Although this doesn't look to qualify as my preferred traditional kind of show I'm still sorry to miss it as it opens 1 day after we depart this area for Amsterdam We did get to enjoy "Wicked" in Dutch here in Scheveningen at the Circus Theater |
Friday, October 19, 2012
From Chic Silber #1
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Chic--Will you get to Brussels to see Bouglione at the Atomium?
Our trip started in Brussels back on
the 23rd of September & I don't think
there were any shows around then Bob
So as it turns out this new Cabaret
Variety show has tried to cash in on
the demise of a very famous brothel
that was closed a few years back
YAB YUM
The most famous of all Amsterdam
brothels was no doubt Yab Yum,
located in a fancy 17th century canal house at the Singel.
Opening doors in 1976, it targeted very exclusive clients.
Only well-to-do people could afford a visit there.
Entry was 70 euros, including only one drink,
and the ladies charged 300 euros an hour.
Founder Theo Heuft became a well-known society figure.
Many top criminals were seen in it's gold leaf bath tubs.
Dutch "god father" Klaas Bruinsma once destroyed a row of mirrors
with gun shots here. This Amsterdam sex club played a role in
several high-publicity affairs, including the famous and fraudulent
stock market entry of Nina Brink's World Online.
Perhaps it shouldn't come as a surprise then, that Yab Yum was
closed in January 2008 by the Dutch city administration as part of
their drive to combat crime in the Amsterdam prostitution scene.
The allegation was that Dutch criminals having been using the club
for money laundering. Even Amsterdam mayor Job Cohen admitted
it was "a pity, but a necessity" that this world-renowned brothel in
Amsterdam had to be closed.
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