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Laufhaus

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A Laufhaus is a building of individually rented rooms where each sex worker rents her own room and negotiates directly. You walk the corridors and knock.

The word means roughly "walking house", and that is the format: a corridor of doors, each one a worker's own space. What distinguishes it from a brothel in the ordinary sense is the commercial relationship — the operator is a landlord renting rooms, not an employer engaging staff, and terms are agreed with the woman at her door rather than at a reception desk.

It is a German and Austrian format above all. In Germany the operator needs a licence under the 2017 Prostitutes Protection Act and carries duties that come with it; the rental model does not exempt anyone from that.

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The larger, multi-floor version of the same idea is an Eroscenter. For how German licensing works across all of these formats, see brothels in Germany.

Frequently asked questions

How is a Laufhaus different from a brothel?

The relationship. In a Laufhaus each worker rents her own room and sets her own terms, so the operator is effectively a landlord. In a brothel the house engages the workers and the terms are the house's.

Where do you find them?

Germany and Austria mainly.

Do you knock or book?

You walk the corridor and knock. There is no reception and no appointment, which is the practical difference visitors notice first.

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