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Germans have a reputation for being Europe's most enthusiastic nudists – but survey suggests Danes are not only more accepting of stripping off in public, but more likely to have actually done so

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Tags: denmark, society, naturism, nudity, spaces.public, beaches, parks, social norms, surveys, yougov, visualization.data, germany, offbeat, author.jon henley, source.the guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/nov/06/danes-europe-keenest-nudists-in-principle-and-practice-survey-suggests

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Title
Danes are Europe's keenest nudists in principle and practice, survey suggests
Authors
Jon Henley
Published
Nov 6 2025
Word count
712 words

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  1. fazit
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    German here and also probably a nudist - one of my best vacations was nudist camping in France and one rather memorable experience is raving naked on a german outdoor festival. Really liberating!...

    German here and also probably a nudist - one of my best vacations was nudist camping in France and one rather memorable experience is raving naked on a german outdoor festival. Really liberating!

    Ama, I guess?

    13 votes
  2. AnEarlyMartyr
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    Having spent time in both countries, I'm not at all surprised. Denmark is the probably the only place I've ever gone to a party where several people decided to just get naked and hang around doing...

    Having spent time in both countries, I'm not at all surprised. Denmark is the probably the only place I've ever gone to a party where several people decided to just get naked and hang around doing dishes and what have you in the nude. This has happened more than once. Both men and women. All under 30 at the time. No one was particularly out of sorts about it. So yeah, I buy it.

    10 votes
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    JCAPER
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    Does the study mention what place tends to have more attractive people persons that tend to be nudists so that I can make sure I avoid such a place?

    Does the study mention what place tends to have more attractive people persons that tend to be nudists so that I can make sure I avoid such a place?

    7 votes
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      elcuello
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      Is this a joke about avoiding to be aroused in public or is there more to it?

      Is this a joke about avoiding to be aroused in public or is there more to it?

      7 votes
      1. JCAPER
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        just a dumb joke, couldn’t resist

        just a dumb joke, couldn’t resist

        2 votes
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      KapteinB
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      Beauty is of course in the eye of the beholder, but there are statistics for things like breast size and penis size. It should be possible to do some number crunching to combine them with for...

      Beauty is of course in the eye of the beholder, but there are statistics for things like breast size and penis size. It should be possible to do some number crunching to combine them with for example the naturism index to make a map of countries to avoid.

      3 votes
      1. JCAPER
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        You know, I might actually do something with that For avoidance purposes, of course

        You know, I might actually do something with that

        For avoidance purposes, of course

        3 votes