Inside the Red Light District so you don't have to be
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Inside the Red Light District so you don't have to be
The Red Light District: I hate it and I love it. I hate it because of the sleaze, the tourist trap that it is, the cheap tat, the cannabis infrastructure (everything is geared to its use). I love it, because it is one of the most beautiful parts of the city if you look beyond the ground level façades.
Last saturday I was in Amsterdam to see friends and I shot a couple of photographs.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rethin...57684138444565
Last saturday I was in Amsterdam to see friends and I shot a couple of photographs.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rethin...57684138444565
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The Febo photos will cheer up PalenQ .
I enjoyed seeing them - thanks.
I've only been to the RLD a couple of times. Mostly hate it.
A young friend worked on the Warmoesstraat during her student days. With the nuns I hasten to add - she was studying to be a social worker, and was barely 18 at the time. She showed me around once. That was eye opening.
I enjoyed seeing them - thanks.
I've only been to the RLD a couple of times. Mostly hate it.
A young friend worked on the Warmoesstraat during her student days. With the nuns I hasten to add - she was studying to be a social worker, and was barely 18 at the time. She showed me around once. That was eye opening.
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hehehe.
hetismij, was she with the Augustinian Sisters?
RLD have been cleaned up to such an extent that the number of "windows" has been greatly reduced. The businesses that thrive are those that sell the image and the reputation of the RLD to tourists. I also find it odd that Zeedijk has far less tourists than OZ Achterburgwal for instance.
hetismij, was she with the Augustinian Sisters?
RLD have been cleaned up to such an extent that the number of "windows" has been greatly reduced. The businesses that thrive are those that sell the image and the reputation of the RLD to tourists. I also find it odd that Zeedijk has far less tourists than OZ Achterburgwal for instance.
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I gate rld wherever they are for the prostitution. It sends back to me an image of sexual slavery and forced pleasure that a part of me would turn into priesthood to help make disappear.
Plus the fact that prostitution is a 99.99 of male thing that makes me ashamed to be a male.
So in short I skip rld when visiting.
Plus the fact that prostitution is a 99.99 of male thing that makes me ashamed to be a male.
So in short I skip rld when visiting.
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I've kept this picture in spite of its quality because the the contrasting messages:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mksfca/14602804718
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mksfca/14602804718
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Keren, I think so too. It's no coincidence the city council decided to clean up the area. Sex workers have a better position in NL than in many other countries, but human trafficking, of course, operates besides the law.
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