Amsterdam's exciting Red Light District-1

Amsterdam’s exciting Red Light District

There are cities that stand out for their cultural and monumental value, for having been an unavoidable point of reference in the history of a territory. This is the case with Rome, Berlin or London, for example, which are places with a lot of history. But there are also cities that have a different appeal, for social, leisure or entertainment reasons. Many beach sites, in fact, can be considered fun tourist destinations above all else. Likewise, cities like New York or Los Angeles attract tourism thanks to their entertainment industry, as is the case with Las Vegas with its casinos and gambling halls. But there are very few cities in the world that have become, by their own merit, a sex destination for the vast majority of visitors. A European capital where sex is practically free and where you can also consume marijuana without being penalized? It exists, and it’s called Amsterdam.

In recent decades, the popularity of this Dutch city has grown like foam, for obvious reasons. It is a center of entertainment like few others in the world, where thanks to the liberal atmosphere one can do things that are absolutely prohibited in most places. The Netherlands has always boasted of being a particularly open place on these issues, and for this reason it is proud to welcome all kinds of visitors. Many believe that this gives the city and the country a bad image, but the truth is that Holland boasts of being one of the most consolidated democracies in the world. And it is that sex and drugs attract a lot of attention among visitors, but Dutch cities are not exempt from other types of attractions, such as museums, churches or the canals themselves. >from Amsterdam. This capital has slipped into the favorite destinations of Europeans and Americans thanks to its uniqueness, its beauty and above all, its openness. That is why today we want to immerse ourselves in its best-known neighborhood, the Red District or red light district, which is actually made up of three different districts, located in the heart of the city.  

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Sibel Kekilli, from porn to Game of Thrones

In 2011, the US network HBO premiered an ambitious fiction project with which it adapted the series of epic fantasy novels A Song of Ice and Fire. This literary saga had become one of the most important of the genre in recent decades, although it had always been considered “niche”. HBO’s intention was to present it as an epic blockbuster of pure fantasy with touches of drama and thriller, and the formula worked even better than they themselves expected. The Game of Thrones phenomenon crossed borders and became a true revolution not only in the world of television, but also in culture in general. If before those products were for “geeks”, the series had managed to maximize its audience and bring these tropes into the mainstream. Everyone enjoyed the novelistic intrigues, the epic fights… and the risque scenes.

As in any good HBO production, Game of Thrones also had quite explicit sexual scenes, something that was not so common at the time. The fact of being broadcast on cable television gave much more creative freedom to its creators, who were not shy about taking out nudes in each episode of the first season. Some as famous as one of the protagonists, Emilia Clarke, who played the role of Daenerys Targaerean. The sex was part of the plot naturally, either through the wedding night of Daenerys herself with her husband Karl Drogo, or in different scenes where the characters frequented brothels in different areas of Westeros. As in the Middle Ages, the nobles and knights used to meet in these places of vice and sensuality to enjoy the women bodies, but also to do business. They were very appropriate places to be calm and have all the confidence in the world with our partners. In one of those brothels, little Tyrion Lannister met Shae, a young prostitute who would steal his heart, and who would have a very important role in the first seasons of the series. The prostitute was played by Sibel Kekilli, a German actress who came… from the world of porn.

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Schnick Schnack Schnuck, commercial and explicit cinema

Germany has always had a reputation for being one of the countries that has most opted for eroticism and sensuality in its films. Thanks to the sexual liberation of the 1960s, in the German country we have been able to create all kinds of films with nudity and quite explicit situations. Some of them were directly cataloged as pornographic, but in other cases, the dramatic or comedy component prevailed, despite the risque scenes. All you have to do is take a look at all those productions that used to appear with the last name of Report, in the 70s and 80s. We are talking about sagas that have dozens of films in which, within the format of false documentary, they dealt with stories about sex. In Schumalchen Report, for example, the topics revolved around adolescents and young people, how they discovered sexual pleasure, and what they did when their parents were not around.

The tradition continued for several decades with productions in which the directors were not shy about showing very explicit scenes. From Run, Lola, Run to Hotel Desire, more recently and also with very intense scenes in terms of sex. Germany has always boasted of having a fairly open vision on this subject, along with other French or Italian productions, although without reaching that cult point of Pasolini or Tinto Brass strong>. The Germanic country was also a place of refuge for directors such as Jess Franco, an exiled Spaniard, who made soft and directly porn films in the country. It seems that, nowadays, this has been almost completely lost, but there are still small productions that survive. And today we are going to focus on one of the most interesting, not only because of the curiosity and controversy it caused at the time, but also because it was considered a cult film in certain sectors. We are talking about Schnick Shnack Schnuck, a title that refers to the popular Rock Paper Scissors game, and that appeared in 2015 as an independent film. An act of courage and love for cinema and eroticism from a team that paid for the film out of pocket.

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Is paid sex one of the reasons to visit Germany?

It is striking that one of the most important countries in the world such as Germany has such a recent history as a nation. And it is that before the unification of the two halves that today make up the country, Germany almost never had a unified state under that name . Only from 1871, and during a period that lasted less than a century, until the Second World War. Its location in the center of the continent and its capacity to generate industrialization have made Germany an essential country in Europe. In fact, it is usually ranked as the largest economy in the Old Continent , even above the United Kingdom and France. Soul and heart of the European Union, of which it has been a part since its foundation, Germany is the second country in the world that receives the most migrants, after the United States. And it is no coincidence, because its business fabric is so impressive that it seems that there is always room for anyone who needs a job.

But not all visitors who come to Germany seek to stay there. Many others do it only for a few days, like normal tourists, in search of everything that this country can offer them, which is a lot. Its imposing dimensions allow Germany to enjoy very different areas and regions, from Indo-European forests to coastal cities, passing through large capitals . Although much of the tourism is concentrated in large towns such as Berlin or Hamburg, the truth is that Germany enjoys a great reputation as a tourist destination in all its regions. From the Black Forest in the South to the northern part with Bremen , each place has a special charm, and many want to discover it. That is why we have collected in this article several interesting reasons to visit Germany and get to know it in depth. Beyond the big cities, which are also immersing us in the smaller towns, but also with more charm . Arriving at curious corners that one thought forgotten, but that in this region become real, as if time had not passed in them.

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Are you visiting Tokyo? Don’t miss out on these places!

Tokyo , the capital of Japan, is one of the most vibrant, special and dazzling cities on the planet. A city that, as a metropolis, has more than 40 million inhabitants, being Japan the most important prefecture. It is located on the island of Honshu, the largest of the archipelago that makes up the Japanese nation, and is located in the Kanto region, in the center of the island. Throughout the 20th century, Tokyo has become an ultra-modern city, a symbol of the brutal evolution that Japan has undergone after the Second World War. Economic, political, social and cultural center of the country, it is well known for having appeared in numerous films and works of fiction, both Japanese and foreign, since its architecture, its modern and traditional spirit and its imposing size They have attracted the most famous artists of the last decades, giving them unrivaled inspiration for their works.

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What to see in Miami

Located on the east coast of the United States , on the beautiful Florida peninsula, Miami has become one of the most interesting sun and beach tourist destinations in the country. With an undoubted Latin influence for decades, this place is a very special place and different from any other in the United States , having so much diversity in its streets, with a lot of companies of all kinds, both large conglomerates and small businesses, and of course, for having paradisiacal beaches that stand out on the East coast of the United States. Currently, the Miami metropolitan area is among the ten largest in the country, despite the fact that the city has barely more than 120 years of life. Its growth has been exponential in recent decades, and it has become one of the epicenters of the great Latin wave in the United States , due to its proximity to Cuba, Puerto Rico and Mexico.

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Active tourism, an unforgettable experience

With the arrival of the terrible Covid-19 pandemic at the beginning of this year 2020, the world economy has suffered a huge setback, especially in strategic sectors such as tourism. The impossibility of traveling or the limits that have been imposed on certain massive activities have been a fatal blow for a sector that moves, in many countries, the greatest amount of money within the tertiary sector. Tourism is the active engine in many places, since it not only generates money and work directly, but also indirectly. And that, in the end , has been tremendously affected by the restrictions of the pandemic . It was curious to see, however, that while traditionally tourist areas on the coasts and large cities were mortally wounded by this pandemic, other rural areas picked up the baton and became interesting destinations for tourists .

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A new financial crisis could come if Germany does not avoid it

When we had not yet recovered from the crisis so severe that we suffered just a decade ago, market cycles seem to bring us another ‘surprise’ in form of a recession. This one is also pointing to Germany, which has always been the locomotive of the European economy. The forecasts warned of the slowdown in the German economy and that the country was going into recession at the end of this 2019, with all that that leads to the rest of European economies. Germany has always been the strong country in this regard, the one that has remained standing when others fell. However, by this time is one of the first economies to notice the ravages of this new recession that is predicted problematic.

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Can you justify prostitution?

Prostitution is one of the most controversial issues, since different factors such as money, morality, feminism or sex, among others, come into play. Therefore, it is common to generate debates about whether or not to legalize prostitution in developed places such as London, Paris, Madrid or Barcelona (putas en barcelona).

In any case, we are of the opinion that regardless of whether there is an economic exchange or not, above all there must be the dignity of women and their freedom to do with their bodies what they want, otherwise we would be preventing them from living their lives by making their own decisions.