The "wellness" brothel opened in Berlin in September 2005, a four-story building complete with a pool, three saunas, two cinemas, and with room for up to 70 prostitutes and 600 customers.

[2] Artemis is located near the west end of the Kurfürstendamm in an industrial area of Charlottenburg, close to the metro and railway station Westkreuz and about 0.5 km (1,600 ft) south of the ICC congress center.

[3] One review in a German online publication wrote "Although the outside of the building is about as erotic as a corporate office park, the interior is a bizarre cross between mid-1990s Las Vegas and a cheesy British 'Carry-On' film.

"[2] Artemis is organized as a sauna club, similar to several other German brothels: both customers and prostitutes pay an entry fee and can then use the facilities for 24 hours.

[3] The German prostitute support group Hydra has endorsed the transparent concept but has reserved judgment until the working conditions of the women could be evaluated.

[8] As part of a campaign to criminalize the purchase of sex, five topless members of the feminist activist organization Femen chained themselves to the entrance of Artemis on 27 November 2013.

[11] One of these women had talked to the police about her abusive pimp,[3] a former professional football goalie who would be convicted of trafficking, coercion and extortion and sentenced to 7 years in prison in October 2017.

Defense lawyers announced plans to sue the state of Berlin for damages, arguing that authorities had approved of the Artemis business practices for years.