Artemis (brothel) Artemis (brothel) Artemis is one of the largest brothels in Germany, where prostitution and brothels are legal and widespread. The 'wellness' brothel opened in Berlin in September 2005, a four-story building complete with a pool, three saunas, two cinemas, and with room for up to 70 prostitutes and 600 customers. Some newspaper articles have pointed out that the brothel's name is somewhat blasphemous, as Artemis was a goddess in Greek mythology who pledged to remain a chaste virgin. Artemis is located near the west end of the Kurfürstendamm in an industrial area of Charlottenburg, close to the metro and railway
Berlin S-Bahn special tariff area of the national railway company, but is instead just one specific means of transportation, defined by its special technical characteristics, in an area-wide tariff administered by a public transport authority. The Berlin S-Bahn is now an integral part of the Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg, the regional tariff zone for all kinds of public transit in and around Berlin and the federal state ("Bundesland") of Brandenburg. The brand name "S-Bahn" chosen in 1930 mirrored "U-Bahn", which had become the official brand name for the Berlin city-owned rapid transit lines begun under the name of "Berliner Hoch- und Untergrundbahnen" (Berlin elevated