Aachen Sex Guide advises where to find sex , working girls , prostitution , street hookers , brothels , red-light districts , sex shops , prostitutes , erotic massage parlors , strip clubs , FKK Clubs and escorts in Aachen , Germany. Prostitution in Germany is legal , and so are brothels. In , the government changed the law in an effort to improve the legal situation of prostitutes. However, the social stigmatization of prostitutes persists and many prostitutes continue to lead a double life.
Authorities consider the common exploitation of women from Eastern Europe to be the main problem associated with the profession. Documentary-makers in Germany have claimed that legalising prostitution has turned the country's capital Berlin into World biggest brothel. Sex trade laws were radically liberalised by the German government in but a documentary called Sex - Made In Germany estimates that over one million men pay for sex every day. Laws were originally relaxed in the hope that they would offer a degree of protection to prostitutes who now have access to the basic things like health insurance and benefits.
But more than a decade on the changes in the law have brought criticism from those who claim that they have simply made it easier for traffickers to force foreign girls into prostitution, according to The Guardian. According to public services union Ver. Roshan Heiler, head of counselling at the Aachen branch of women's rights organisation Solwodi, is unsurprised by the numbers of guys paying for sex because it is so cheap and they won't get prosecuted.
Antoniusstrasse , located about m distant from the Rathaus is the Red-light district of Aachen. In the Middle Ages and recent modern times, the official name of the street was Hurengasse. This was changed to the present name by the City Council in , named after Anthony of Padua, who is a patron saint for the poor and for prostitutes.
In recent times, there have been attempts to shut down the red-light aspects of the street, due to its closeness to the town center of Aachen, or else to restrict it to one end of the street. There there are about 30 houses in which average 3 - 4 women in the 2-shift operation in prostitution. It is thought that around two thirds of the country's , sex workers come from other countries.
