Amsterdam's "red light district," or "Red Light," is a prominent neighbourhood in the Dutch city of Amsterdam. It goes by the name "Rosse Buurt." Famous for its history, architecture, and cultural life as well as for having some of the most liberal attitudes on prostitutes, drugs, and sexual diversity of any neighbourhood in the world.

The three districts that make up the red light district are Ruysdaelkade, Singelgebied, and "the walls," the most well-known of which is De Wallen.

It is situated on the Amsterdam dike, which was constructed to protect the city from the tides, in the old city centre, in buildings that were once homes for fisherman. Dam Square, Damrak Street, and Niewemarkt Square form its western and eastern boundaries, respectively.

This is Amsterdam's most picturesque and popular tourist area. is well-known across the world for the shop windows that line its streets and winding lanes, where prostitutes have long practised their trade. Every prostitute in the Netherlands is required by law to have a private social security contract (just like any other Dutch worker), to pay taxes to the government, to file tax returns, and to follow all other legal procedures necessary to retain their legal position.

Although prostitution establishments are open day and night, weekend nights are the busiest. Thousands of people, most of them interested, are seen at this time calmly strolling through the neighbourhood and past the red light district's storefronts. These streets have open entrances, allowing anybody to enter, unlike the Reeperbahn district of Hamburg, which is only accessible to minors.

On the streets of the red light district, a sociological experiment was carried out in the late 1990s. For a few months, guys worked as prostitutes in place of women. The investigation came to the conclusion that women in Amsterdam had no interest in this kind of service, and even during those months, prostitutes protested because they found these guys to be "degrading."

The guys refused to be videotaped, interrogated, and have some of their privacy compromised because in three hours the street would have been overrun with journalists and gossipers. Six clients, all men, are claimed to have visited the youngsters during their three hours in the red light area.

Additionally, there are a tonne of sex shops, eateries, hotels, cafes, and showrooms in the area. These stores are highly well-liked by tourists and display sexual content.

The main Warmoestraat street in the neighbourhood is the most well-known because it is crowded with bars, people, beer, and raucous behaviour.