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Beyond the Spa: Why going nude is the ultimate wellness experience

Beyond the Spa: Why going nude is the ultimate wellness experience

This blog post has been sponsored by Riva Bella in Corsica, a top-class naturist resort where your wellness is considered the highest value.   Over the last several decades, everything related to mental and physical wellness has been trending. Spa retreats, yoga classes, digital detoxes, infrared saunas, green smoothies, dopamine balancing, we don’t know where they came from but suddenly there was no way to avoid them. What this says about the world we’re currently … Read more

Clothes-Free Camping in Europe

Clothes-Free Camping in Europe: From Basic to Boutique

The European naturist season is just around the corner. We can feel it in our toes. And in our inbox, where the yearly steady flow of messages asking for vacation advice is going strong again. We like that, though. As kids, we dreamt of being able to fly, become invisible or read people’s minds. Little did we know that one day we would actually get a real superpower: Helping people find great destinations for their … Read more

What if your partner is not a nudist?

What if Your Partner is not a Nudist?

During the last several weeks, we’ve been receiving an increasing number of questions about how to convince your partner to try nudism. Or in some cases even how to make them allow you to be naked. Maybe it’s the time of the year, spring is in the air and the opportunities to spend some time outside without clothes are growing. You see the pictures on social media and you dream of joining. But your better … Read more

From Fear to Freedom: How to Overcome the Anxiety of Going Nude

From Fear to Freedom: How to Overcome the Anxiety of Going Nude

When chatting with naturists, nudists, or anyone we meet without clothes, one regret echoes universally: “I wish I had discovered this sooner in my life.” You can see in their eyes how much they wish they could turn back time and spend those previous decades enjoying nude beaches or clothes-free resorts.   Digging deeper into why it took them so long to finally take that first step, we hear the same reasons repeatedly. “I didn’t … Read more

10 Excellent Places to go Clothes-Free for the First Time

10 Excellent Places to go Clothes-Free for the First Time

We still remember that feeling, though it grows fainter with each passing year. Yet, every now and then, we like to revisit it. There you are, having just read or heard or seen something about social nudity and suddenly, there’s a spark. Curiosity takes hold, and you find yourself wanting to know more. But where do you even begin?   Millions have been in this situation before and there are thousands of places to choose … Read more

No more bathing suits on German nude beaches

No more bathing suits on German nude beaches

Someone forwarded us this newspaper article today. Thanks to Google Translate, we learned that new rules will be applied to nude beaches in the German region Rostock, making it illegal to wear anything but your birthday suit. This decision is part of a new set of beach rules for the area, which is no less than 23 pages long. Obviously, the very first thought that shot through our heads was “WTF??? 23 PAGES OF RULES?“ … Read more

Why Bianca Censori’s Grammys Stunt Has Nothing to Do with Naturism

Why Bianca Censori’s Grammys Stunt Has Nothing to Do with Naturism

In case you’ve missed the news, here’s briefly what happened: Kanye West and his wife Bianca Censori were not invited to the Grammys but showed up anyway. He was wearing his typical fully black attire and Bianca had a thick black fur coat. When they arrive at the red carpet, Bianca turns around, takes off the coat, and appears to be fully naked. Well, technically she was wearing a dress, but one that’s more see-through … Read more

10 Nude Beaches You Need to Visit in 2025

10 Nude Beaches You Need to Visit in 2025

Last year, we explored some of the world’s most stunning nude beaches in Spain, France, Croatia, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, and the UK. With pretty much all of 2025 still ahead of us, we wanted to share some of our personal favourites. Whether you’re a seasoned naturist or considering your first clothing-free experience, we hope this guide inspires your next adventure!     Spain: Formentera’s Playa Ses Illetes Let’s start in Spain, where we … Read more

The 10 most common questions about Nude Beaches answered

The 10 Most Common Questions about Nude Beaches Answered

Over the years, we have received thousands of messages from people who are about to visit their first nude beach or who have been to some before but still find it confusing. We like to say that it’s not rocket science, but in fact, it’s not a science at all. And that’s what can make it complicated. One nude beach is not the other and even culture can influence how people perceive going naked.   … Read more

Social Media Censorship: The Community Reacts

Social Media Censorship: The Community Reacts

If you’re a naturist content creator or just anyone who likes to share advice, experiences, or thoughts about naturism online, the terms “shadowbanning”, “Facebook jail”, “content removal”, and the most unfortunate one, “total ban”, probably make all the hairs on your body come straight up.   It’s an endless cat-and-mouse game in which we, the content creators try to adjust to the tight rules of social media (and maybe bend them here and there) and … Read more