The city is famous for its nightlife, carnival, events, shopping and for fashion and trade fairs like the Boot Messe one of the world's best trade fairs for boats and watersports and Igedo world leader in fashion. Every year, more than 4 million people visit the Kirmes fun fair which runs for 9 days in the summer. 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 occupation. It is thought that around two thirds of the Germany 's , sex workers come from other countries. Red-light districts have also become much more prominent in Germany's major cities - there is approximately established brothels in Germany and the trade is now big business.
About 80 percent of prostitutes have a migration background. Escort services, where the customer calls to have a woman meet him at home or at a hotel for sexual services, exist in Germany as well, but are not nearly as prevalent as in the US.
The place consists of a big five-storey building with each window numbered. This obviously creates problems for windows that are higher up. Seems not be a well-thought of place for general quality. There are about windows in all, and all types of women, black, German, Thai etc. There is a covered area with benches for men to wait on opposite the windows and music from a local radio station is pumped out of speakers. There are even slot machines in case you wanna relax between the sessions.
Street is blocked with a wall and you are not allowed to bring a dogs in to the area. Sometimes you need to wait quite long till your favorite girl comes to the window. Once you see the prostitute of your choice, you can just walk inside from the hallway door and then walk the stairs up to your choice. Some people consider Charlottenstrasse as a Red-light district.
