The woman behind Villa Tinto, the hottest quarter in Flanders: “All rooms here are painted red at the request of the sex workers themselves”

The building has 51 windows that form the beating heart of Antwerp's prostitution neighborhood. Every day, around 80 sex workers and their customers come to 'Villa Tino'. One couple of Flemings is responsible for renting out all those rooms. “There is deliberately no bath in the rooms.”

The building has 51 windows that form the beating heart of Antwerp's prostitution neighborhood. Every day, around 80 sex workers and their customers come to Villa Tinto. One couple of Flemings is responsible for renting out all those rooms. “There is deliberately no bath in the rooms,” says business manager Karin Vander Elst (54).