Yung Carmiggelt, a resident of Amsterdam's Red Light District for 23 years, told Insider what it's like to live in the "most fun area." ...

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 ...

Amsterdam’s world-famous red-light district could look very different going forward as the Dutch city prepares to vote on an ordinance that would permanently close brothel window curtains in order to ...

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 ...

A new era kicked off in Amsterdam’s Red Light District on Thursday, with a ban on smoking cannabis on the streets officially taking effect. The ban is part of a city-wide effort, pushed by Mayor Femke ...

In a bid to improve the quality of life for residents, Amsterdam will ban the use of marijuana on the street and take new steps to discourage alcohol in its red light district, the traditional center ...

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 ...

AMSTERDAM, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The city of Amsterdam, a popular destination for tourists who visit its marijuana coffee shops, will ban smoking cannabis in public in the red-light district as part of a ...

When my oldest son was about 10 years old, he and I embarked with a small group of journalists and their children on a family tour of Amsterdam. Not surprisingly, we had an amazing time -- ...

If the city authorities have their way, the widely sold tourist T-shirt proclaiming that “Good boys go to heaven and bad boys go to Amsterdam” will become a relic. Indeed, those bad boys may soon ...