The redlight district of Amsterdam is well known for its windows. Potential clients can wander up and down the street viewing the women and deciding on who to spend some time with. The curtains are drawn when I client enters to make a purchase. Amsterdam council wants to move the redlight district away from the canals, and clean up the district. This was not acceptable to the women who work in the windows. The council still want to clean up the image, and have proposed the following. Under the proposal by the D66 liberal party, window brothel curtains will stay shut and clients will be asked to book via a QR code on their smartphones rather than directly to the sex worker behind the glass.
Sex works oppose this, and argue it will make their work less safe because it will be harder to assess potential clients and any danger they might pose. Another said, How can I attract clients with the curtains closed?