Miranda K, a 57-year-old who lives near Amsterdam and declined to give her full surname, said the relocation plan was a "pity" because she felt "safe" in De Wallen.

Despite the opioid crisis’ deadly toll, U.S police treat drug use as a criminal issue. But in the Netherlands, a public ...

I t is 11 a.m. on a weekday in late June in Amsterdam’s De Wallen district, and a clean-up operation is underway. Street sweeping machines are collecting trash that hints at a raucous time the ...

Amsterdam's infamous De Wallen red light district is getting a makeover, and the city just announced a major part of its future. It'll be harder for tourists to access.

(Top image: Amsterdam’s De Wallen neighborhood. Sylvain Sonnet/The Image Bank Unreleased/Getty Images) Blane Bachelor is a Florida-born, Amsterdam-based journalist who covers travel, aviation ...

Amsterdam sex work advocates are condemning a plan to move the city's famed red-light district from the historic neighborhood of De Wallen to an erotic center on the outskirts of the city.

Former sex worker Alexander de Vos – who was among the March protest against the plans and against increasingly restrictive measures in the Wallen – told AFP that Amsterdam’s red light ...

The red-light district is one of Amsterdam’s oldest neighbourhoods and is as classically Dutch as you can get – canals, cobblestone and cafes. The district, De Wallen, is also where many of ...

Amsterdam Red Light District: The Future of Our Past was first published in Dutch as “De Wallen, Toekomst van ons verleden” in 2020. It was translated into English by Petra Timmermans and published in ...