Radio Netherlands Worldwide

It's about time someone stood up and said this on an international level about Amsterdam. I am a professional musician who was appalled when I played a concert in Amsterdam. It was by far the seediest, most violent place out of all the European cities I visited on that tour. As a woman, I find the idea that adults with brains can defend keeping other women in windows like Walt Disney charcters or toy animals absolutely offsensive. It displays a level of idiocy unbecoming for an educated European capital. The seediness of the red light district draws the worst type of people to the city. Thugs who want to brawl, addicts and criminals. I choose to visit other cities on vacation and avoid Amsterdam.