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Canal life on the Brouwersgracht, Amsterdam. Photograph: Getty Images February and it’s not yet quite spring in Amsterdam. Soon, the buds in the rose garden in Vondelpark will start to blush pink and yellow; the leaves on the trees surrounding the lake will begin to shimmer with silver and green. Soon, at least in a normal year, people will gather again at the bandstand and the Blauwe Theehuis, the blue teahouse, in this elegant 19th-century park named after the poet Joost van den Vondel, and the diagonal paths that cross the museum quart...

Helms now runs five Green House coffee shops in Amsterdam — a sign of how business has boomed over the last decade, with soaring numbers of tourists arriving in the Dutch capital.  In 2019, more than 20 million foreign visitors came to the city, which has a population of just over 800,000 within the city limits.  The outside facade of a Green House coffee shop in Amsterdam.  Credit: Courtesy of Green House Over the last few years, Amsterdam’s City Council has adopted increasingly aggressive measures to combat the overwhelming number of visitors. An advertising campaign by the D...

Amsterdam officials have agreed on a proposal by the city's mayor to shutter its famous red-light district's brothels and move sex workers out of the city centre, the Guardian has reported. At a Thursday meeting, the majority of Amsterdam's city council said they were in favour of creating a new "erotic centre" outside of the central district, according to local news reports. Amsterdam's city council has gained cross-party support - including that of Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte, according to the newspaper - for the effort and says it will overhaul the historic medieval De Wallen ("...

Amsterdam to move its famed Red Light District in tourism ‘reset’ Hayley Coyle © Provided by The Points Guy MSN has partnered with The Points Guy for our coverage of credit card products. MSN and The Points Guy may receive a commission from card issuers. Visiting Amersterdam may soon have a different feel. The city’s famous Red Light District is set to be relocated to a new “erotic center” elsewhere in the city. The controversial move is said to be because authorities wish to encourage a different type of visitor — less drawn to the seedier side of the Dutch cap...

A general view of the 'Windows' in the "Red Light District" which comes from the red neon lights that highlight the windows where prostitution is legal, but the area is also famous for its canals, coffeeshops selling marijuana or cannabis, brothels, sex shops and museums on what would be a usually busy Saturday night on April 04, 2020 in Amsterdam, Netherlands (Getty Images) Where is the new red-light district going to be set up? During a meeting held on Thursday, January 28, the majority of Amsterdam’s city council said they were in favor of creating a new “erotic center” outside of th...