Amsterdam's Green-Left mayor Femke Halsema, 56, is planning to close almost half the 249 brothel windows in the city's red light district and relocate them to a multi-storey "erotic centre".

Sex workers in Amsterdam say they are being unfairly targeted by city plans to tame its red light district. Known as De Wallen, the city’s centuries-old district takes its nickname from the r… ...

Currently, there are around 250 active windows in the red-light district, though it is unclear how many sex workers operate in Amsterdam in total, as the city has long resisted estimating more ...

Tired of rowdy tourists, Amsterdam is launching a new campaign that will limit what tourists can do in the Red Light District and coffee shops. Skipping the US Travel 2025 🌴 This country's ...

People walk through Amsterdam's red-light district shortly after it reopened in 2020, during the pandemic. The neighborhood attracts millions of tourists each year. Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images ...