Budapest’s downtown district bans strip bars
Péter Niedermüller, the Democratic Coalition mayor of Budapest’s 7th district, Elizabethtown (Erzsébetváros), will ban the operation of strip bars because they give space for committing crimes like abuse and exploitation.
Mr Niedermüller announced the local council’s decision in a Facebook post, saying that the ban will be applied to all bars, gentlemen’s clubs, etc that offer live erotic entertainment services. The mayor added that the relevant laws give power to the general assembly of the condominiums to ban such activities. However, in practice, that is not enough, the mayor believes.
Strip bars have time until May to choose
Therefore, the local council decided to allow bars and other places to remain open after midnight only if they do not offer live erotic entertainment services or shows. According to the mayor, everybody can decide whether to shut their place or end such services. The local government added that the new regulation would come into force on 31 May.
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