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drinks, perched atop the bar. Touching is not allowed, but you can
order a banana, and the lady will serve it to you any way you like...
For a full description, step into the lobby (open nightly until 2:00
in the morning, Oudezijds Achterburgwal 37, tel. 020/622-4670).
• On side streets around here, you'll notice blue lights—these mark the
transvestites. At Molensteeg, cross the bridge to head to the right side
of Oudezijds Achterburgwal. A few paces to the right from the bridge
is the...
Erotic Museum (at #54)
“Wot a rip-off!” said a drunk British lout to his mates as he
emerged from the Erotic Museum. If it's graphic sex you seek, this
is not the place. To put it bluntly, this museum is not very good.
What you will see, besides the self-pleasuring bicycle girl in
the lobby, is erotic statuettes from Asian cultures and some mildly
risqué John Lennon sketches of him and Yoko Ono (on the first
floor); a collection of racy comic books, photos, and old French
literature (on the second floor); reconstructions of what you see in
today's Red Light District, including a prostitute's chambers, sex-
shop window displays, and videos of nightclub sex shows (on the
third floor); and finally, the S&M room, where you're greeted by
a mannequin urinating on you (on the top floor). S-mannequins
torment M-mannequins for their mutual pleasure, and there
are photos of America's raunchy 1950s pinup girl, Bettie Page,
in black hair, stockings, garters, and high heels (€5, daily 11:00-
24:00, Zeedijk street, tel. 020/624-7303). Note that Amsterdam
has another, more entertaining sex museum—the Damrak Sex
Museum (see page 58).
Absolute Danny (at #76)
This shop “for all your sensual clothing” sells leather and rubber
outfits with dog collars suggesting bondage scenarios, in a full
array of colors from red to black to...well, that's about it.
• Continuing south on Oudezijds Achterburgwal, on the right (lined by
pink elephants) you'll find...
Theatre Casa Rosso
This is the area's best-known nightclub for live sex shows. Unlike
some sex shows that draw you in to rip you off with hidden
charges, the Casa Rosso is a legitimate operation. Fixed-price
tickets offer evening performances featuring strippers and live
sex acts—some simulated, some real (€30, €45 includes drinks,
nightly until 2:00 in the morning, Oudezijds Achterburgwal
106-108, tel. 020/627-8954).
• Along the right side of the next block, you'll find three cannabis sights,
starting with the...
