How Amsterdam wants to change its image

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How Amsterdam wants to change its image

"No smoking cannabis in public!" read signs hung around Amsterdam's red light district, or De Wallen, as it is called in Dutch. The Dutch city is cracking down on the growing number of party tourists who have been clogging the streets, especially in the red light district. To combat the excess of party tourism, new rules were put in place this February — among them, a law that states that window brothels, bars and pubs in the red light district must close two hours earlier. When asked if the new rules such as the earlier closing times have changed anything yet, Els Iping answers in the affirmative: "The people who live here in the heart of the red light district have noticed that it's gotten a little better, especially at night."

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Amsterdam to ban hotels from jamming in sleeping pods to reduce city center overtourism

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Amsterdam to ban hotels from jamming in sleeping pods to reduce city center overtourism

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Amsterdam’s patronising ‘rules quiz’ is right to treat us like idiots

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Amsterdam’s patronising ‘rules quiz’ is right to treat us like idiots

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Hospitality industry also opposes Amsterdam's plans for erotic center

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Hospitality industry also opposes Amsterdam's plans for erotic center

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DutchNews podcast – The Flemings and Flamingos Edition – Week 21

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DutchNews podcast – The Flemings and Flamingos Edition – Week 21

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DutchNews podcast – The Flemings and Flamingos Edition – Week 21

1 year, 10 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Flemings and Flamingos Edition – Week 21

Why Amsterdam is completely justified in targeting obnoxious ‘Brits Abroad’

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Why Amsterdam is completely justified in targeting obnoxious ‘Brits Abroad’

The Independent

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Amsterdam travel: Everything British tourists shouldn’t do on a visit to the Dutch capital

2 years ago

Amsterdam travel: Everything British tourists shouldn’t do on a visit to the Dutch capital

The Independent

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Amsterdam urges British tourists looking for a ‘messy night’ to stay away

2 years ago

Amsterdam urges British tourists looking for a ‘messy night’ to stay away

The Independent

Amsterdam

Amsterdam to ban cannabis in its red light district

2 years, 1 month ago

Amsterdam to ban cannabis in its red light district

The Independent

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Why Amsterdam is banning marijuana use in its red light district

2 years, 1 month ago

Why Amsterdam is banning marijuana use in its red light district

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Amsterdam BANS cannabis from its famous red light district

2 years, 1 month ago

Amsterdam BANS cannabis from its famous red light district

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Amsterdam wants to ban smoking cannabis in the Red Light District from mid-May

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Amsterdam wants to ban smoking cannabis in the Red Light District from mid-May

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Amsterdam campaign tells ‘nuisance’ British tourists to ‘stay away’ from capital

2 years, 4 months ago

Amsterdam campaign tells ‘nuisance’ British tourists to ‘stay away’ from capital

The Independent

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Amsterdam restaurants want to only limit RLD terraces on busy nights

2 years, 11 months ago

Amsterdam restaurants want to only limit RLD terraces on busy nights

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Tourists WILL be banned from Amsterdam's cannabis-selling coffee shops

2 years, 11 months ago

Tourists WILL be banned from Amsterdam's cannabis-selling coffee shops

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Amsterdam to restrict alcohol sales in Red Light District again this summer

3 years, 9 months ago

Amsterdam to restrict alcohol sales in Red Light District again this summer

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Amsterdam takes measures against crowds in city center

3 years, 9 months ago

Amsterdam takes measures against crowds in city center

Amsterdam

Amsterdam to move red light district to new ‘erotic centre’ outside the city in tourism overhaul

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Amsterdam to move red light district to new ‘erotic centre’ outside the city in tourism overhaul

The Independent

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Amsterdam mayor wants to ban tourists from its cannabis shops

4 years, 2 months ago

Amsterdam mayor wants to ban tourists from its cannabis shops

The Independent

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Amsterdam Mayor, police want to ban foreign tourists from cannabis coffeeshops

4 years, 3 months ago

Amsterdam Mayor, police want to ban foreign tourists from cannabis coffeeshops

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Day-trip tax, Airbnb ban suggested to stop Amsterdam overtourism

4 years, 4 months ago

Day-trip tax, Airbnb ban suggested to stop Amsterdam overtourism

Amsterdam

Local businesses add to pressure on Amsterdam to clean up sex and drugs reputation

4 years, 5 months ago

Local businesses add to pressure on Amsterdam to clean up sex and drugs reputation

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Amsterdam bans sales of alcohol at weekends in busy tourist areas

4 years, 8 months ago

Amsterdam bans sales of alcohol at weekends in busy tourist areas

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Amsterdam bans sales of alcohol at weekends in busy tourist areas

4 years, 8 months ago

Amsterdam bans sales of alcohol at weekends in busy tourist areas

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Amsterdam halts Red Light District alcohol sales; Better crowd control planned

4 years, 8 months ago

Amsterdam halts Red Light District alcohol sales; Better crowd control planned

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Amsterdam’s Red Light District closed due to overcrowding; Street performers banned

4 years, 8 months ago

Amsterdam’s Red Light District closed due to overcrowding; Street performers banned

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Move prostitution and keep tourists out of cannabis cafes, Amsterdam locals say

4 years, 10 months ago

Move prostitution and keep tourists out of cannabis cafes, Amsterdam locals say

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Amsterdam wants to limit alcohol sales in fight against partying tourists

5 years, 1 month ago

Amsterdam wants to limit alcohol sales in fight against partying tourists

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Amsterdam bans all tours around red light windows from April

5 years, 1 month ago

Amsterdam bans all tours around red light windows from April

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Amsterdam bans all tours around red light windows from April

5 years, 1 month ago

Amsterdam bans all tours around red light windows from April

Red

Red light to ‘red light’? Amsterdam council confused about signs

5 years, 4 months ago

Red light to ‘red light’? Amsterdam council confused about signs

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Red light to ‘red light’? Amsterdam council confused about signs

5 years, 4 months ago

Red light to ‘red light’? Amsterdam council confused about signs

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Amsterdam to stop using 'Red Light District' in De Wallen

5 years, 4 months ago

Amsterdam to stop using 'Red Light District' in De Wallen

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Amsterdam gives green light to Red Light District tour ban; “Free” city tours also halted

5 years, 10 months ago

Amsterdam gives green light to Red Light District tour ban; “Free” city tours also halted

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Amsterdam to ban all tours of red light district

6 years ago

Amsterdam to ban all tours of red light district

The Independent

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Amsterdam will ban Red Light District tours starting in 2020

6 years ago

Amsterdam will ban Red Light District tours starting in 2020

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Amsterdam to ban tours in Red Light District

6 years ago

Amsterdam to ban tours in Red Light District

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Amsterdam obeys the law, says mayor about burqa ban row

6 years, 4 months ago

Amsterdam obeys the law, says mayor about burqa ban row

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Amsterdam obeys the law, says mayor about burqa ban row

6 years, 4 months ago

Amsterdam obeys the law, says mayor about burqa ban row

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Amsterdam wants to participate in regulated cannabis experiment

6 years, 5 months ago

Amsterdam wants to participate in regulated cannabis experiment

Amsterdam

Amsterdam weed market too big for regulated cultivation test, mayor says

6 years, 9 months ago

Amsterdam weed market too big for regulated cultivation test, mayor says

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Amsterdam West also wants ban on tourist shops, beer bikes

6 years, 11 months ago

Amsterdam West also wants ban on tourist shops, beer bikes

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Strict rules planned for tours through Amsterdam Red Light District

7 years, 2 months ago

Strict rules planned for tours through Amsterdam Red Light District

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Before gentrification and Airbnb: Looking back at Amsterdam's red light district in the '90s

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Before gentrification and Airbnb: Looking back at Amsterdam's red light district in the '90s

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Beer bike ban in central Amsterdam from 2017

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Beer bike ban in central Amsterdam from 2017

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Beer bike ban in central Amsterdam from 2017

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Beer bike ban in central Amsterdam from 2017

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Amsterdam mayor: Growing our own weed totally illegal

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Amsterdam mayor: Growing our own weed totally illegal

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Weekend party bans for fake drug dealers

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Weekend party bans for fake drug dealers

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Many towns have no plans to ban tourists from cannabis cafes

12 years, 3 months ago

Many towns have no plans to ban tourists from cannabis cafes

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Amsterdam Mayor Halsema reflects on controversial measures during COVID-19 crisis

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Amsterdam mayor rebukes criticism that erotic center at the RAI will be bad for business

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Legal and financial doubts about Amsterdam's erotic centre plans

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Amsterdam planning to extend early closing times for Red Light District to 2027

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Had their chips? Amsterdam snack bars will have to close earlier

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Amsterdam’s IamExpat Fair moves to an iconic new location

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PvdA presses ahead with "become an Amsterdammer" plan

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Amsterdam bans Extinction Rebellion's planned A10 roadblock on Saturday

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Dutch police call for urgent designer drug ban amid rising trade

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Park for free in Haarlem or Almere, Amsterdam tells motorists

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Dutch hospital association express support for a national fireworks ban

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Dutch hospital association express support for a national fireworks ban

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Calls mount for a national ban on consumer fireworks in NL

3 months ago

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Amsterdam fireworks shows called off due to heavy wind; Museumplein light show continues

3 months, 1 week ago

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Amsterdam Bans Broadcast of David Icke Speech at Demonstration

3 months, 1 week ago

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Most Netherlands residents have no idea about firework bans in their area

3 months, 1 week ago

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Amsterdam residents stage protests against ‘unliveable’ conditions due to overtourism as new hotels pop up

3 months, 2 weeks ago

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Legal marijuana only on sale in 10 Dutch towns from next April

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Permit obligation on Amsterdam city center shops to combat undermining in tourist shops

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