The Red Light District (De Wallen): Amsterdam’s Rosse Buurt Beyond the Glow

A Little History: How the Rosse Buurt Began Before the red lights, there were rosse ones. The Dutch word “Rosse Buurt” literally means “red neighborhood,” a name born from the warm glow of lanterns that marked entertainment houses centuries ago. Long before Instagram tours and bachelor parties, De Wallen was where sailors stumbled ashore after […]