Lausanne Sex Guide advises where to find sex , prostitution , hookers , brothels , erotic massage parlors and escorts in Lausanne , Switzerland. The city is the host to the International Olympic Committee and two major universities. It is also the transportation hub of Vaud, and a gateway to the alpine Canton of the Valais, home to some of the best known ski slopes in the world.
The prostitution scene changed a lot with the gradual coming into force of the Free Movement of Persons Agreement, from on. This agreement allows firms and independent workers from the European Union to work in Switzerland 90 days a year. As a result, a lot of European prostitutes started to come and work in Switzerland for short periods.
This change is easily perceptible in street prostitution. Until the 's, most of the prostitutes were local, and a lot of them stayed in the business very long. You would see faces month after month, year after year, offering their services at the same place.
Now, street prostitution is dominated by women who stay in Switzerland just for a while. Some of them come only once, some others come a few months every year. A big part of them are South American with a European passport and Spanish is the dominant language amongst the prostitutes of the Red Light District. As a result, the offer has grown significantly. A few "old style" prostitutes remain, notably at 15, rue Rossi, in Geneva. They often complain of the increased competition.
The first price given by street prostitutes for a quickie is CHF for decades. But competition leads some prostitutes to accept lower prices. As the demand has increased less than the offer, the income of the prostitutes has lessened. There are 14, officially registered sex workers in Switzerland , with located in Geneva. In Zurich , there are a reported 11 prostitutes per 1, residents. One in Five men between the ages of 20 to 65 in Switzerland has visited a sex worker at least once in their lives.
