Atlantis (brothel)
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Atlantis was one of the largest German brothels, located in an industrial area of Altenstadt, Hesse, Siemensstraβe 4, some 30 km north-east of Frankfurt am Main.[Source 1] It was opened in the fall of 2000 and was closed by authorities in March 2004 because of charges of large-scale tax evasion, pimping, and trafficking in women. It was reopened in October 2004 but closed again a few days later. A smaller club was later opened in Münster, Hesse near Darmstadt.
The business, officially a Freikörperkultur [Note 1]sauna club, was a 1,000 m2 converted spa, with indoor and outdoor swimming pools, jacuzzi, three saunas, professional massage parlors, and a free bar (serving only non-alcoholic beverages). Pornographic movies were shown on several TV screens. Men walked around wrapped in towels, while women were nude (enforced by house policy).
The price for half an hour of sex is 50 euros; this normally includes french kissing, fellatio without a condom, cunnilingus, and intercourse with a condom. Extra services, such as fellatio with swallowing or anal sex, have to be negotiated separately and typically cost another 50 or 100 euros. Foreplay usually starts in the open area on a couch and sex takes place in one of the private rooms. Alternatively, one can have sex in the tent or in one of the huts outside, or on the public bed inside. Payment occurs after the act, directly to the woman.
Unlike many other brothels, Atlantis also admits female guests and couples. Everyone, even the working women, pays the regular entrance fee.
In late 2002, a website [1], a discussion forum about prostitution in Germany, conducted a survey to find the best German brothel prostitute. The winner, "Angelika" or "Angelique", is originally from Siberia, works in Atlantis, and was honored there in January 2003. In a similar vote at the end of 2003, Angelika won second place.
Some of the women have pimps, as is evident if one observes the scene at the end of the shift at 4 am when the women are picked up by their "friends". Some women stay overnight in Atlantis, for 15 euros per night in a room to be shared with three other women.
Prostitution is legal in Germany. Some of the working women are illegal immigrants and the police occasionally carry out raids because of this. Sometimes customers are ordered by the police to produce identification, but they face no other consequences.
Regular STD and HIV tests are not required of prostitutes in Germany anymore, and most women do not get them.
The women net on average 4000 euros per month working at Atlantis. In principle, the women have to pay taxes on that amount, but they rarely do.
There are many similar brothels in Germany, most of them smaller. They are known as "FKK clubs", where "FKK" stands for "Freikörperkultur", the German word for nudism. [Source 2]
See also
- More information is available at [ Wikipedia:Prostitution in Germany ]
References
Notes
- ↑ the German word for nudism
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