Restaurants and pubs will have to close at 2:00 a.m. and brothels at 3:00 a.m.. Liquor customers won't let new customers in from 1:00 a.m.. Interestingly, a ban on the sale of alcohol is already in effect in the Red Lantern District, which you won't be able to get for any currency at legal outlets starting Thursday from 4 p.m. until Sunday. The new rules for the use of pleasures and stimulants are to take effect in mid-May of this year.

The council justified its moves on the basis of numerous complaints about tourists who, with their ultra-partying behavior on the streets, attract drug dealers and thus a whole segment of the criminal world to the district.

The district council accepted residents' complaints with understanding and supported them with a majority vote. In the spring, officials will launch a "Stay Away" campaign aimed at discouraging lovers of "morality-free vacations" from visiting Dutch attractions from under the sign of the twist and lighthouse. "On some days you can't even walk through the center without inhaling the persistent stench of marijuana fumes, in which the glassy-eyed tourist zombies stagger around. This has to stop." - thunders in The Last of Us mode, supporters of the bans.

So if you were planning to head to Amsterdam to unhook your roller skates and go with the party wave, you need to hurry - starting in May, all you may be left with is a cycling eldorado and Dutch painting in museums, which we strongly urge you to do.