Turn Out The Red Lights

November, 2011

CHANGE COMES TO AMSTERDAM'S BEST-KNOWN TOURIST ATTRACTIONThe Prostitution Information Center is situated in a small storefront on a narrow street in the oldest part of Amsterdam, a few steps from the city's oldest church. Mariska Majoor, a former prostitute who founded the center in 1994, takes my name and collects 14.95 euros for a guided tour around the red-light district, the only place in the world—except for Bangkok—where women in fancy underwear stand in red-lit windows, selling sex.Next d...