nut shell these 4 scenario's are:
1. Brothels instead of open windows (with the same amount of rooms as there are now).
2. Closing all of the windows and reopen them somewhere else in the city, for example in a prostitution hotel at the edge of town.
3. Closing a part of the windows and reopen them somewhere else in the city.
4. Brothels instead of open windows, but with more rooms than in the current situation. This would mean that women who now work illegally at home or in hotels can also rent a room.
Hey boys,
Was thinking of a trip to Amsterdam next week, are we close to be back to normal and does bars and the fun places open for business yet.
I see there is no problem in getting in as long as you have a hotelbooking, I will be going there by car from Denmark.
So can anyone can share some light for me?
Will clubs like prive huis 118 are to be open again by tomorrow, the site of the club mentions so.
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Was thinking of a trip to Amsterdam next week, are we close to be back to normal and does bars and the fun places open for business yet.[/QUOTE]Today is just the first day that prostitution is allowed again, so I think we are still a long way from 'normal'. It might take weeks or maybe even months before all of the women are back in business.
Bars and restaurants are open, although not all of them. Don't know exactly what you mean by 'fun places'. Night clubs and disco's are still closed. Brothels (privéhuizen) are allowed to open again, but I don't know how many of them actually will be open this week or next week already.
[QUOTE=AlexWP;2462629]Will clubs like prive huis 118 are to be open again by tomorrow, the site of the club mentions so.[/QUOTE]Yes, Park 118 will be open again from 11:00 am today.
Thanks for the reply.
Just have some days off, so was thinking of do a little trip to Amsterdam as I never been there.
Use to the Thailand thing as I have lived there many years, but know Amsterdam is nothing like it.
My ideas was just go there visit a few bars and restaurants, follow by a visit to a brothel, SW, or RLD depending on the mood.
Nightclubs and disco is not my thing.
Can anybody verify if the RLD girls are back working?
[QUOTE=Mombie75;2463431]Can anybody verify if the RLD girls are back working?[/QUOTE]Yes they are. But its very busy and not all ladies are back to work or stuck in their home countrys.
[QUOTE=SexSebas;2463436]Yes they are. But its very busy and not all ladies are back to work or stuck in their home countrys.[/QUOTE]Looking on the live webcams in the evening De Wallen RLD looks pretty quiet?
[QUOTE=SexSebas;2463436]Yes they are. But its very busy and not all ladies are back to work or stuck in their home countrys.[/QUOTE]I be there on Monday, then I let you all know.
BTW is the going price 50 euro in Wallen?
[QUOTE=Bono1305;2463712]I be there on Monday, then I let you all know.
BTW is the going price 50 euro in Wallen?[/QUOTE]Was 50 euro in December 2019 when I was last there.
So in Amsterdam since yesterday, De wallen in day time, very very quiet, after 8 pm it start getting more busy, was walking around a few hours last night, will say around 60% ish of the windows are open.
Going price is still 50 Euro.
And as a plus some smoking hot girls there, and a Czech girl, last night, and will try a new tonight.
The bars around De wallen is also very quiet, but to be fair it was a Monday night.
[QUOTE=Bono1305;2464592]So in Amsterdam since yesterday, De wallen in day time, very very quiet, after 8 pm it start getting more busy, was walking around a few hours last night, will say around 60% ish of the windows are open.
Going price is still 50 Euro.
And as a plus some smoking hot girls there, and a Czech girl, last night, and will try a new tonight.
The bars around De wallen is also very quiet, but to be fair it was a Monday night.[/QUOTE]Thanks Bono, I will have a couple of nights in Ams I think in a week or two time.