Vice zone (Nijmegen)

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In six towns in the Netherlands a special zone (tippelzone) is designated for legal street prostitution.
To prevent kerb crawling nuisance, but also to supply the prostitutes with a safer
working environment, and provide them with some medical services, the so-called
called, 'Tippelzones' were opened and exist in the next towns: Utrecht (1986), Arnhem (1996), Groningen (1998), Heerlen en Nijmegen (2000) and Eindhoven (2003).
Within these areas, medical services dealt with unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases and drug addictions and legal advice was made available. These initiatives started in the mid-eighties.
A Tippelzone is almost always located in a non-residential, often rather deserted area,
where one or more of the following three functions are available:
􀂃 A pick up area, where the prostitutes offer their services and negotiate with clients (kerb crawlers)
􀂃 An "afwerkplaats" or 'service area', where sexual services are provided
􀂃 A ‘living room’, where only prostitutes can enter and where health and welfare
officials may be present.
www.e-doca.eu/content/docs/CC04_Paper_VanSoomeren.pdf