Free Wisdom Online: Red Light District

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We went to check out the Red Lights District the second evening in
Amsterdam.  (Nope, there won't be any pictures.)  We first passed
through the area on Sunday morning and discovered that there were
already some women working.  It _really_ isn't a Catholic country, I
guess.  However, much as the Red Light District may seem strange, it
is not nearly as striking as seeing the mini-red light districts in
some of the smaller towns.  In Amsterdam, you feel that at some level
it's all just for a show, sort of like an outdoor strip club to
attract the tourists.  Seeing a small three-window red light district
in Utrecht on the last day of the trip, was much more shocking.  It
was the exact same windows, with the same red halogen lamps as in
Amsterdam, but this time facing an empty street, which made it seem
strangely real, striking in its very banality.  Empty street, a small
groceries store on one side, three windows with prostitutes on the
other, a busy street with restaurants just two blocks away.

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