I Went to the Most Naked Country in the World
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If you've ever been on vacation, you must have seen people from this country bare it all. But it doesn't stop at beaches. Mixed saunas are huge and it's common to see nak€d people in parks. I went to Germany to see if the FKK culture is still as strong as ever and here is what I found out.
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0:00 Europeans vs Americans
0:42 These European countries are most nak€d
1:35 German FKK culture
2:07 is the FKK culture disappearing?
3:15 Do Germans bare it all?
4:50 Why I came to Munich, Germany
5:28 Showing it all in the English Garden (Munich)
6:40 Interviewing German naturist
7:18 Sponsorship message
9:33 The German sauna
11:22 My German sauna experience
13:06 My experience at the German beach
14:30 Conclusion
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Curious: would you ever try the mixed nude sauna?
By the way, I genuinely hope you enjoyed the style of the video.
Times change and I have been wanting to try more of this style of format for a while. I'm curious about why cultures do what they do, how our upbringing shapes who we are and how we relate to the world, be it nudity, gender roles, love language, how we view relationships, how we communicate... the list goes on. Excited to share these new findings with all of you. 😊
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I would not mind trying out a nude sauna just to get the experience. I haven't done the nude part at a beach although I have been to beaches where people go nude and women go nude or topless. I have done swimming naked alone in the pool though via bet that I won years ago if swimming naked in a pool counts although it was my friends and I only at the community pool. It doesn't bother me to see people naked, it's just about having an open mind in my opinion. I did enjoy the video Marina and continue with the good content. You go girl! ❤
I went to mixed sauna many moons ago with my ( then ) German fiancé. I am Indonesian btw.
The concept of mixed sauna was alien to me, I couldn’t comprehend what if you see your teacher / neighbour or someone you know naked in the sauna…
But now I’m ok with it, anyway when in Rome do like the romans do.
Yes to nude sauna and sunbathing. Porn and religious people just make so many things sexual.
I've been to Sompasauna fairly often. It's a mixed sauna (actually, 3 of them, from warm to seering hot) and visited by people from all ages. Nobody pays attention at anyone's nudity, or barely so.
I like the new style
U.S.A : OMG people naked
EUROPE : OMG people with guns
There's a lot of nudist places in America. Especially in California.
"My gun is always loaded!"
"You have a firearm?"
Looks down on his nude body "Ummm... no, that's not what I was talking about".
As a female from those conservative countries you mentioned I didn’t wear a top at the beach until I was 12 and had big boobs. Also we would see naked tourists all the time and they did their thing and we did ours. Live and let live! We also all changed on the benches in the swimming pool! I was still shocked when I went to Germany but still way more relaxed than USA Americans. If you don’t sexualize things it is not weird!
In East Germany where I studied the student apartments were mixed. My bathroom had a door that you could close but some were in the basement and they were mixed. As a woman the only people that whistle at us were Latin or Turkish. No northern men does that! Super respectfully! Love Germans and Austrians!
Well I think in the East of the country things are different anyways. But there are for sure German guys who catcall, I've experienced it plenty of times during night time (but those who did usually are low class).
ITALY & GREECE being modest surprises me. They weren’t like that 2000 years ago in the Roman Empire’s nude public baths
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Yes indeed. Northern men, with manners, are never the problem.
1) Being Prude is not a bad thing, it is a good thing because privacy is a basic human right, while the opposite of that is degerancy, because it is full of ignorance and arrogance.
2) Also when you mention: "the issue with sexualisation and over-sexualisation, don't forget that it is not as simple as just saying that, there are other complexities", (you're either doing it, you can't assume that if someone is thinking in a certain way, it either is or isn't). Which is all based on logic and common sense on human behaviours and actions, while someones political orientation, religion and philosophical, and scienctific views, does shape cultural beliefs and ideologies and how people percieve information. While understanding the full context, circumstances, nuances, whilst also knowing, boundaries, limitations, preferences and standards of everybody in a situation in real life is the key to understanding the principles.
3) A culture filled with double standards and hypocrisy fuels degerancy.
@@SigmaLegendus69 Privacy and prudity are as related as communism and sardines. If privacy is a basic human right, while its opposite leads to degeneration, then it's the fake friendliness of countries like the Australia (or the USA), where people ask incredibly nosy personal questions to complete strangers which is a degenerated society. Which is accentuated by being very religious conservative societies, so is, full of double standards and hypocrisy.
"That you have to pretend that this is somehow normal and they are not looking at you in a sexual way" while the video overall was nice and openminded, this comment really rubs me the wrong way. As a 22 year old woman who loves going to the sauna (always naked and mixed gender) most men don't look at you sexually at all. Ofc there are always exceptions but it is genuinely not sexual here (no pretending necessary). In my experience no one looks at you in the sauna
For someone who's used to being naked in the sauna, I can completely understand this is your experience. For someone who is not, the world is viewed through a different lens. That's why it's interesting to talk about these cultural differences as there is no right or wrong answer, but different perspectives we can respect :)
@@DatingBeyondBorders Of course your experience is not wrong as that's subjective, but the way you phrased that particular sentence in the video sounded disrespectful in my opinion. To me, you made it sound like the men were staring at you like a piece of meat or something. Which would be an unfair representation of saunas and could scare people off. But this is just my interpretation and I'm sure your intentions were good
It's just a major cultural difference between Germany and North America. In the US and Canada, nudity is always sexual. While in Germany it is not. So when Americans or Canadians visit Germany, even though we understand this aspect of German society, it is difficult to suddenly change our mindset about nudity because we grew up having it ingrained into us that nudity is always sexual. So her mind automatically going to a place of "oh these men are looking at me sexually" would be totally normal and instinctual for a Canadian.
I guarantee that if a fit man that you found attractive was in that sauna with you, you would feel aroused at some point and you would check him out. At that very moment it becomes sexual. The same for him. Stop normalizing perversion.
1) Being Prude is not a bad thing, it is a good thing because privacy is a basic human right, while the opposite of that is degerancy, because it is full of ignorance and arrogance.
2) Also when you mention: "the issue with sexualisation and over-sexualisation, don't forget that it is not as simple as just saying that, there are other complexities", (you're either doing it, you can't assume that if someone is thinking in a certain way, it either is or isn't). Which is all based on logic and common sense on human behaviours and actions, while someones political orientation, religion and philosophical, and scienctific views, does shape cultural beliefs and ideologies and how people percieve information. While understanding the full context, circumstances, nuances, whilst also knowing, boundaries, limitations, preferences and standards of everybody in a situation in real life is the key to understanding the principles.
3) A culture filled with double standards and hypocrisy fuels degerancy.
Germany nude culture was big in the 90s. Nowadays Germany has become super conservative in comparison. This also has a lot to do with Muslim immigration, who do not accept German or Nordic culture, instead they want to influence it according to their own ideas. These days Spain is much more open about nudity than Germany
I believe that’s true for FKK, but not for saunas. There are much more and much bigger saunas than in the 90s nowadays.
Most of the nude people in saunas were older.
1) Being Prude is not a bad thing, it is a good thing because privacy is a basic human right, while the opposite of that is degerancy, because it is full of ignorance and arrogance.
2) Also when you mention: "the issue with sexualisation and over-sexualisation, don't forget that it is not as simple as just saying that, there are other complexities", (you're either doing it, you can't assume that if someone is thinking in a certain way, it either is or isn't). Which is all based on logic and common sense on human behaviours and actions, while someones political orientation, religion and philosophical, and scienctific views, does shape cultural beliefs and ideologies and how people percieve information. While understanding the full context, circumstances, nuances, whilst also knowing, boundaries, limitations, preferences and standards of everybody in a situation in real life is the key to understanding the principles.
3) A culture filled with double standards and hypocrisy fuels degerancy.
Sauna is the only place left to be naked and not be photographed.
The German (and even Nordic) approach to nudity is not the problem; it is the prudishness and over-sexualisation of the idea in the rest of the world which is the real problem. There is nothing sexual whatsoever about going to a FKK beach or a sauna. It’s more a feeling of liberty and people at these places are not gawking at each other. Critical shocked at the notion should really grow up and look in their own mirror to see where the problem really lies.
Kudos on giving it (sauna and FKK beach) a proper go, though…takes bravery!
@@jarrettreckseidlerewwww no way ,never will I be naked
1) Being Prude is not a bad thing, it is a good thing because privacy is a basic human right, while the opposite of that is degerancy, because it is full of ignorance and arrogance.
2) Also when you mention: "the issue with sexualisation and over-sexualisation, don't forget that it is not as simple as just saying that, there are other complexities", (you're either doing it, you can't assume that if someone is thinking in a certain way, it either is or isn't). Which is all based on logic and common sense on human behaviours and actions, while someones political orientation, religion and philosophical, and scienctific views, does shape cultural beliefs and ideologies and how people percieve information. While understanding the full context, circumstances, nuances, whilst also knowing, boundaries, limitations, preferences and standards of everybody in a situation in real life is the key to understanding the principles.
3) A culture filled with double standards and hypocrisy fuels degerancy.
@@SRBOMBONICA86 Do you shower fully clothed?
@@rafarequeni822They're generally doing it in private.
It's so sad that immigrants think they have the right to judge people for their culture in their own country. If you don't like it, don't do it, but don't try to change one's culture, respect the country that welcomed you.
The moment a country accepts an immigrant the country is also stating it accepts and endorses the supposed migrant morality and values.
@@LNVACVACNo, an immigrant being allowed to live and work in a country does not give him the right to impose or disturb other ppl who have nothing to do with it, if they are not satisfied with the culture should move to where they find it most suitable.
@@wagner9527 You realize rule of law and being annoying are different things, right? Also rule of law and culture are distinct. When a government accepts a migrant the only pact is on rule of law.
The moment you invite someone to live with you, in your space, you are not only changing yourself the space you live in but also inviting an individual agent.
Why the hell do you think europe is becoming islamic and turning rightwing?
You invited a person from another culture to live in your country you to begin it changed your own country's culture.
@@LNVACVAC Agree with the rule of law and culture aspect difference. Regarding the rest you're going too far, US/Canada received many Muslims and they are still US/Canada. I lived with a Muslim/iranian family in Canada for a while I can say that they were incorporated in the western social values, although they kept their faith. That's how it should be. Now imagining I receiving a job proposal to work in the Emirates and insisting on being vulgar and breaking and disrespecting social rules, kinda stupid.
@@wagner9527right 👍
Here in Brazil, it's really unusual to be naked in saunas, probably because it's a hot country, and people don't use to go to saunas. There're some beaches where you can be naked, but usually, this beaches are in places, hided from general scrutiny. I'm going to visit German and Denmark next month and i must confess that if i have the chance to go naked to the sauna, i certainly will. I guess it'll be at least interesting 😅
I found your video very interesting. Many thanks for it. However, I (as a German) would advise you to undress yourself before the next interview with people at nude beaches. You will find that people are much more accessible and friendly when you put yourself on the same level with them. But don't get me wrong. I really admire your courage to try the sauna. And of course it is normal, if it is uncomfortable for you to be alone with another naked men in a sauna cabin for the first time. But that‘s totally normal and you don‘t have to fear anything in such a situation.
Southern Germany and especially Bavaria never had much of an fkk culture. It was more of a thing in the East and North of Germany.
Good for you, Marina. Trying out new things even though not that comfortable for you.
I know this is not a political channel but, whilst a nudist environment holds no interest for me either, Germans must be (rightly) dismayed when other cultures/regions come to their country and have the audacity to lecture them on nudity. Whatever happened to "when in Rome"? If you don't like it you don't have to be there.
Loving the new content. All the best.
Hopefully, Westerners have the same mentality and attitude like yours when it comes to the Muslim world and stop lecturing and imposing their nudity on us Muslims.
Congrats on having the courage of making this video, you definitely look uneasy with nudity but you did it anyway despite the uneasy feeling. That’s emotional maturity! 🎉
I remember going to a nude beach in Jamaica, and wasn't really uncomfortable. Just keep reminding myself not to stare and just look at faces so much that I couldn't keep a conversation lol.
BTW I've seen that in Switzerland, especially in Zurich and Geneva. That was many years ago, but I'm not sure if it is popular now.
Very very interesting topic! Thanks!!
thank you for making this video. :)
The City Park in the middle of Munich was called English Garden because it was designed by an Englishman and the Bavarian's wanted a Park that looked like Hyde Park in London,.
I spent a LOT of time there at the Beer Garden in the 1970s and there was a FKK part back then in 1972.
In France it is well known that nudist beaches are mostly for german and dutch mostly :D. Nudity in France is not public, it is more at home, in your apartement, maybe everybody does it, I dont know :D
Cap Agde in Provence is a totally naked town with shops, bars, restaurants and clubs. Clothing is optional so it's comfortable for most visitors.
@@karelius7085 Cap d'Agde is not in provence but in Occitanie but yes it is the most popular naked town in France, mostly for foreign tourists in the summer and also for swingers all year round ;)
@@karelius7085 Cap d'Agde is not naturist, not recognized by the Fédération Française de Naturist, it's a place for swingers.
France used to be open about that. It's not that way now.
The Flaucher is a section along the Isar near the zoo and is located on the edge of the southern city limits. In summer, people go there to sunbathe, swim, barbecue, cycle, play sports, etc. It is still completely within the city limits and is easy to reach by public transport. I recommend that every tourist visiting Munich in summer should definitely stop by. If you don't mind cold water, you should take a towel with you. There are several kiosks selling drinks, ice cream and small snacks and there is also a beer garden where you can eat. However, the prices are quite high, although this generally applies to beer gardens in Munich (in the surrounding area you can get roughly the same thing for half the price in total). And the beer-grate rule applies: you can bring your own food and eat it in the beer garden, but you have to buy drinks on site (except for small children, whose drinks you can bring with you). This is because beer gardens make most of their turnover with drinks and if you buy some, you also buy a fresh pretzel or an ice cream at the end anyway. If you bring your own food and drink or buy it in the supermarket where the subway and buses stop, the whole trip costs you nothing except the public transport ticket.
The muslim shaming on the nudist in Germany just give me a good laugh. Hopefully Germany still won’t mix religion into politics especially the one that highly supports on conservative beliefs and restrictions. Let people live. You come to live here not owning it. If the foreigners travel to religious countries and can adapt themselves to enjoy it, why not the religious themselves in other countries?
honestly I am thinking dude you are in their country and they are free to follow their laws as they see fit, if its not a muslim country they can't do crap about it.
Because such people don’t want to integrate, rather they want to bend their new societies to their norms.
I'm Portuguese, definitely NOT a country where nudity happens naturally.
When I moved to Germany I did try out the saunas and realized people are there to relax and disconnect from the world. There's absolutely nothing sexual about it.
I have noticed though, that I feel more comfortable at female only saunas or a mix sauna where people are around my age.
I enjoy the way nudity is seen as not sexual and so natural in Germany and Nordic cultures and that's something we all should learn with them.
Shame on people from radically different cultures who can't understand, they're the ones bringing "sexual connotations" to somebody else's non sexual cultural habit. That is actually a problem and I never went to a mix sauna at my gym because I don't want to be naked near these guys with that mentality.
I see no issue with some cultures being more conservative about nudity, they got nothing to be ashamed of.
@@Why.Just_why They have the right to their thoughts. But have no right to bother people or impose their views based on a ultra conservative religion. If it's so shocking for them, then avoid those places.
But your Portuguese culture doesn't accept. So are you saying shame on your own culture?😮
@@tar2c690 I don't know where you got that idea??!! Where have I said Portuguese culture does not accept nudity? It's not a normal thing. Germans come to Portugal on holidays, get naked and nobody cares. Live and let live.
If we move to Germany, we obviously will respect the German culture. Please, don't misinterpret or distort my words.
@@tar2c690She said “radically different”, not mildly. It may be a reference to the guy’s comment that a Muslim once came to criticize the German guy for doing it.
The Portuguese may not be as comfortable going nude as the Germans, but when it happens, it’s not a huge shock as it would be in some other countries.
Some comments here don't pass the vibe check. I think nudity is something very beautiful. I absolutely love going to the sauna because it's so refreshing for body and mind. For me it is healthy in so many ways and so very relaxing. I feel more in tune and accepting of my own body, it's a peaceful thing. And yes, it is a form of freedom. I get that the first time visiting a sauna can be scary. But like everything else: the more often you do it, the easier it gets.
I have never had an uncomfortable situation in a sauna, people are polite and even more open and relaxed than they are on the streets. Which makes sense because everyone is somehow vulnerable and nobody can assume much about you because there are no possessions or clothes that could give you away. You just don't judge people because more than ever you realize how much the same we all are and and at the same time how beautifully different.
1) Being Prude is not a bad thing, it is a good thing because privacy is a basic human right, while the opposite of that is degerancy, because it is full of ignorance and arrogance.
2) Also when you mention: "the issue with sexualisation and over-sexualisation, don't forget that it is not as simple as just saying that, there are other complexities", (you're either doing it, you can't assume that if someone is thinking in a certain way, it either is or isn't). Which is all based on logic and common sense on human behaviours and actions, while someones political orientation, religion and philosophical, and scienctific views, does shape cultural beliefs and ideologies and how people percieve information. While understanding the full context, circumstances, nuances, whilst also knowing, boundaries, limitations, preferences and standards of everybody in a situation in real life is the key to understanding the principles.
3) A culture filled with double standards and hypocrisy fuels degerancy.
This discussion was SO interesting, and as a Latin I share more of your perspective than Germans’ 😅😂😂
I am proud of you for accepting the fact and a shock culture for trying to experience it once yourself. We needed to know about this and open our mind irrespective of respecting everyone's different culture and society. ❤
ITALY & GREECE being modest surprises me. They weren’t like that 2000 years ago in the Roman Empire’s nude public baths
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Marina filming a video on the FKK beach looks like a spy character from Hollywood comedy haha
Nudity and sexuality are not the same things. Most people have sex naked but are naked in many, many other situations, which have nothing to do with sexuality too. That‘s how most Germans feel and so it‘s not a big deal for us to be naked together with others of the same or the other gender.
Yeah! This is the way. Only mature cultures understand this. Latins, Asians, middle easterns, victorians would hide their body for centuries still, hiding their true self, hiding their liberty.
and you can also have a very sexual behaviour, even an intercourse, without beeing naked.
naked in what other situations?
@@youtubearsivi9223 showering, sleeping, being born, as a baby, changing clothes, sitting on the toilet (at least half-naked) …
@@gerdweist5961 I get your point but non of these can be comparable with having intimacy with someone
Summmary: Germany is the country where people most like to be with no clothes in world 😂
No, probably Nigeria or Brazil is
Totally fell for the clickbait "Most Naked Country in the World"!! Turns out its my own 😆😆😆. I am not really surprised on second thought, mixed Saunas are totally normal, and at work one of my standard quiz questions this year is always "How many nude people today at the next beach?" 😆.
You should go to Denmark or Spain where so many beautiful girls are naked on regular beaches. What's the problem of being confident about one's body?
Or just comfortable?
Oh, so it's only okay to be comfortable naked if you're a woman? What about the plethora of homophobic men who can't stand to see other men naked and start complaining about it?
Mostly topless in Spain
@@user-or6yn8pm3c Not even then, nowadays.
You're writing a paper with a camera rolling. 😜
The crazy ones are the Americans who freak out over uncovered body parts, but sell weapons that can make a dozen holes in covered bodies in a second, to the general public who in civilised countries have no business owning weapons.
Yea but it normal to freak out with both g3ns and no cloths on more with g3ns as they can be toward you but doesn mean to ignore this case
Yes, I live in east Germany, we have many FKK beaches, mixed saunas, for me as a russian first time was a shock but now after many years I'm okay with it (married to german btw haha) Saunas are great here, especially during cold wet winters.
I'm British - there isn't much nudity here at all (not just because it's cold! Infact lots of Europe is actually colder than many parts of the UK for alot of the year) actually think it comes from prudish protestant beliefs (likely exported even more so to the americas with their even more extreme founding fathers etc.). Going on holiday in Europe as a teenager was a bit of a shock initially but actually think it's great, nudity and sexuality don't need to be conflated and it's a much more mature and natural way to view peoples bodies and less childish.
There's a stronger muslim/south Asian influence in the UK now which makes it much harder with lots of people very against nudity, again a relic of masoginy etc.
If you were to be naked in public you'd be arrested (indecent exposure)
Lots of germans do only speak german but there's nearly always someone around who speaks english.
Pretty sure Italy, Spain, Portugal nobody cares about sunbathing topless.. used to see some people walking around naked on beaches too - perhaps they were tourists.
Just to clarify, being naked in public in England is perfectly legal as long as you’re not trying your shock or offend or doing something sexual. The BN site has further advice about the freedoms we have.
In Spain it’s always the old ladies that flash you first. Guys go to those places for young girls but we are not the interested demographic.
Germany is not N°1, Austria, Spain, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, ztr much more naturists. But yes, it has nothing to do with USA, where you can be arrested if you zre nude on a park, on a beach, and even in your own garden!
True. But I stayed one month in Munich last year, I visited Austria several times, and find a place where you can relax, swim, sunbathe naked is quite easy in Germany.
Yes. There is a nudist beach in Vienna, for instance.
1) Being Prude is not a bad thing, it is a good thing because privacy is a basic human right, while the opposite of that is degerancy, because it is full of ignorance and arrogance.
2) Also when you mention: "the issue with sexualisation and over-sexualisation, don't forget that it is not as simple as just saying that, there are other complexities", (you're either doing it, you can't assume that if someone is thinking in a certain way, it either is or isn't). Which is all based on logic and common sense on human behaviours and actions, while someones political orientation, religion and philosophical, and scienctific views, does shape cultural beliefs and ideologies and how people percieve information. While understanding the full context, circumstances, nuances, whilst also knowing, boundaries, limitations, preferences and standards of everybody in a situation in real life is the key to understanding the principles.
3) A culture filled with double standards and hypocrisy fuels degerancy.
My wife and I love to travel to saunas in Europe. They have a proper sauna culture. I prefer The Netherlands over Germany personally for nudism.
The guy at 2:33 summed it up: “You can see nude people everywhere today, so why is this interesting?…”
Seems to me a lot of the men might have been showing up for the view even though others keep saying it’s not sexual. Aren’t men wired like that?
Thank you, now I know where I shouldn't move for living ....👍👍👍👍
Nudists don't "show" their parts for all to see, they are just nude.
If so why dont they go do it in their homes and not outside or somewhere closed for only them to see themselves they fr cared enough they want to go public 0 common sense
@@farhkittyanimations Because the least people have the money to have a whole sauna complex and a swimming pool at home nor do they have a garden where they could tan. Your question gives me "Why going to the cinema if you can watch movie at home?-Vibe.
This is definitely a change form where we started and is only going to improve . Lets see how this expands and reaches the masses.
I think that a decisive factor to label one's attitude in a naked sauna, is to what extent the person is tempted to look at the naked bodies of others around. I would say that the Germans attention is not directed toward that, but simply enjoy themselves during the time spent there. As the guy in your video said, he enjoys the sauna- nothing more nothing less than that.
Only here for the Skigaudi, We should try naked skiing sometimes....
To me, that German sign about the Cercariae causing Swimmer's Itch would be more disconcerting than the nudity...
Nudist parks, FKK beaches and nude saunas are in my bucket list to try out!
Some words about France, my country: there is 150 naturist resorts, and approx 200 official naturist beaches. We could thing it's good, and France is the number one naturist destination in the World. BUT being nude out those specific places is very difficult. If in Spain you can undress when you find a wild place, if in Germany you'll find a lot of "FKK" places (each lake will have its naturist beach, swimming pools have special pools or horaries for naturists; there is also naturist spaces in public gardens), if in Austria there are groups hiking nude, in France, if you are out of a naturist place, you can have serious problems, even in your own garden. And you have also a lot of people with origins in North Africa, who consider that if you are naked, or even topless, you are a whore and they'll yeld of you, film you, put their hands on you etc. And in some regions, where there is no sea, there is simply no naturist place. You have to take your car and travel 250 Km to find a place, where you can come only if you rent something for a week.
So, France, for naturist vacation, it's super, but just for an afternoon by a hot day, it's usually not possible unless you live at the coast.
Im from North Africa and would appreciate if you don’t generalise all people. I would never get close to a nude beach simply because I have no interest in this activity and even less to the people.
While you’re busy complaining to show your genitals to other kids, your country still allows incest to be legal. The Muslims banished it thousands of years ago. So watch your tongue, you don’t have any lessons to give here.
@@chloeanastasia8440 l'inceste en France est puni de 10 ans de prison, vous racontez n'importe quoi en disant que c'est légal! Et en plus, la loi a été durcie en avril 2021. On croirait Poutine, votre discours! Vous n'avez pas honte?
In France you can find naturist club ground or camping in a majority of departements, no need to go near a beach.
Another reason for the reduction of nudity is the prevalence of smart phones.
Where I live in the UK on the Sussex Coast, we have several nudist beaches.
I can confirm. I went to a sauna in Germany and the whole complex, including the changing rooms, were mixed and naked.
For years I though FKK were the brothels. Now I learnt the initials mean "naturism". LOL! Naturism is fine for those who do it but it is not my thing. However I do go naked in the sauna.... precisely when I visit a FKK, LOL! Excellent clubs, excellent services, and up to recently quite decent prices as well, however post-Covid prices started hiking.
„FKK clubs or „Sauna clubs“ have nothing to do with FKK or sauna culture. It‘s simply a misuse of the words.
@@gerdweist5961 I understood that. As usual people try to use "neutral terms" to describe prostitution. Myself, as a client, I am using always the real deal terms.
I am german and I am the complete opposite. I would never be nude in public never ever🤯
This video is old and only applies to some beaches.
Most nude places are Africa and Brazil
I know my boundaries, no need to try to fool myself. I would only be comfortable at an all-female sauna.
Well, it's their culture, they've been doing that for ages. If you don't like it simply DON'T go there. Anyway, as always, thanks for the video.
When i was at a beach in boltenhagen i went to the FKK area of the beach. I preferred it. Way more space and less crowded. It wasn't sexual at all.
I walked through a nudist beach in Bulgaria in my teenage years. Seeing old nude German and Russian tourists never made me few so foreign in my own country. 😂
So…I had to google sauna because I’ve of course heard of it and know it’s a hot room thing but wasn’t sure why people did it etc.
Personally I don’t see the point and wouldn’t bother doing it at all, whether naked or clothed 😂. And although I myself would definitely avoid nakedness in general (both of me and of people around me) I don’t see anything wrong with it or the people and cultures that like it. I think it’s fun having cultural differences like this and getting to know people who are so different from me (as long as there’s mutual respect of course). After all, one of my favorite photographs that always makes me laugh is that of the nude German man at a lake chasing a wild boar (her piglets running behind lol!) who stole his bag with his laptop!!🤣 It’s the cutest picture ever and I love it haha 🐗
Never noticed your accent before
I grew up in Munich going to what we call "family sauna", which means every gender and age group is welcome. For me nudity isn't linked to sex.
I have a friend from a very catholic, conservative family in Sardinia and she once visited and found the courage to come with me to the mixed sauna. Afterwards she said she had never felt less observed than there and she was used to be looked at all the time in her bathing suit at the beach growing up and had never expected to feel more comfortable naked in the sauna than in a bathing suit on the beach.
I was stationed in Germany in 1991 as part of Desert Storm. At the time I was a serious weight lifter and could work out 3-4 hours a day. As an Army Major I loved the German people. At that time they had excuse my spelling, Swimbauches . Obviously I can’t spell it . But this was an area’s where for a few dm you could work out and swim naked. The first time there I wore my swimming suit. And no one was paying attention which I loved after that I would never swim with clothes. Because I was such a professional athlete, the local older ladies would follow me around as I exercised and swam in the pool and hot tube. I did not pay attention to them and in Nuremberg it was so cold and working out and swimming area was great. I have never understood why Americans are so ashamed of their bodies until recently because of morbid obesity. The obesity problem in the U.S. is greater to health than all medical problem’s combined. Do not these people have no pride!?
What was the beach scene from in the beginning of the video?
I went to a naked sauna/spa in Hungary many years ago. I quite happily walk around the dressing room naked at the gym whilst preparing to go into the sauna (this is in the UK, so I keep a towel wrapped me or where a swimsuit.
But I only do this in a women's only space. I would uncomfortable in a mixed space.
"It depends on the woman" lol 😂 my man nailed it
I hope it doesn't result in a shitstorm for me 😂
15:52 _''Nudity is ok here, but my dressed butt is not a billboard''._
There are places/beaches in Greece where nudity is very much accepted. Just not everywhere.
In fact, every second public pool in Germany now allows women to go topless. After all, there is no law in Germany that requires women to cover their breasts in public at all, and despite the name, a public pool is actually rarely public, most of them are on private property, and on private property, the owner of that property makes the rules (within legal limits, of course), and the owner of public pools is usually either a city or a county. There have been court rulings on this and the courts have basically agreed that it is up to the owner of the pool to decide whether they want to allow this or not; their pool, their rules.
No spain doesn't tolerate it every where and it really depends on the province. But Spaniards are probably more self concious than you think. Most are not going to go around fully naked. For Germans, as you see some are not comfortable with it out in public but more comfortable in the Suanas. So I guess there is a time and place. I think that I would have a very big issue of Saunas there because I wouldn't be comfortable around the opposite sex nor take my clothes in front of others especially complete strangers. That is just typically our cultural and religious upbrining especially if we are not from German culture. Plus I am a bit surprised as Munich is in the Bavaria region and have a high catholic population so it makes me wonder how much of them are comfortable with the sauna culture. Who knows 🤷♀
The era of Classical Antiquity of course had it's large nakedness and clothing optional normality. But post Renaissance, naturism thinking and ideas began mostly within the spheres of the wealthy and the intellectuals. During the 19th century, inspired by utopian naturalists and such, small nudist groups began to function but on very small scale, but nevertheless persisted and grew in their popularity and numbers into the 20th century in Germany. Due to the naturism and nudist movements in Europe having ideological origins with philosophical naturalism, utopianism etc. there is likely similar movements in other European countries at the time too. But for whatever reason, the German history of (modern European) nudism, naturism, nature worship etc., is most documented and referenced.
I'd feel very uncomfortable in that Sauna, whether there are other men or women in the room.
Thanks Marina! There's a language school in Oslo, Norway called "Speak Norsk".
I hope that they can sponsor you can give you free trips to Norway again!
Yes, I'd prefer women naked only in my bedroom haha
I suppose the cultural difference over the acceptability of nudity in society is akin to the societal willingness to understand where the food on our plate comes from.
In your example, Marina, of the Spanish Netflix film in which you can witness an actual birth, which is after all how we all got here on this Earth, how many people who eat meat, poultry and fish, like me, are okay with knowing where it comes from, how it gets converted step by step from live animal into juicy burger or whatever, with no censorship of the steps in between?
And why does it seem that nudity is frowned upon but violence is acceptable in culture? Isn't that a little odd?
7:36 it’s funny that In the Netherlands it is quite common knowledge that a lot of Germans DO NOT speak English very well. So how did you get the complete oppositie message??😂
In Italy long time ago (pre internet) there was a buzz about closing nude beaches because tourists were not attracted to see whole families naked too bad i cant give an url on that it was in news somewhere. In Brazil topless for a time looked like it would be a normal thing But only girls with high muscled boyfriends would try it. Girls use gstrings all around but feminine topless is"out". But trans people have a short stretch of Copacana beach where nobody will disturb them. In Brazil beach fashion and trends start in Rio de Janeiro so that is it. Only some beaches will have laws special for nude sunbathers with special regulations people with a bone have to go get a sea "bath" to cool of.
Nah man they didn't want to see naked men on the beaches.
None of my German girl classmates are happy or comfortable about it, saunas or beaches. And they get harassed too
What about when a newbie goes to the sauna and pops some wood? What happens then?
I didn't experience German nudist culture until I was 44 years old. I went to a spa/sauna resort and did nude sun-bathing and swimming at a couple of outdoor lakes and pools. After it initially feeling weird, I soon got used to it and felt very liberated by it. I ended up loving it and miss it very much since I haven't been in Germany in over five years, and there are very few opportunities for it in the USA (at least legally). I was fine with the mixed nude sauna and swimming. It takes the sexuality of nudity out of the equation. You learn to view other nude people as just people enjoying themselves like you are. I wish more Western countries would take part in this liberating culture.
Germany seems to be famous for nude beaches world wide. I have 200k views on 2 beach videos on my other channel and there aren´t even nude people on it.
In the Netherlands we also go naked to the sauna ;) It would be weird to see someone not being naked
its not just German thing that you go to sauna. its just normal traditional way to do sauna. is naked.
I swear the minority on spain beaches is with swimwear 😂😂
trailblazers?!!! maybe fubar.....
1:22 scarred for life 💔
I loved the research that you did on this. Thank you! The Muslim guy Lol
Happy Thursday, Marina! We have nude beaches in the South Florida area. What's ironic is that yesterday I was watching another video from another channel I'm subscribed to and she is based out of Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦 that she was talking about nude beaches that's famous in the Toronto area. Sending love from Miami, Florida ❤
Yes Alina. She is right next to me now and I showed her your message 😀
@@DatingBeyondBordersYea Alina is the one! That's awesome that you and Alina are next to each other. Her channel is awesome too and thanks for showing her my message 😄. You both should visit Miami in the future
@@DatingBeyondBorders DA! We should have guessed you two were connected since you both are Ukraianian immigrants and now live in Toronto. Da da! you both are same age too :p
@14:26 you have to register to be a nudist?!? Like, some sort of license with the gov't?
Sex and naturisme is not the same. In the Netherlands the naturisme is growing.
In sauna / spa centers you are nude! If we dont do so spastisch about nudity the world would be much nicer. Whats the added value of bathing clothes?
In order to understand this topic of nudity in German, we should get in touch or read German philosofers Schelling Fichte... German Idealism.... They are awesome 🤠🤠❤️❤️❤️
Der Joachim wieder
When I was in my twenty or thirtys sure now in my fifty not a good idea
In the Netherlands it was very normal for woman to go topless. I think it changed the last 20 to 25 years... I hardly see topless woman anymore.. I don't know why it changed
simple fact, nudity is sexual. anyone who says different is dishonest
I grew up in Eastern Germany in the 80‘s when it was very common to go swimming nude. We even showered all together in the students hostel because we had only one public shower for men and women. It was no big deal. We even chilled or learned together on the next lake naked. Nowadays it‘s not so popular anymore. There are still FKK beaches, but not so many as 20 or 30 years ago. Sauna culture is another thing. There are many big saunas where it is also not allowed to use the cabins with clothes and the saunas are more and more popular and very crowded at least in the wintertime. But generally speaken it‘s not about sexuality but because of the free body feeling. So it doesn‘t matter how your body looks like when you visit a nude beach. It‘s not what the others are interested in. Normally nobody will stare at you.
Some staring but very secretly haha. Good figure always attracts men.😄 Most unpleasant thing when muslims visit it for fun, they must be not allowed to enter there after innapropriate behaviour. (My husband is east german man)
@@Olsblog No one should be allowed to enter after inappropriate behaviour. There is no guarantee that no one shows inappropriate behaviour on a nude beach or in a sauna. But there is also no guarantee for this on normal beaches .
I think FKK the way they practiced in GDR was better than body positivity today . I noticed that East Germans seem to have a different attitude when it comes to sexuality. In short, healthier. Do you notice differences between people who grew up in GDR vs FDR? I watched Liebt der osten anders. Is body positivity a thing in Germany?
@@g2000g Generally body positivity and sex positivity are different movements in Germany which are linked together perhaps, but are not completeley the same. So you have to distinct between them. Body positivity is more related to FKK and nudity. So you should not be ashamed of your body and all bodies have to be respected if they fulfill the classical criteria of beauty or not. So you will not be rated in any way if you are naked in the sauna or at the beach. This was much more widespread in the GDR. Nudity alone is not sexual . Sex positivity has it‘s roots in the sexual revolution of the 60‘s and it was also a form of protest against the authorities. There was an inofficial rule in the communities of this period: „Anyone who sleeps with the same person twice is already part of the establishment.“. This was a movement in Western Germany (68er). Nowadays there are no big differences between Eastern Germany and Western Germany regarding both movements I would say. Sex positivity also means equal rights for the LGBT.. community. But the most FKK beaches (body positivity) and also the the most well known clubs (sex positivity, Berghain, Kitkat) are in Eastern Germany or Berlin.
@@gerdweist5961 oh, in the US body positivity is like celebrating obesity unfortunately.
I want to ask you some questions if you don’t mind…since I dated a man who grew up in MV and another in NRW. Yes they were young when the reunification happened . I watched the documentary liebt der osten anders( it is on TH-cam ) and read articles about differences between the GDR and the FRG that persist to this day. It was quite interesting the guy who grew up in GDR did not adopt the attitude of West Germany and had the classic Approach of old GDR. Of course, I don’t want to generalize but West Germany is more puritanical and conflicted and I hear German sex therapists saying clients who grew up in the East are frank and open when talking about issues and and are not conscious of an external gaze of media or society about sexual fulfillment and performance. That was a good thing because the FRG was more like the USA when it comes to sex. I think the FRG should have learned from the GDR when it comes to sex. II know not all was good in the GDR. I live in the US but I grew up in a dictatorship which had censorship when I was a kid , and I know how it is very well.
Maybe you can watch that documentary and you see anything that resonates. I read an article on a survey a marketing firm did and there was a difference between new FRG states and original FRG states. Also scholars who interviewed many East Germans after the reunification noted that East Germans felt freer, more natural , and more sensual though West Germans talk more and had the Sexual Revolution. That was my experience compared with the East German BF compared to the man from NRW and American men. West Germans approach more like Americans …unfortunately.
I guess one’s attitude may vary depending on how old one was when the reunification took place. My friend from MV was 15 years old when the reunification took place. I don’t want to bore you w a long comment but you were a teen at least when two Germanies reunified? Anyhow liebt der osten anders was very interesting and I see what is wrong w how the west approaches sex nowadays has limits and flaws…. Thank you for reading a long reply!
Here is the documentary…
th-cam.com/video/j_z6cTy-7Rk/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
Nudity has become a cultural phenomenon What!!
And the country which has its traditions and culture that prevent nudity has become Backwardness !!
In Prague I went to the saunas naked as a man but there were never any women in there. It would be really weird
Slavic countries are a different entitiy in my opinion, much more conservative in many aspects.
Thats maybe 10% of the population, not "Germans" in general...
Being Naked is no big thing, it's just a body people. Beach, Sauna, and at Home, we even haven have a park that has a place where you can even go nude, If you don't feel comfortable don't go. Nude or not it's still a person old, young, big, or little...there is nothing wrong just don't stare a glance is okay.
If being naked means closer to the nature then why not demolish all the rest rooms?
Never !!! WIth a cotton towel is OK. South American of course 😉
A towel is allowed in German saunas. No problem.
When I went To Italy in 2004, women were sun bathing topless, but strangely they put their top back when they stood up.
Why strangely? No woman in this world wants random men to see their naked assets.
I've just discovered this video and found it interesting to watch. As a UK-based naturist I am experienced with the non-sexual aspects of normal nudity and certainly want to visit Germany to try out the less oppressive views towards clothes-free living. I certainly have no issues with going nude in front of others and would prefer life without the swimming costume so would enjoy the sauna experience.
As an observation from your video, your experiences and attitudes appear to be where you are from a culture where nudity was less common, and likely frowned upon much more. Therefore I guess that your overall reactions stem from those historical cultural norms. Considering you only tried the sauna once, plus felt really uncomfortable when visiting the beach on your own, then I suspect this cultural difference will spill over into your commentary. If you were to go a) with friends, plus b) more often, then this would normalise the experience for you and hopefully encourage you to view things differently. I sincerely hope that you give social nudity another try, plus if you were to have a couple of nudist friends with you then this may help your mindset to become one that is more welcoming to the overall experience.
Here in the UK many nudist clubs offer women-only days to give women a free space to be naked without men around and thus help encourage a more positive view of this way of life. I don't know if this service is offered in Germany but it could be worth researching to allow you to add value to your experience and content. As someone who has spent the last 20 years enjoying the nude beaches with my own family on holidays in Spain I can certainly confirm that I have seen dubious characters arrested by the police to make beaches a safe space so the Spanish (in my opinion) do a great job at being nude-friendly.
All I see are blue skies, where is the nude guy?>
* Dating Beyond Borders * - ˝ I apologize in advance for the extremely shaky camera work , but I'm pretty sure that your hands will be shaking as well if you ever had to interview a nude guy in a park "
* There was no camera shaking at all girl , looks like you felt pretty comfortable interviewing that guy *😆