This is probably the most visited district in Amsterdam: De Wallen, also known as the Red Light District. Amsterdam's Red Light District is the subject of much fascination. Amsterdam’s Red Light District is famous for the line of windows and doors surrounded in red lights – red lights that signify legal prostitution. You can walk down the street and see barely-dressed women sitting behind the windows and waiting for customers. The Red Light district is located in the historic centre of Amsterdam. It is the most visited by tourists who, curious, go there for the taste of the forbidden.