At 595 Hornby street Vancouver there is a commercial building with a crazy history.
Since 1990, The Swedish Touch massage parlour has operated on the 4th floor
At the Swedish Touch we have over 40 girls at your beck and call. This section of our site allows you to meet a lot of them. By clicking on their images below, you’ll be taken to their bios where you can view their photo galleries and learn more about each girl. Not all our girls may be featured here so feel free to come on in for an obligation free tour to meet them personally.
Since 1995, Brandi's Show Lounge strip club has operated upstairs on the 5th floor.
Not everyone likes it.
Attention Americans!! **** If you are accustomed to American strip clubs where there is always a girl on stage, stay away! We got there around 10:30, and me and my party of 4 had to stand outside for about 15 minutes (we were the only people 'in line'). After finally being let in, there was a $15 cover for everyone (I heard girls got in free... Apparently not) and they insisted that we check our coats AND sweaters after making a copy of our ID's and passports AND taking pictures of our faces... We get inside and there is no one of stage, so we sit down, 15 minutes later, there is still not a girl on stage... We ask one of the bouncers why there is no one on stage and apparently in Canadian strip clubs there is a 15 minute wait in between girls!!!!! Also, the girls will not take American money, i didn't really think so, but I read somewhere they they did. Anyway, the smallest bill in Canada is a $5 so if you want to tip the girl on stage it's got to be a 5. These Canadian strippers are completely spoiled and snotty. I will never go to a Canadian strop club again, biggest waste of money (we also attended another strip club that night hoping the 15 minute wait between girls might have been just for that club... Nope, there's a 15 minute gap everywhere). If I could give this club zero stars I would.
In 2015, the driving force behind these clubs, Brandy Sarionder, died of a suspected suicide
The woman who brought an aura of class to Vancouver’s high-end strip club scene was remembered Tuesday as a kind and generous person.
Brandy Sarionder, who ran the exclusive downtown Brandi’s Show Lounge for years, was found dead in her Coal Harbour apartment on the weekend.
Friends began hearing the bad news on Sunday morning, several days after her death. She was 50.
A friend told The Province that the years since she was ousted from the Hornby Street club in 2010 have been tough for Sarionder.
“She was broke and in a nearly homeless situation,” said the friend.
“She was just depressed. She had no money. She was about to be evicted. It’s horrible.”
