Guides A–Z
Sexclub Wien has been reporting on Vienna’s sex clubs, brothels and the people who work in them for years, and the archive has grown into hundreds of articles. This page sorts all of them into guides from A to Z, so you can find a subject without scrolling through the news feed.
The venue guides explain how a Laufhaus works, what to expect in FKK and sauna clubs, how sex studios and massage parlours compare, and which high class escort agencies in Vienna are worth a look. Practical guides cover prices and costs, a first visit, reviews and ratings, and visits as a couple or as a woman. Legal and news topics follow the question whether prostitution is legal in Austria, illegal prostitution and police raids, human trafficking, street prostitution and red light areas, and developments in Germany, Thailand and the Austrian provinces.
The guides are written for visitors who want reliable background before an evening out and for readers who follow the industry. Each card shows how many articles a guide contains and what they cover.
AO Sex Vienna
4 articlesAO sex in Vienna means sex without a condom. These articles explain how AO offers affect the paid sex market, give nine reasons not to visit AO girls, describe the situation in Vienna and report on illegal AO apartments raided by the police.
Couples and Women
7 articlesCouples and women in the paid sex scene: whether women can visit a Vienna sex club alone, what couples should know before a first club visit, how a threesome works inside a sex club, why some clients return to the same sex worker, and women's sexual fantasies.
COVID-19 and the Sex Industry
14 articlesCOVID-19 and the sex industry: how the lockdowns hit Vienna's sex workers and brothels, how some tried to get around the rules, Germany's hygiene concept and the reopening of clubs, and how the pandemic affected prostitution in other countries.
Female Sexual Fantasies
3 articlesFemale sexual fantasies and how they meet reality: the eight most common fantasies of women, the roleplay and fantasy rooms in Vienna's sex clubs, and how fantasy compares with what actually happens in a club.
First Visit Guide
5 articlesA first visit guide for nervous beginners: a step-by-step walkthrough of a first brothel visit in Vienna, what first-time visitors misunderstand about sex clubs, what to expect at a luxury brothel, and five things couples should know before their first sex club visit.
FKK and Sauna Clubs
11 articlesFKK and sauna clubs in Vienna and Germany: an overview of the saunaclubs in Vienna, reasons some guests avoid them, a review of Fresh Saunaclub, Goldentime and Funpalast, how a sauna club compares with a Laufhaus, a studio or an escort, and raids and court cases in Germany.
High Class Escort Vienna
7 articlesA high class escort in Vienna is booked through an agency, and these articles compare the options. They review high class escort agencies and the Highclass Outcall service, present exclusive escorts at Bijou Escort, list rising agencies and explain what makes a skilled luxury escort.
Human Trafficking
15 articlesHuman trafficking and forced prostitution: an underage girl found in a Vienna brothel, Chinese women forced into prostitution in Vienna, arrests in Austria, a loverboy trial, trials in Cologne, Nigerian women exploited in Italy and new laws against trafficking.
Illegal Prostitution and Police Raids
15 articlesIllegal prostitution and police raids in Vienna and abroad: street prostitution in Liesing, illegal apartments and AO apartments raided in Vienna, brothels shut down every two weeks, a sauna club checked in Erkrath, a federal raid in Leipzig and illegal clubs in Canberra.
Laufhaus
14 articlesThe Laufhaus is a Vienna classic, and these guides explain it from the ground up: what the word means, what happens when you enter, the top Laufhauses and the ones to avoid, a new house at Zollgasse 3, rising prices and a Laufhaus property that went up for sale.
Prices and Costs
15 articlesPrices and costs in Vienna's paid sex scene: rising prices and inflation in brothels, new prices at Goldentime, upselling and premium services at Goldentime and Residenz, a low-budget review of Kontaktcafé, a blacklist of the scene and the price of digital intimacy on OnlyFans.
Prostitution in Germany
15 articlesNews on prostitution in Germany: licensed and unlicensed sex work, the new prostitution laws, plans in Mannheim and Stuttgart to push brothels out, the Artemis raid dispute in Berlin, an illegal brothel in a Leipzig nail salon and a large raid in Bonn's red-light district.
Prostitution in Thailand
4 articlesReports on prostitution in Thailand: changes to the prostitution laws, the difficulties sex workers faced during the pandemic, authorities targeting illegal prostitution, and a woman who rented rooms to illegal prostitutes. Together they show how Thai authorities respond to illegal prostitution and how the pandemic affected sex workers there.
Prostitution Law in Austria
15 articlesIs prostitution legal in Austria? These articles show where the line runs: what men value in licensed brothels in Vienna, a conviction under the new prostitution law, illegal apartments raided in Vienna, and illegal brothels closed in Wels, Carinthia, Braunau and Tyrol.
Red Light News from the Austrian Provinces
14 articlesRed light news from the Austrian provinces outside Vienna: illegal brothels closed in Linz, Braunau and Tyrol, crackdowns in Klagenfurt and Carinthia, a controversial poster in Graz, a change of owner at Andiamo in Villach and escort services in Salzburg.
Reviews and Ratings
15 articlesReviews and ratings of clubs and agencies in Vienna: the Sexclubwien Spotlight series on Goldentime, Emotion Wellness and Maxim Wien, reviews of Bijou Escort and Victoria Girls, and guidance on spotting fake girl reviews in forums and why punter reviews matter.
Sex Studios and Massage
12 articlesSex studios and massage parlours in Vienna: an overview of the city's studios and massage parlours, the studios to avoid, negative feedback on Pallfygasse 20, incidents in Asian studios, a police crackdown in Innsbruck, and whether licensed brothels are safer than illegal studios.
Street Prostitution and Red Light Areas
14 articlesStreet prostitution and red light areas: the situation in Liesing and police raids there, plans for the Gürtel, the former red light district at Westbahnhof, why street prostitution in Vienna is a bad idea, and news from Bonn, Duisburg, Hamburg and Zurich.
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