![]() ![]() It is due to be dismantled and converted into a high-end shopping area (much like the ones popular in 1960s London) due to the Netherlands signing and ratifying the Nordic Model, which will abolish legal brothels permanently. ![]() ![]() The area also had a number of sex shops, sex theatres, peep shows, a sex museum, a cannabis museum, and a number of coffee shops that sell cannabis. It is one of the city's major tourist attractions and the government of Amsterdam is examining ways to limit tourist numbers. Of these De Wallen is the oldest and largest area. Window prostitution is the most visible and typical kind of red-light district sex work in Amsterdam.ĭe Wallen, together with the prostitution areas Singelgebied and Ruysdaelkade, form the Rosse Buurt (red-light areas) of Amsterdam. It consists of a network of alleys containing approximately three hundred one-room cabins rented by prostitutes who offer their sexual services from behind a window or glass door, typically illuminated with red lights and blacklight. De Wallen ( Dutch pronunciation: ) or De Walletjes ( Dutch pronunciation: ) was the largest and best known red-light district in Amsterdam prior to being temporarily shut down in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and permanently shut down in late 2021 due to The Netherlands's adoption of the Nordic Model, which makes hiring a prostitute a major felony. ![]()
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