Amsterdam sex workers protest against plan to move red light district

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Amsterdam sex workers protest against plan to move red light district

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/19/amsterdam-sex-workers-protest-against-plan-to-move-red-light-district

Protesters oppose mayor’s plan to move their trade to purpose-built ‘erotic centre’ away from city centre

Amsterdam sex workers protest against plan to move red light district
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I think a lot of people hear Red Light District and visualise a neighborhood of a few blocks... It's literally a 500m stretch of a canal and a a few tiny alleys, mostly on one side. It is very close to the main train station (literally across the street from one end of the station, but, to be clear to any Americans, the station is mall-sized), but that's the whole thing. It's filled with curious tourists so much that you can't really walk because of the foot traffic. It's... underwhelming. It's the kind of place you go to, spend half an hour walking a block back and forth because of the traffic, say "that's it?" and go do something more interesting.