Atlantis (brothel)
Atlantis is one of the largest German brothels. It was opened in the fall of 2000 and is located in an industrial area of Altenstadt, some 30 km north of Frankfurt am Main.
It resembles a spa, with indoor and outdoor pools, jacuzzi, three saunas, professional massage, and a bar with free non-alcoholic drinks. Pornographic movies are shown on several TV screens. Men walk around wrapped in towels, women are nude. Entrance fee is 65 euros, for men and for women.
About 30-60 women sell sexual services. The standard price is 50 euros for half an hour of sex which normally includes french kissing, oral sex without a condom and sexual intercourse with a condom. The money is paid directly to the woman, after the act. She gets to keep it all; the brothel itself is financed from the entrance fees alone.
An average woman can make about 4,000 euros per month. In principle, the women have to pay taxes on this amount, but few do since it is a cash business. Atlantis has an attached hostel where women can stay for 15 euros per night, sharing a room with three others. Some women have pimps who pick them up after the shift ends at 4 am.
The majority of the women working in Atlantis are foreigners, mainly from Eastern Europe, the Caribbean, South America, Thailand, and Africa. Some of them lack legal work permits, and this is why the police occasionally carry out raids in Atlantis. Prostitution itself is legal in Germany, so the customers face no consequences during these raids, unless they carry illegal drugs.
Mandatory health checks for registered prostitutes have been abandoned by the German government since January 1, 2001, but Atlantis requires regular STD and HIV tests from the working women.
There are about four clubs in Germany that operate like Atlantis and are of a similar size. Apparently, they have different owners. A number of clubs exist that are comparable but smaller; they are typically advertised as "Sauna clubs" or "FKK clubs" ("FKK" abbreviates the German Freikörperkultur which means nudism). Most German brothels operate quite differently however, see prostitution in Germany.
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