the Netherlands
Amsterdam is also famous for it's pornography.
The sex shops are located not just in the red light district,
but along other shopping streets. Some of the shops are huge,
a few are several stories. Along with the usual assortment of
videos, magazines, sex aids and toys, there is always something
new and unusual to check out.
Unlike similar shops in the U.S. and elsewhere, the Dutch
shops don't usually draw the line at straight or even gay sex.
There's the whole gamut of kinky sex including S&M,
beastiality, some really perverse shit, and even kiddie
porn (although they have been cracking down on this).
Remember the Dutch might tolerate this, but bringing some
of it back to your home country could get you in a lot of
trouble! Many of the porno shops also have videos to
watch and private cabins. If you can't get it off in
Amsterdam, you
really have a problem!
Prostitutes
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 more than 25000 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.
(Stereo Type version)
damn, patrics drunk again....
