William Higgins' le Salon

William Higgins' Le Salon is one of Amsterdam's longest-running addresses for adult entertainment, a sprawling sex shop, erotic cinema and cruising labyrinth all under one roof, right on Nieuwendijk, an extension of Kalverstraat in the heart of the shopping district near Central Station. Billed as a "gay sex supermarket," it stocks a huge selection of toys, DVDs and lingerie, while past the shop floor a labyrinthine layout opens into a proper erotic cinema corner with DVD booths and glory holes, plus a general cruising room where films play continuously on a big screen, alongside lockers and restrooms. Open every day from morning until late evening, it welcomes gay men primarily, though hetero and mixed visitors come too, in a space described as safe and well-kept. Go in with reasonable expectations, but the facilities and long pedigree keep it a fixture of the city's cruising scene.