
Swimmers enter water at Spanish
beach.
This is a
list of
social nudity places in Europe for recreation.
Includes free beaches (or clothing-optional beaches or
nude beaches) and some resorts.
All European locations
- Bredene
, tram stop
Bredene Renbaan (Hippodroom): sandy beach (the only nude beach in
the country, since 2001)

Lokrum
- Istria
peninsula
- Camping Koversada
, located at near Vrsar
is the
biggest and one of the first naturist resorts in
Europe.
- Camping Valalta, located at near
Rovinj
.
- Kvarner
gulf
- Cres
island. There are two beautiful beaches with naturist hotels
and campings, one is Kovačine near the city of Kres, and
the other is Baldarin near Punta Križa, located at .
- Krk
island
- Losinj
island, Mali
Lošinj, FKK beaches like Sunčana Uvala located around
.
A few internet resources follows:
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Pärnu, Estonia
Estonian naturist beaches are overseen by NGO Estnat. No tickets
are necessary.
- Tallinn
, an unofficial, but tolerated naturist
beach. Situated about 3 km north-east of the ferry
port, at the very northern end of textiler beach.
- Helsinki
:
- Pihlajasaari
: Has a unisex nudist beach, consisting almost
entirely of rocky cliffs, with no sand. Not very suitable for swimming.
- Seurasaari
: Separate nudist beaches for men and women.
No unisex nudist area.
- Pori
:
- Yyteri
: A very
small part of the main Yyteri beach is designated as a unisex
nudist beach. A flat beach covered in sand and much more
suitable for swimming than Pihlajasaari.
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Naturist beach at Port Leucate
(Aude),France, which illustrates the mixed clothing habits on
leading French beaches

Cap d'Agde
- Many naturist resorts exist on the Atlantic coast, e.g.
CHM-Montalivet
, Euronat
, La Jenny.
- Cap d'Agde, Quartier Naturiste
: sandy beach, several swimming pools, but also nude
shopping, etc. [396577], map
- Île du Levant
- Héliopolis
- Pampelonne near Saint-Tropez

- There are beaches on many rivers, some well known, some
informal: Céze, Ardeche, Truyère
- There are resorts in the Alpes, Pyrenees, Cevennes
- Orient Beach[396578] on the Caribbean
island of Saint Martin
(part of Guadeloupe
)
- The more
well known coastal nudist Beaches in France
- Topfreedom is tolerated (and
common) on almost all beaches.
Resources
- Naturisme.fr - Search engine for naturism in
France, page in English
- www.euro-naturisme.com - Search engine for naturism in
France and Europe, page in French, English, German
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Naturist beach in Germany.
- Apart from urban areas and official baths, nude bathing is
usual in Germany: unofficial nudist areas exist at most lakes and
rivers, and other sites, such as abandoned rock quarries.
- Many
designated FKK areas exist at the seaside, at lakes and in baths,
especially in the former East Germany
, where nudism remains more widespread than in the
west.
- Families especially like to spend their leisure time in
naturist areas; sauna bathing is generally
practiced in the nude.
- Even
in cities there are clothing-optional areas, e.g. the Schönfeldwiese in
the Englischer Garten in Munich
, near the
city centre; also, the southern part of Feldmochinger See, in the
northwestern suburb, the peninsula in Lake Feringasee in the Northeast and the Flaucher at
the river Isar
south of
the city center of Munich.
- nacktbaden.de is a very comprehensive and regularly
updated German index of nudist areas.
- Baden-Baden
German city located near the French border.
This city has many natural mineral springs and numerous clothes
free bath houses are located. An excellent starting point in
Germany.

Komos Beach on the south coast of
Crete, near Matala
- Naturism is practised widely in the Greek Islands although,
strictly speaking, legal only in a relatively few designated
locations but almost on all islands there are unofficial nudist
beaches; The most comprehensive information about Greek nudist
beaches can be found in Captain Barefoot's Naturist Guide. [396579]
- [396580] Greeknaturism.com contains list of nudist
beaches around Greece, a forum, photos of beaches and general
info
- [396581] contains a listing of suitable beaches with
photographs.
- Crete
- the beach of Glyka Nera near Loutro

- Crete
- Plakias
- south-eastern part of the beach
- Crete - - North from Matala, a very long
nude beach - south part of the beach used by clothed people
- Crete
- Sougia
- eastern
part of the beach
- Santorini - Vlychada beach - southern
part of the beach
- Northern Sporades - Skopelos
island - Velanio
- Topfree is tolerated on almost all
beaches.
The most significant places:
Smaller ones: Egerszalók, Látóképi-tó, Dunaszekcsö, Omszki-tó, Lupa-tavak (Budakalász
), Debreceni-tó
(Nyékládháza
), Nemesbük
, Mindszent
, Szalkszentmárton
etc.
- Calabria, Isola di
Capo Rizzuto
, Pizzo Greco camping.
- Emilia-Romagna, spiaggia
naturista ufficiale del Lido di
Dante, is a beach plenty of voyeur male and hedonist couples
that hide in the rear forestal area pineta. Is not a
relaxing place and is not suitable for children. Located at
- Friuli-Venezia Giulia , Cava Casali
beach near Sistiana
and Duino
(Trieste)
– km. 137 state road 14.
- Friuli-Venezia Giulia , Costa dei
Barbari beach near Sistiana
and Duino
(Trieste)
– km. 139 state road 14.
- Friuli-Venezia Giulia , Filtri beach
near Sistiana
and Grignano (Trieste)–
km. 143 state road 14.
- Lazio , Arenauta beach
near Sperlonga
– km. 24,5 state road 213.
- Roma
, to the
south-west, on the Tirrenian sea, is found the Oasi Naturista
di Capocotta. Official naturist
beach on the coast between Ostia
and
Torvaianica.
- Roma
, to the
north is located the small lake Lake Martignano
, near Falconeto and
Anguillara
Sabazia
. Entrance from the Anguillarese road, beach
located at . The side to the right of the main beach, very far from
the entrance, is reserved to naturism (avoid bringing children,
dogs, music).
- Sardinia Hundreds of small, secluded
beaches can occasionally become naturist corners. Traditional
places are the beaches Cala di Volpe,
Liscia di Vacca, to the north of
Pitrizza Hotel and Piccolo Pevero beach, the far side to the
right after the rocks.
- Sicily, camping lo
scoglio, Castel di Tusa (Messina
) this camping has a naturist area and
bach
- Sicily, spiaggia
del Canneto beach, located at in Lipari
island,
far from the north coast of Sicily.
- Sicily, hotel Raya and beaches in
Panarea
island, at .
- Tuscany - In the
giant sandy beach Marina di
Alberese, near Grosseto
, there is an area where nudism is legalised, around
. The area is very far (2 km) from the carpark, and has
NO structures.
- Tuscany, the middle
part of the giant beach Feniglia (where the
painter Caravaggio died, in the forest
behind the beach), with its center at in Argentario peninsula, near Grosseto
.
- Tuscany, in Elba
island,
the beaches Acquarilli
Capoliveri and Fetovaia.
- Venice
, beach in
Isola del Morto island, near Eraclea
.
There are several locations in Ireland for nude recreation. Please
see: http://www.irishnaturism.org/imagemap.php, for details.
Latvian naturist beaches are overseen by the `Latvian Naturist
Association`.
- Vecāķi official naturist beach.
The biggest of Latvia's naturist beaches, situated a little way
north of Vecāķi village. To get there from Riga take the
Riga-Saulkrasti railway line and get off at Vecāķi or bus
Nr200&204.
- Inčupe naturist beach. A medium sized beach,
situated near the Saulkrasti
railway line on the southern bank of the Inčupe
river about 50 km from Riga.
- Lielupe beach. A small, unofficial
naturist beach, on the left bank of the Lielupe river delta.
- Ventspils
city has an official naturist beach.
- Liepāja
unofficial naturist beach. Also quite small,
situated about 3 km south of Liepaja.
Naturist beaches in Lithuania are overseen by local communities.
- Palanga
beach - A small, unofficial naturist beach, about
30 km from the Latvian border. Naturists only use this
place at certain hours of the day.
- Klaipeda
naturist beach - A large official naturist
beach. Access by ferry going to Delfinarium (Sea
Museum) situated on the Curonian Spit
.
- Nida naturist beach - A very large,
official naturist beach. Located on the north shore of the Curonian
Spit, just a few kilometers east of the border of Russian Kaliningrad
enclave.
- Ada
Bojana
, the biggest nudist beach in the
country
- Jaz
, the
southernmost part of the beach used to be declared nudist but was
made regular in 2007
- Ratac, is outside Bar in the direction of
Budva
- Njivice, a village on the south-western shore of the Bay of
Hecrg Novi (Boka Kotorska bay) the nudist beach is located on Hotel
Riviers's beach
- Almere
,
Zilverstrand
- Amsterdam
, Amsterdams Bos, officially designated nudist area
called Zonneweide (from April 1 through September 30)
- Bloemendaal aan Zee
, nude beach at the north part of the
beach
- Callantsoog
, sandy beach 1.5 km to the south - the oldest
official nude beach in the country, dating from 1973
- Delft, Grote Plas, northeast
side ( map)
- Rijswijk, Wilhelmina Park,
south side ( map)
- Scheveningen,
The
Hague
, sandy beach 1 km to the north
- The Hague, Zuiderstrand, approx. 300 m of sandy beach
- Kijkduin
, The Hague, 2 beaches
- IJmuiden
, nude beach at the south part of the
beach
- Zandvoort
, sandy beach 2 km to the south
- for more, see [396586], [396587]; beach locations are defined by
km-pole numbers, indicated on wooden poles every 250 m.
See
map (zip-file) with beach from Den Helder
to Hoek van Holland
, showing these numbers and also public transport
info.
- Municipalities with a beach (usually including quiet parts)
tend to have a nudist beach; even if the municipality does not like
it, it designates a quiet part as such in order to be able to
forbid nudity on the rest of the beach.
- In the Netherlands tanning top free is legal on almost all
beaches.

The beach at Huk.
The
Scandinavian Naturist Portal This Naturist Portal covers
naturism in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and they have a
list of nude beaches along with a
Google Earth KZM file.
Nudist
beaches at Neptun, Costinesti
, 2
Mai
and Vama
Veche
sea resorts, on the Black Sea
.
Topfree is tolerated on almost all beaches.
England:
- Parson's Pleasure
, Oxford
(closed in 1991)
- Holkham
Beach, Norfolk
- Corton
Beach, near Lowestoft
, Suffolk
- St
Osyth
, near Clacton-on-Sea
, Essex
- Highgate Ponds
, Hampstead Heath
, London
- Leysdown
East Beach, Isle of Sheppey
, North Kent
- Fairlight Glen
, near Hastings
, East
Sussex
- Birling Gap
, between Eastbourne
and Seaford
, East Sussex
- Brighton
, East Sussex
- Eastney
Beach, Portsmouth
, Hampshire
- Blackgang
Beach, near Blackgang Chine,
Isle of
Wight

- Studland Bay
, Dorset
- most famous UK nudist beach, now officially
approved (after years of controversy) by landowner the
National Trust
- Ringstead Bay
, Weymouth
, Dorset
- Weston Mouth
, near Sidmouth
, South Devon
- Budleigh Salterton
, South Devon
- Slapton Sands
, between Dartmouth
and Kingsbridge
, South Devon
- Downderry
, South East Cornwall
Wales:
Scotland:
See also
Places in
Europe