De Wallen
Historic canal-side neighborhood and Amsterdam's oldest red-light district, home to window brothels and the Belle statue.
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This guide to De Wallen in Amsterdam starts with Belle, a small bronze woman standing in a doorway on the square at the foot of the Oude Kerk, and with Mariska Majoor, who spent years seeking permission to put her there. It reaches back to the sailors who docked here from the fourteenth century and to the city's long habit of looking the other way after 1578. You'll also hear about a smaller bronze set into the cobblestones in 1993. Best heard standing in the square facing the statue.
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