Editing Prostitution in Germany (section)

=== FKK sauna clubs ===
[[Image:Freier .JPG|thumb|A prostitute's customer in a Berlin brothel, 2001]]
Typically, these are brothels in houses or large buildings, often with swimming pool and sauna, a large 'meet and greet' room with bar and buffet on the ground floor, TV/video screens, and bedrooms on the upper floor(s). Operating hours are usually from late morning until after midnight. The female sex workers are typically nude, wearing only high heels. The term ''FKK'' is a euphemism, erroneously referring to the German FKK '[[Freikörperkultur]]' nudist culture.<ref name="DW1">{{Cite news|title=Why Germany's nudist culture remains refreshing|url=https://www.dw.com/en/why-germanys-nudist-culture-remains-refreshing/a-43917929|first=Richard|last=Loxton|publisher=[[Deutsche Welle]]|location=Bonn|date=2019|page=|language=en|access-date=2021-09-11|isbn=}}</ref> In some clubs the sex workers are topless instead of nude. Meanwhile the customers and club members wear robes or towels. Men and women often pay the same entrance fee, from €35 to €70, including use of all facilities and refreshments (beer is allowed, but most FKK sauna clubs do not allow liquor). Some clubs will admit couples. This form of prostitution, which was mentioned in the rationale of the 2002 prostitution law as providing good working conditions for the women workers, exists all over Germany, Austria and parts of the Netherlands, but mainly in the Rhein-[[Ruhrgebiet]] and in the area around [[Frankfurt am Main]]. Among the largest clubs of this type are: [[Artemis (brothel)|Artemis]] in Berlin, opened in the fall of 2005, the new Harem in [[Bad Lippspringe]] and the long-established FKK World near [[Giessen]] and FKK Oase in the countryside near [[Bad Homburg]].