Nudist Day likes to expose the sometimes silly laws regarding public nudity in various parts of the world. This time around, we land in Switzerland… If you were to get naked in public in the streets of a Swiss city, the treatment you’ll get from local authorities will vary. In Neuchâtel, it isn’t a crime [...]
MONCTON, NB, CANADA – A Moncton, New Brunswick, court condemned a nudist to 45 days in jail. Marc Langlais, a Quebec resident who owns tourist properties in Cap Pele, a coastal town in the neighboring province, was also barred for two years from entering any of the three beaches in the area where he had [...]
SPAIN – A recent ordinance passed by the municipality of Alicante, Spain, prohibiting nudity on beaches not explicitly signed as clothing optional is being loudly denounced by Osiris, the local nudist association. Since non-sexual public nudity isn’t a crime in Spain, one observer noted that in Alicante one could now walk freely on city streets [...]
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ALICANTE, SPAIN – It’s expected that next Monday (May 19, 2008), the Alicante municipal council will pass a series of new by-laws affecting Playa del Postiguet, the city’s most popular beach. News rules will severely penalize nudity outside of zones where it’s explicitly permitted with fines that could reach into the hundreds, if not thousands [...]
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CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA – John Shuler, 42, pleaded guilty to child pornography charges on Friday (Oct. 26, 2007) in Federal court. Shuler and his girlfriend, who claimed to be nudists, had boasted online that they had sex with children and photographed them. When arrested, Shuler had nude pictures of a 12 year old victim in [...]
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JALISCO, MEXICO – Enrique Ramos Rodríguez, administrator of the Punta Serena Villas and Spa resort in Tenacatita, Jalisco, Mexico is accused of fraudulent use of funds from the sugar industry workers union in Mexico. Rodríguez, who since 1995 has been the general secretary of the syndicate, is charged by members of diverting union funds into [...]
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SPAIN – It is legal to be nude in public anywhere in Spain, but Alberto Fernández Díaz, PP party president for Barcelona has other ideas. He’s proposing a municipal law that will prohibit nudity in the city except in designated areas. Diaz claims that it’s become increasingly common to come across naked people in popular [...]
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BELGIUM – Tania Derveaux aspiring to gain a seat in the Belgian senate, has devised a very effective publicity campaign using her nude image. It’s not the first time a politician uses nudity to gain attention, but the attractive young NEE candidate also has made serious campaign promises. She claims she’ll create 400,000 new jobs [...]
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ROME – It was a hot day in Rome, Italy, and a 40 year-old woman from Milan decided to take a nude swim in the fabled Trevi fountain, in full view of tourists. After her swim, she sunbathed among the fountain’s large stones. Her bliss was short lived, however, as the Roman caribinieri (police) soon [...]
We recently interviewed Ismael Rodrigo, president of the Spanish Naturist Federation (FEN), which represents nudists’ interests in arguably the most nudist-friendly country in the world. Rodrigo has been president of FEN since 2004. The interview was conducted in Spanish. According to Rodrigo, there’s about 2 million Spaniards that are practitioners of nudism, of which a [...]
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