THE NETHERLANDS
The Dutch classics.
The 15 most popular red light district tours in the Netherlands. What each one is really like, who runs it, and what it costs.
A 90-minute Amsterdam Red Light District tour with a guide in 5 languages, plus coffeeshop history at The Jolly Joker, with tough context.
“Francesco was an amazing tour guide. Despite the cold it was an incredible tour!”
Step into Amsterdam’s Red Light Secrets Museum in a former brothel, with audio, window-seat views, and sex-worker stories.
“very informative and eye opening into the way the red light district worked and works now, extremely good museum”
A 2-hour walking tour through Amsterdam’s Red Light District, coffee shop culture, and tight historic streets, led by local guides.
“Amazing and a deep history and culture dive, thanks to Ben, amazing guy.”
A 1-hour BonTon brothel tour with a former sex worker guide, free drink, VIP room access, QR stories, and a chance to try the pole.
“Really welcoming, informative our guide Honey was lovely and friendly, interesting to see the private rooms”
A 2-hour guided walk through Amsterdam’s Red Light District, with history, canals, and key stops like the first coffeeshop.
“Ben our tour guide was amazing! So knowledgeable and made the tour fun and interesting! So many incredible sites and stories to go along the way. Would highly recommend the tour and highly recommend BEN!!!”
2-hour small-group walk through Amsterdam’s Red Light District and old pubs, with local-history stops, narrow streets, and a pub finish.
“Pilar was a very knowledgable and passionate guide and gave us a really nice mix of history and red light district debates and interesting anecodotes and led us around the area at just the right speed and we had time to get a good idea of all aspects of the area.”
4-hour Red Light District pub crawl with Ludwig’s team: 5 bars, a free shot at each stop, and VIP club entry. $32.
“We had a great time with the amazing guide Ludwig and the group, took us to good places, the vibes were great and had the spirit. Ludwig had great recommendations and was very helpful. We were a group of three girls and he made us feel so safe We recommend it a lot!”
A 2-hour guided night walk through Amsterdam’s Red Light District, with coffee-shop culture, Oude Kerk, canals, and Dutch policy context.
“David was amazing. He was very friendly, charismatic, and shared his wealth of knowledge. We highly recommend this tour for anyone wanting to learn the history of Amsterdam and of the red light district, with many laughs along the way.”
90-minute Amsterdam Red Light District walking tour with sex-work and coffee-shop context, plus a map and a small gift to keep exploring.
“It was a great tour! Mix of Coffeeshops and red-light district history”
A 2.5-hour German small-group walk through Amsterdam’s Red Light District and historic center, with context, humor, and canal sights for $34.
“Es war ein echtes Erlebnis - vielen Dank! Natascha hat mir so viele Kleinigkeiten zu Amsterdam und so viele Neuigkeiten näher gebracht - es war sensationell. Ich hatte allerdings auch das Glück, alleine "geführt" zu werden, da aufgrund des schlechten Wetters an diesem Tag die anderen Interessenten abgesagt hatten. Vielen Dank nochmals für ein unvergessliches…”
Exclusive Amsterdam Red Light District tour for up to 4, ending at a live 70s peep show. Walk, learn the politics.
“The tour was excellent, it was for a small group of 4 which was the perfect size and allowed us to be more interactive asking questions without holding others up. Our guide Joschka was brilliant, extremely informative and knowledgeable, and had us engaged the whole time with laughs along the way (when appropriate!) I would…”
A 2-hour private Amsterdam tour blending the Red Light District with Dutch street foods, including kroket, cheese, and stroopwafel.
“We had so much fun with our tour guide, Catherine, we highly recommend the experience! We learned a lot about the culture, history, had delicious classic street food, and talked like we were long time friends.”
A 2-hour small-group Amsterdam tour that blends canal-belt highlights with a frank Red Light District walkthrough—choose German or English.
“Ganz tolle Staftführung mit einer super engagierten Stadtführerin Chantal. Es war interessant, witzig und informativ. Man merkte richtig wieviel Spaß und Ahnung sie dabei hatte uns das Leben in Amsterdam näher zu bringen. Super begeistert und kann nur weiter empfehlen!”
German-guided Amsterdam Red Light District walk with Sandro: history, window meanings, safety talk, and photo stops in 2 hours.
“⸻ Unvergessliche Tour mit einem echten Original! Ich habe die “Rotlichtviertel“-Tour gebucht und bin absolut begeistert. Die Eindrücke waren interessant , und unser Guide hat mit enormem Wissen, viel Humor und einer wunderbar lockeren Art durch die Tour geführt. Er ist auf all unsere Fragen und Wünsche eingegangen und hat viele kleine Momente zu etwas…”
Walk the Red Light District’s past with an offline smartphone audio tour from Dam Square to Nieuwmarkt, featuring Oude Kerk and Waag.
