Ask most people returning from Europe what museums they visited and they are likely to say The Louvre, the British Museum, the Museo Nacional del Prado, the Nationalmuseet or one of the other renowned buildings filled with objects of art, science or history. Somehow, prostitution museums are not up there with the usual European tourist […]
![Alcoholics Work for Beer Under Government Funded Program [video]](https://i0.wp.com/guardianlv.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Alcoholics-Work-for-Beer-under-Government-Funded-Program.jpg?fit=600%2C368&ssl=1 "Alcoholics exchange work for beer in Amsterdam")
In an ironic twist, alcoholics can now receive beer in exchange for work under a program funded by the Amsterdam government. These workers accept street cleaning jobs and are partially paid in beer. The brand of beer they receive is based on which brewery is offering the best price at the time. Not only do […]
Alcoholics in the Dutch city of Amsterdam are being paid in beer to clean the streets. It’s an idea so crazy that it just might work. The plan came about after it was discovered that a group of alcoholics were causing trouble in one of Amsterdam’s parks. In order to get them to work a […]
