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Red-light districts are areas associated with the sex industry and sex-oriented businesses (e.g. sex shops and strip clubs). In some of these places prostitution occurs, whether legally or illegally. The enforcement of prostitution laws varies by region. Following is a partial list of well known red-light districts around the world, both ...
A red-light district or pleasure district is a part of an urban area where a concentration of prostitution and sex-oriented businesses, such as sex shops, strip clubs, and adult theaters, are found. In most cases, red-light districts are particularly associated with female street prostitution , though in some cities, these areas may coincide ...
Red-light districts in the United States. A red-light district is a part of an urban area where there is a concentration of prostitution and sex-orientated businesses, such as sex shops, strip clubs, adult theaters, etc. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Red-light districts in the United States.
De Wallen ( Dutch pronunciation: [də ˈʋɑlə (n)]) is the largest and best known red-light district in Amsterdam. It consists of a network of alleys containing approximately 300 one-room cabins rented by prostitutes who offer their sexual services from behind a window or glass door, typically illuminated with red lights and blacklight ...
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Yoshiwara. Yoshiwara (吉原) was a famous yūkaku ( red-light district) in Edo, present-day Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1617, Yoshiwara was one of three licensed and well-known red-light districts created during the early 17th century by the Tokugawa shogunate, alongside Shimabara in Kyoto in 1640 [ 1] and Shinmachi in Osaka. [ 1]
The Red-Light District ( French: Quartier du Red Light) of Montreal, Quebec, Canada was formerly centred on the intersection of Saint Laurent Boulevard and Saint Catherine Street in the borough of Ville-Marie . The neighbourhood has historically been home to cabarets and illegal businesses as early as the mid-19th century, but especially ...
Red-light districts in Belgium. Prostitution is legal in Belgium, but related activities such as organising prostitution and other forms of pimping are illegal. [ 1] Enforcement varies, and in some areas brothels are unofficially tolerated. Most of the red-light districts (RLDs) in Belgium are made up of windows (where the prostitutes sit ...