Amsterdam's Vondelpark, especially its rose

Amsterdam's Vondelpark, especially its rose garden, is a popular cruising ground for gays looking for something brief, sweet, and sweaty. And if the city alderman Paul van Grieken has his way, public sex there will be allowed by law as well as by fact. "Why should we try to impose something that is actually impossible to impose, which also causes little bother for others and for a certain group actually means much pleasure?", he said. It being Amsterdam, there will still be rules: "Thus, condoms must always be cleared away, it must never take place in the neighbourhood of children's playgrounds and the sex must be restricted to the evening and night-time." No word on how he thinks these rules will be any more enforceable than the ones already on the books. (photo: Rubira/flickr)