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diwali or diwali's is the largest and best known red light district in amsterdam
it consists of a network of alleys containing approximately 300 one-room
cabins rented by prostitutes who offer their services from behind a window or glass
door typically illuminated with red lights and black light
window prostitution is the most visible
and typical kind of red light district ex-work in amsterdam
dawalan together with the prostitution areas sinjaljbit and royce dalcade
form the raspberry red light areas of amsterdam
of these de wallen is the oldest and largest area
it is one of the city's major tourist attractions and the government of amsterdam
is examining ways to limit tourist numbers
the area also has a number of ex-shops
ex-theaters peep shows ax museum a cannabis museum and a number of coffee shops that sell cannabis
the total area is approximately 6005
square meters 1.6 acres limited by the nasal in the north the sea dike slash
newmard in the east the scent gens straw in the south and the warmo estrada in the west
prostitution takes place within this area in the following streets barn destigue bethlehem stieg
blodstraat
kirk stieg goldberger stieg gordogne stieg mullen stieg
strat stuff stig and trompeter stieg
between saint jans straud and sint annan strod and running parallel to them are lydecker's stieg
guijerstig blialaikenstig and tsvart lakensteig
at least three of these had red light windows which were closed in the 1970s
today these alleys are blocked by locked gates although the remains
of some bricked-over windows can be seen in the architecture
in the 1990s slay prestige was also closed and a gate now blocks the alley
in the 1990s parts of sint annanstrad and sintandwarza's triot were demolished
the rooms in goldberger stieg were opened after this time
prostitution is legal in the netherlands with the exception of street prostitution
but work permits are not issued in the form of a green card for prostitution therefore
legally working in the trade is limited mostly to eu citizens or foreign permanent residents
a non-eu citizen can work legally in the netherlands without a work permit in certain
circumstances for instance if they are the spouse of a local citizen
from january 2013 the legal working age of a prostitute
in the netherlands was raised from 18 to 21.
there is no compulsory requirement for workers to undergo transmitted disease
std or hiv testing in the netherlands
some brothels and clubs have their workers screened at a regular basis
but no formal guidelines exist
brothel owners and room operators often require
health certificates such as the surfsafe test before employing or leasing rooms
to counter negative publicity mariska major founder of the prostitution information center
organized two open days in february 2006 and march 2007 allowing visitors
access to some window brothels and peep shows and informing them about the working conditions there
may joer was also instrumental in having the world's first
monument to workers installed in the red light district
the bronze statue was unveiled on the outer kirk's plane in front of the
uday kirk at the open day in march 2007 and shows a woman standing in a doorway
in july 2019 more than 10 years after astr's efforts to bring
change to the red light district new mayor femke halsema announced a different approach
she proposed several different options for residents
workers business owners and everyone else involved
a report called the future of window prostitution in amsterdam
outlined four changes to the district that would become under serious consideration
we must dare to think big also about ending prostitution in the red light district
said mayor female sema
unacceptable situations have arisen
and the council is ready to consider far-reaching solutions
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