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The Conscious Traveller: See Amsterdam like a local, on tours led by former refugees and sex workers

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Locals in Amsterdam want visitors to appreciate the city holistically, such as on canal tours led by former refugees.

PHOTO: REDERIJ LAMPEDUSA

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AMSTERDAM – A strip club is perhaps an unusual place to learn about a city, but this is, after all, Amsterdam – perhaps best known for its red-light district studded with “coffee shops” hawking marijuana.

Inside the BonTon Stripclub Amsterdam, former sex worker Angel Fox (who goes by her stage name), 42, regales our group with tales of her time in the industry.

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