Amsterdam’s long-awaited plans to diminish its red-light district and establish a legal alternative "erotic center" continue to face pushback from sex workers, bartenders and entrepreneurs. City ...

A new ordinance banning cannabis use on the streets in Amsterdam’s Red Light District is slated to take effect later this month. The ban, officially approved by Amsterdam’s city council last week, ...

It’s been just over four years since Femke Halsema, Amsterdam’s first female mayor, began in earnest her campaign to overhaul the city’s red-light district. The infamous neighborhood has long been ...

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In a meeting hall in the south of the city, hundreds of angry locals who do not want a “mega brothel” on their doorstep found themselves on the same side as sex workers who want to stay in their red ...

As part of an ongoing effort to make the city more livable for locals, officials in Amsterdam have unveiled a new proposed location for its famed red light district. The new location will be Europa ...

Sex workers are protesting Amsterdam’s new regulations as the city looks to tone down rambunctious drunken tourism in its infamous red light district. A new curfew this month forces sex work ...

Amsterdam is trying to find a balance between its international reputation as an open and free city and resident quality of life. As it pursues its objective, it will have take on some restrictive ...

The city of Amsterdam is banning outdoor marijuana smoking in its famed red-light district. Members of Amsterdam’s city council voted Wednesday to impose a €100 ($109) fine on anyone who smokes weed ...

Amsterdam's Red Light District will no longer allow marijuana smoking on its streets starting May 25. Any violation of the new law, which will be enforced by police as well as local officials, will be ...

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 red neon ...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Amsterdam city council decided on Thursday to close about a third of the rooms used by prostitutes in the infamous red-light district in a crackdown on crime there. The city ...