List of red-light districts

Algeria Prostitution in Algeria is illegal. • Constantine • Rahbat al-Jammal (defunct) Burkina Faso Prostitution is not specifically prohibited by the law, but soliciting and pimping are illegal. • Ouagadougou • Dapoya Egypt Prostitution in Egypt is illegal. • Alexandria • Kom al-Nadura (defunct) • Kom Bakir (defunct) Ivory Coast Prostitution in Ivory Coast is legal. • Abidjan • Marcory Zone 4 • Rue Princesse Kenya Prostitution is illegal. • Nairobi • Koinange Street Mauritania Prostitution in Mauritania is illegal. • Nouakchott • El Mina South Africa Prostitution is illegal. Tunisia Prostitution is regulated. • Tunis • Sidi Abdallah Guech ==Asia==

Bangladesh Prostitution in Bangladesh is legal and regulated. China Prostitution is illegal. Hong Kong Prostitution itself is not illegal but operating a brothel is illegal. • Lockhart Road • Sham Shui Po/Fuk Wa Street India Prostitution is legal when performed by a person acting alone in private but public solicitation, brothels and pimping are illegal (however in practice prostitution is tolerated and regulated). Indonesia Prostitution is illegal in non-regulated areas. Prostitution is legal in some locations (including pimping and maintaining a brothel). Iran Prostitution in Iran is illegal, and incurs various punishments ranging from fines and jail terms to execution for repeat offenders. Iraq Prostitution in Iraq is illegal, and penalties are severe. • Baghdad • Al-Battaween • Bataween • Haifa Street/Salhia neighborhood • Kamaliyah () • Zayouna Israel • Tel Aviv • Old bus station area. Japan Prostitution is illegal but narrowly defined. Many sexual acts for pay that would be considered to be prostitution in other countries are legal. Jordan Prostitution is illegal. • Amman • Jubeiha • Sweifieh Kyrgyzstan Prostitution is legal but pimping and operating a brothel are illegal. • Bishkek • Pravda Street Malaysia Prostitution in most of Malaysia is legal and widespread, though there are laws against prostitution-related activities. However, prostitution is illegal in Malaysia's Kelantan state. • Kuala Lumpur • Brickfields area: Jalan Hicks and Jalan Thamibipilly • Bukit Bintang: Jalan Alor and Changkat Bukit Bintang • Chow Kit • Jalan Petaling • Lorong Haji Taib • Wong Ah Fook Street • Jalan Meldrum • Taman Sentosa • Angeles City • Fields Avenue • Manila • EDSA Entertainment Complex, Pasay • Padre Burgos Street, Makati • Olongapo City • Subic Bay Singapore Prostitution itself is not illegal; however, public solicitation, living on the earnings of prostitution, and maintaining a brothel are illegal. • Geylang • Orchard Towers Taiwan Prostitution in Taiwan was made illegal under a 1991 law. Legislation was introduced in 2011 to allow local governments in Taiwan to set up "special zones" where prostitution is permitted. Outside these zones prostitution is illegal. As of 2017 no "special zones" had been opened. • Taipei • Snake Alley (defunct) Thailand , Thailand Prostitution is illegal in Thailand, and solicitation and public nuisance laws are in effect. In practice it is tolerated and partly regulated. Turkey Prostitution is legal and regulated. • Ankara • Bentderesi • Istanbul • Züraga Sokaği (Giraffe Lane), Beyoğlu ==Europe==

Austria Prostitution is legal and regulated. • Linz • Bäckermühlweg • Stuwerviertel Belgium , Brussels Prostitution is legal, though brothels are not. Enforcement of the law can be lax. Croatia Prostitution is illegal. • Zagreb • Tkalčićeva Street (defunct since World War II) Czech Republic Prostitution is legal, but brothels and other forms of procuring are prohibited. • Prague • Perlovka Ostrava Denmark Prostitution is legal, but running brothels and pimping are illegal. • Copenhagen • Halmtorvet • Istedgade Finland Prostitution is legal, but running brothels and pimping are illegal. • Helsinki • Aleksis Kiven katu and Vaasankatu France Paying for sex, pimping and keeping a brothel are illegal. Prostitutes commit no offence unless soliciting. Germany Prostitution is legal and regulated. Gibraltar Prostitution is illegal. • Seruya's Ramp, (Calle Peligro) (defunct) Greece Prostitution is legal and regulated. • Athens • Fylis Street • Metaxourgeio Area • Piraeus • Troumpa (defunct) Ireland Paying for sex is illegal, as is soliciting in a public place, operating brothels, and other forms of pimping. • Dublin • Monto (defunct) • Grafton Street (defunct) Italy Prostitution in Italy is legal, although organized prostitution, whether indoors in brothels or controlled by third parties, is prohibited. • Catania, Sicily • San Berillo • Venice • Carampane di Rialto, including Ponte delle Tette (defunct) Lithuania Prostitution in Lithuania is illegal. • Vilnius bus station and Vilnius railway station area Malta Prostitution is legal, but running brothels and pimping are illegal. • Gżira • Mello Area (Triq Testaferrata) • Marsa • Albert Town Area • St. Julian's • Paceville • Valletta • Strait Street – known as "The Gut" by the British Navy (defunct) Netherlands , Amsterdam's red light district, of a man negotiating with a sex worker Prostitution and associated activities are legal and common. A total of 11 cities in the Netherlands have red light districts with window prostitution. Portugal Prostitution is legal, but running brothels and pimping are illegal. • Lisbon • Cais do Sodré (defunct) • Rua Nova do Carvalho (defunct) • Porto • Rua Coelho Neto • Rua Conde de Ferreira • Braga • Residencial Cairense Serbia • Belgrade • Picin park • Plavi most • Novi Sad • Kaćka petlja • Partizanska street Spain Brothels are illegal (since 1956), but "clubs" and "wiskerias" are fronts for prostitution and are tolerated. Switzerland Prostitution is legal and regulated. United Kingdom England Prostitution is not illegal when performed by a person acting alone in private, but public solicitation, brothels and pimping are. The Policing and Crime Act 2009 makes it illegal to pay for sex with a prostitute who has been "subjected to force" and this is a strict liability offence (clients can be prosecuted even if they did not know the prostitute was forced). Northern Ireland • Belfast • Albert Memorial Clock, Belfast (defunct) • Amelia Street (defunct) Scotland Wales • Cardiff • Tiger Bay • Newport • Commercial Road, Pillgwenlly (Pill) ==North America==

Antigua and Barbuda Prostitution is legal, but related activities are prohibited. Aruba Prostitution is legal and regulated. Barbados Prostitution is legal, but related activities such as brothel keeping and solicitation are prohibited. Canada neighbourhood of Montreal Prostitution is legal but the purchase of sexual services is not (the client commits the offence not the prostitute). Many associated activities (brothels, advertising, street walking) are also illegal. • Montreal • Red-Light District (historic): The area centred around Saint Catherine Street and Saint-Laurent Boulevard was historically the city's red light district throughout much of the 20th century, as well as being known for strip clubs and sex shops. In recent decades this has changed drastically as the area gentrified into the Quartier des Spectacles and today prostitution is virtually nonexistent. s from the 1990s to 2010s • Centre-Sud: The Centre-Sud, of which Sainte-Marie is a part, was notorious for prostitution from the 1990s well into the 2010s, particularly on Ontario Street and Dufresne Street. In recent years, gentrification has changed this significantly. • Hochelaga-Maisonneuve: Known for prostitution, particularly in the lower southwestern Hochelaga segment. • Vancouver • Chinatown, Vancouver (historic): Dupont Street, between Westminster Ave (Main Street) and Carrall, was Vancouver's first official red light district which began when Bridie Stewart set up a shop at 101 Dupont. The district was relocated in 1906 to Shanghai and Canton Alley, which collaboratively hosted 105 brothels. It was later closed and relocated to Shore Street, then Alexander in 1912. • West End, Vancouver: An unofficial city red-light district located on and around Davie Street. The sex work hub from the 1960s-1983. Coined the "Prostitution Capitol of Canada", which served as a safe community where cisgender, transgender, and two-spirit workers of many ages worked together and looked out for each other's safety. The location of the informative documentary Hookers on Davie. The Downtown Eastside is the sex trades final destination of city displacement over several years. In 2003, a large number of sex workers went missing and/or were murdered. Many of these were tied to serial killer Robert Pickton, and were the largest contributor to the missing and murdered indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) cases over the years. Today workers are increasingly facing the effects of new developments and surveillance that are pushing them into isolated areas where they are at greater risk of harm; forcing them to rush or forgo screening and negotiation processes that puts them at a greater risk of bad dates and STI contraction. Guatemala Prostitution is legal, but procuring is prohibited. • Guatemala City • La Linea • El Trebol • Parque Concordia United States Prostitution laws vary by state and territory, however it is illegal except for some rural counties of Nevada. Strip clubs are legal in most areas, including fully nude strip clubs. Many massage shops offer "happy endings", which is an illegal form of prostitution. ==Oceania==

Australia Prostitution laws vary by state, either being legal or decriminalized. New Zealand Prostitution and associated activities are legal. ==See also==