People living and working in Floridsdorf and Liesing have complained about sex workers plying their trade in their neighbourhoods. Swiss authorities created a "sex drive-in" in Zurich last year, and social services hailed it a success.
Sex workers who agreed to relocate from their traditional city-centre haunts were allowed to ply their trade at the brothel safely and with a minimum of fuss - so long as they obtained permits and paid tax. Vienna city councillor Sandra Frauenberger told Die Presse newspaper that she plans to discuss the idea of introducing a similar scheme at the next steering group on prostitution with police and NGOs.
Street prostitution is legal in Vienna, but limited to certain streets around Liesing and Floridsdorf, in an effort to move it away from residential areas. Austria's news in English Search. Editions Austria Denmark France. Germany Italy Norway. Spain Sweden Switzerland. News categories Politics Technology Lifestyle More…. Jobs in Austria Browse jobs Post a vacancy. Email newsletters Newsletter sign-up Edit my subscriptions.
Other pages Noticeboard Site search. Share this article. Vienna council is considering introducing drive-in brothels for street sex workers, as a way of dealing with problematic prostitution in certain areas of the city.
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