PAGE 10, THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1973, WHITBV FREE PRESS KALNINS UN EUROPE Amsterdam, Holland No visît to this city is compiete without sampling the night life af ter midnight, preferably, or spending some time in the museums or concert halls. But, above ail, one must set an evening aside for a make - believe trip to the famous red light district, just a stone's throw fromn Dam Squaâre. I have seen sin strips ail over the worid - New York's 8th Avenue, London's Soho, Tokyo's Asaksa and Harnburg's infamous Rehpcrbahn, but this one in Amsterdam beats them ail, it is, perhaps, the most tQlked about red light district at the present timne. The public interest is quite understandable. Where else can you sec so many sex shops, porno theatres and mobie houses, aIl crammed into four short blocks, divided by littie bridges and canais, right opposite is a beautiful old church. The red light district' is very, very colourful. 1 must say. First the sex shops, filled with pornographie materials. The business is brisk at this time of the year, one shop owncr told, me. His customers are mostly tourists from the U.S. and Canada. They buy books anid sex items for a relatively high price. Thcse shops aiso offer. pornogâphic movies and live sex shows. The 'in' thing is to attend a live porno performance which wili cost you about 25 guilders. Just being curious, like most of the visitors to the area, I witnessed one such show. Phew! It was quite a sizzler. No imitation. No fooling around. It was the REAL thing! Dutch people believe that pornography is not hurting anybody. They treat it as a form of entertainment. The same applies to iower - key sex shows, porno movies and nude stage presentations. Dutch people, I aiso learned, fully endorse Iegaiized prostitution. The liberal attitude is well reflected in the red district where hundreds of prostitutes solicit prospective customers. Some sit in the windows and dispiay themselves. Others stand on HIR the streets or lean against lamp posts. At times, one Street mnight start to look like a bread Iine.- ail hungry for customners. Many of the girls are very young, l'd say about seventeen or eighteen years of age. One thing, though, is cerli: everyone enjoys the sex filied surroundings. Thiere are times when crowds wiIl push you off the street. Especially when the area attracts many visitors (and very few custorners) shortly before midnight. One evening 1 decided to watchi some of the people who came to Amsterdam's sin palaces. -They scemed to represent every corner of the globe. i heard at least ten different languages spoken on the streets. And both sexes were on hand. 1 saw hordes of women going into sex shops or' attending a live porno show. The explanation for this seemed to be always the same: This you may flot sec in North Amerîca for years to corne. While in Amsterdam, you must visit also some of the cultural palaces:' 1 was fortunate to catch a ballet perfor- mance and hear soprano Joan Sutherland. Both performan- ces were sold out. As a one - time music student, 1 enjoyed the bel canto artistry of the Australian - born soprano and the well polished ballet performance by the local dance company. This is the time of the year when the Holland Festival attracts tliousands of art loyers from many parts of the world. They are in for some outstanding performances by the Dutch artists with some international artists making their usual guest appearances. i can also highly recommend a visit to a concert by the farnous Concertgebow Orchestra. It is a musical event you wouldn't like to miss for anything. To my cars, the orchestra sounded as good as any of the top North American orchestras. Too bad we don't hear great music and great musicians more often in Canada. Perhaps, a cultural exchange would be the right answer. Let's hope so. PUBLISHER'S NOTE: The opinionts exprcsscd iii this article are îot necessaîily illsc of the Whîîiby free Press anid/or ils management. 11w FIRIENDLYf FLEA MAIKET j A STUDENT IT'S GOOD BUSINESS CALL YOUR MANPOWER OFFICE NOW! OSHAWA 728*4631 * Canada Manpower Ce ntre Manpower and, Immig ration Robert Andras Minister AJAX 942-7279S Centre de Main-d'oeuvre du Canada Main-d'oeuvre et-Immigration Robert Andras Ministre POLICE DISPLAT Operation 'Identification is mne theme of the Wbitby Police Department's contribution to the County Town Carnival this year. The police will have a tent 20 by 60 feet next to the Lions Club Bavarian Beer Garden in Centennial Park, August 4th, 5th and 6th, where Operation Identification will be available to ail visitors. Part of the program will be free fingerprînting, to provide identification in case you are involved in a major disaster such as a plane crash, auto collision, train wreck or drowning. Only one form of finger prints is made, which is turned over to the visitor for safekeeping. This record will provide positive identification for insurance purposes in case of disaster. Also available, at no cost, is an eiectric cngraving pencil for marking valuabies. This pencil will be ioaned to visitors for two or three days so they can mark their valuable items with their driver's license number to discourage would be theives. The police will provide a list of items which should be miarked, such as televisions, radios, dlocks and bicycles, and a set of stickers to place on doors and windows, warning that ail items of value are marked. These stiekers will act as a deterrent to thieves because they will not be able to selI goods that can be traced by police. Any person found with marked goods in bis possession can be checked out by police by contacting the owner and comparing the marks. The police expeet to have six engraving pendIs available to the public at the display. 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