• @NoSleep@discuss.tchncs.de
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    482 years ago

    This is the best part in my opinion:

    Moving the red light district is Amsterdam’s latest effort to transform its image as a party capital. It has also launched a “stay away” campaign to discourage stag nights and boozy tourists, which caused a stir in Britain after the council said it would start by targeting British men aged 18 to 35.

    How would a “stay away” campaign have looked like? Oi! British lads between 18 and 35! Don’t come to De Wallen. There is nothing to be seen! Only young women in lingerie, that offer you sexual favours for money! And pubs! Lots of pubs! So please stay away! :(

    • @lurker_af@lemm.ee
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      252 years ago

      It looks like this

      Coming to Amsterdam for a messy night?

      + getting trashed

      = 140 euro fine

      + criminal record

      = fewer prospects

      So coming to Amsterdam for a messy night?

      Stay away

      I love how you can hear the Dutch accent oozing off of the text.

    • Rikudou_Sage
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      42 years ago

      When I was passing the Red Light District some years ago, I wouldn’t really describe what I saw there as “young women in lingerie”.

  • @MMbhJkpW3a3i@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    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.