Vivi lives in the Jordaan, near the Westerstraat, and on her free afternoons she takes the same canal boats the visitors do. She knows the chill that settles in after two hours sitting on the water, and she likes to warm a room before she begins. Sensual massage and soapy are her usual formats, the second whenever the bathroom has a proper shower. Portuguese, Spanish and English are all languages she works in comfortably. At twenty-three she is sunny, easy-going and clear about her limits before the session starts.

Vivi decides which bookings she takes and may decline any of them; she sets the limits for what a session includes, says what they are, and may end a visit at any point, as the terms set out.