It has been cleaned up since the photo was taken not as dirty as it has been The girls are still in This is the red light district for Ghent, A series of small windows with a chair for them to Problems recently with the "Glazenstraat".
Too much noise, fighting at night, too much traffic No misunderstanding: this is the prostitution area Women of all races and nationalities can be found here. Nothing the see and to do here at daytime. The girls only appear when dark. New rules and municipality laws are applicable from now on: the flesh behind the windows must be "decent". Our mayor said that he doesnot want the prostitution area to be closed or to disappear; adding the Ghent red light area gives good value for money Don't waste your time here Trip advisor asks me when I visited the Glass Alley My wife and I took a stroll through the Ghent RLD and Glass Alley-- obviously not a very long excursion as there are maybe two blocks to the whole "neighborhood".
The girls were seemingly attractive; however the whole experience was marred by believe it or not the aesthetics. The Glass Alley "netting" see pictures was littered with dead pigeons. Some were there so long that they were picked clean of everything but feathers and bones. Seriously, is it really that hard to have someone take care of that a couple times during the tourist months? The Ghent Red Light District is rather small but 2 of it's streets are really charming, and worth a detour.
They must be one of the oldest covered shopping galleries of the world as the first part dates already from Some decades later, a second and similar part was added. With the former main station of Ghent nearby, the neighbourhood has been always quite popular for prostitution.
Meanwhile the trains disappeared but the girls stayed. When strolling in the area south of the center, it's worth to have a look here. During the day the windows are empty, but at early and late evening, most of them are occupied with exotic ladies and lit by neon light. I feel quite a lot of sympathy for the girls and women, and I hope it's not all sadness behind the glass.
