Red-Light District

Pros: A different experience, a rare visit!
Cons: Just a different experience, no cons really!

I actually went to the Netherlands on a visit to the University of Groningen, a two and a half hour train journey from Amsterdam. But on my onward and return journey from Groningen I got to spend half a day each in Amsterdam.

Now in Amsterdam...

Pros: Interesting
Cons: crowded, dirty, somewhat sad

While scrolling through the newly submitted reviews today, I was surprised to see a new travel category on Red-Light Districts. With so many wonderful travel categories eliminated since the site change, I found it interesting that this particular ...

Pros: unique experience, surrealistic artistic 60's feel, Two Dogs lemon beer
Cons: some people might be offended by the blatant open sex

It was quite simply the strangest evening of my life. I sat in a bar that looked like every other bar I've ever been in, enjoying a bottle of surprisingly good Two Dogs lemon beer from Australia and my world twisted off its axis.

It wasn't the...

Pros: Awesome experience
Cons: Too far from my hometown

Visited Amsterdam about 3 years ago, what a wild place! Amsterdam was our last stop on our short tour of Europe, we had been in England, Paris, Belgium, then to Amsterdam. As wonderful as the architecture and history is in this beautiful city ...

Pros: Beer and pot-fueled party atmosphere, sex for sale, and limitless people-watching
Cons: See Pros, and add drug pushers, seediness, and sensory overload

Nine months have passed since my last trip to Europe and I am feeling that travel itch again. In lieu of a proper scratching, I'll give myself (and you) this review. I guess I could tell you about my adventures in France or Switzerland, but I'm feeling...

Pros: well, next question
Cons: a few seedy characters

Okay, so this is the review that everyone was waiting for. I hemmed and hawed long enough. Nobody really thought I could be in Amsterdam for a few days and completely avoid the Red Light District. Somehow I manage to saunter through a time or two ...

Pros: Unbelievably Fascinating
Cons: Unbelievably Depraved

I will confess that when it comes to matters of base sexuality, I am sincerely and endlessly fascinated. I could blame my husband for luring me into this sick little world, but actually I was waiting for someone like him to be a partner and protector in...

Pros: Available to all adults
Cons: Available to all children

Although I’ve haven written much lately,
I have been reading and rating as usual.
I came across a section here titled
“Red Light Districts”. I read some very
good reviews of the Amsterdam district and
dutifully noted the...

Pros: Clean, friendly people, well priced, beautiful architecture, unique
Cons: Not for everyone, dog poop

You have seen it in movies. You have heard of it from your new office intern. You have an aunt twice removed who goes every April. You have certainly heard of the bliss that is Amsterdam's Redlight District. Located in the heart of Amsterdam - "Amsterdam ...

Pros: The sex industry is open and above board instead of hidden and furtive.
Cons: Some of the people visiting the district were being real jerks.

While in Amsterdam for my very brief holiday in December, we made sure we went to the Red Light District. In case you didn't know, the Red Light District houses the sex industry in Amsterdam so if you aren't comfortable seeing an awful lot of the human...

Pros: My feet hurt after standing in the window all day.
Cons: I'm just kidding. I wasn't standing.

You can get to the Red Light District from any part of Amsterdam by taking the tram. The closest stop is Damrak (trams 4, 9, 16, 24, and 25 will do the trick). While you're on Damrak, make it a point to stop in the Sex Museum (Damrak 18) or you can go...

Pros: None.
Cons: Scantily-clad women at open windows.

Firstly, one has to wonder at this Epinions category, but
since it's here, I thought I might warn anyone intending to
go to Amsterdam that there is an area where public decency
does not prevail.

No, I'm not for prostitution, but...

Pros: a place you go to so you can tell everyone you've been there
Cons: that's about it

My friend and I were lost in Amsterdam one night when we turned a corner and saw the street bathed in a pinkish light coming from the buildings on both sides. Of course, we walked towards it and soon realized that the light signified our accidental...

Pros: Friendly and laid back. People watching. Good food & drink.
Cons: Seductively seedy. Drug dealers on streets. No English beer.

I guess most reviews are written by people from the West Side of the pond, but as an Englishman, I have much easier access to this particular "product". It only takes 70 minutes to fly from Manchester. My first trip was by coach in 1986, the journey ...

Pros: adventure
Cons: streets are under construction; an army of panhandlers; drunk tourists (like me!)

Commonly referred to in the singular, the city of Amsterdam is actually host to a trio of red light districts, plus an area where "street walking" is also tolerated.

The one that people are generally referring to when...