Sex Shops

[matahari]

Which country has the best and biggest sex shops do you think? I have visited shops here in the UK which tend to be small and well hidden and I have even been to a large sex supermarket in Alaska but by far the biggest and most eye-catching was in Berlin.

[Ktylove]

What was the shop in Berlin like? I don't like most sex shops because they are so full of fakey, plasticky, neon crap, blow up dolls and cheap trinkets. How about some serious stuff for serious lovers?

[matahari]

On the outside it was painted in bright colours and proclaimed itself to be an Erotic shop. It was huge and right on the main street. We didn't go inside, however. The one in Alaska was verry high class and sold erotic underwear as well as a huge selection of sex toys, books etc.

[Sasha]

We have a ton of them around here (southern US) ranging from small, discreet places to larger, well advertised ones. I haven't been to any when I travel, but I would imagine places like Amsterdam and Copenhagen would have some pretty crazy stuff.

[matahari]

I've been to Amsterdam loads of times and they have streets full of tourist sex shops, but these aren't like any other sex shops I've seen because some of them are normal shops too and they have the dildos, etc on show in the shop window along with the tobacco and tinned goods!

[Ktylove]

I understand that in some states in the US you can't use the word "dildo" in the stores and so they use "educational model". What a hoot!

[eyes4u]

I've only been to a few in the US and they are ok. I like the sex toy parties, you can learn about each toy and then decide if you want to buy it or not. Some states in the US the shops are hard to find, in others they are everywhere.

[Claudia]

Haven't been into one and my boyfriend and I agreed to browse around those shops one of these days. We are trying to find the locations and the best ones through the internet first.

[clarissa]

I haven't been to any outside of the US but I live in the southern US and have never noticed signs prohibiting the use of the word dildo or sex toy...now most of those stores also sell smoking accessories and you can't say anything about pot, bongs etc...

[metoo]

Clarissa, I know what you mean. We have lots of sex shops here but one in particular also sells the pot stuff. They have to ask you if you are going to use it for anything illegal, lol. I don`t smoke but I have heard people being asked that question. I have never been to a sex shop in any other state.