Prostitution Information Center

[1] The PIC serves as an educational centre and resource for providing Amsterdam's visitors with information and advice about prostitution.

Most women make this decision themselves.”[5] Over the years, the PIC has simultaneously functioned as an information desk, Red Light District Shop (including sex toys, books and pamphlets by Majoor on sex work-related frequently asked questions), library, mini-museum and art gallery.

[1] Visitors to the PIC can also find books about the red light district and sex works written in both Dutch and English.

[1] However, the objectives of the PIC have been proven to be of importance to sex workers, their clients, Amsterdam residents, and visitors to the area alike.

Without any financial support the PIC was struggling to operate, but it claims to have played a valuable role and needed to find a way to survive.

Enge Kerksteeg and the Old Church in Amsterdam , with Mariska Majoor's Prostitution Information Center (PIC) with the Praathuys 'in de ouwehoer' in the corner
PIC sign: "Study, info and action centre for sex workers' rights (as well as nice coffee...)"
The Prostitution Information Center (PIC) in Amsterdam (2023)