Amsterdam part 3

From the middle of the Central Station – which is mostly under construction, but a great way to get anywhere in the city – you can easily walk down the main tourist street in Amsterdam. It’s all tourist gift shops and expensive fast food until you hit Dam Square.

In the middle of all the tourist traps is the Sex Museum. Ryan really wanted to see that. I was more curious than anything else. It’s the biggest tourist trap in the neighborhood, but definitely worth a visit. It’s not for prudes or the faint of heart. Some of the displays are extremely graphic. There were a lot of modern x-rated pictures and playing cards which seemed kind of pointless. You can easily find all of that online. There was a display of older “vintage” sex pictures from 50 to 100 years ago – porn through the ages. That was more interesting. It shows that people have always been hound dogs. What I liked were the mannequins and animatronics. They had a mini Red Light District with animatronic hookers and johns. There was also an animatronic Marilyn Monroe posing nude for a photographer whose pants bulged.

Amsterdam has a long cultural history of which the people should be immensely proud. This wasn’t it.


Animatronic Marilyn Monroe

Animatronic hooker

Porn through the ages