page_title: Helenenstraße
section_title: Modern times
hierarchical_section_title: Helenenstraße / Modern times
caption_attribution_description: English: Bremen, red light district Helenenstrasse, entrance
context_page_description: The Helenenstraße is a street in the Stone Gate locality in the eastern suburbs of Bremen, Germany. The street was built in the 19th century and is known for prostitution.
context_section_description: Around a hundred women worked in Helenenstraße at its peak, but had fallen to only about half the number by 2002. Some of the premises were empty, and were rented out as homes for single men. With the expansion of the EU in 2004 and 2007, many Eastern European prostitutes came to Germany, including to Bremen. By 2011 most of the prostitutes in Helenenstraße were from Bulgaria and Roumania.
  There have been several proposals to redevelop the Helenenstraße since the beginning of the 21st century. The Advisory Board of the Eastern Suburb has opposed converting the red-light district. In the view of the Advisory Board, to open up the street would cause prostitution to move onto the streets and private homes. This would make police surveillance more difficult and promote human trafficking and pimping.
  In 2019 the entrance to the street was revamped. The original wall across the end was demolished and the wooden gates removed. A new metal privacy screen was erected and a urinal and cycle racks provided.
caption: Entrance to Helenenstraße in 2014
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