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The Naturist Talks: Zharth from the United States

The Naturist Talks: Zharth from the USA

Naturism is a wonderful lifestyle that we try to enjoy as much as possible. In as many places as possible. Most of the time we share our own views on the different aspects of nudism but once in a while we like to pass the mic to hear about how someone else’s experiences. Via this Naturist Talks interview series, we listen to naturists from all over the world. They share their experiences, tips and stories … Read more

Review: La Genèse in Gard, France

Review: La Genèse in Gard, France

The river La Cèze, in the north of France’s Gard region, could probably better be nicknamed the “naturist river of France”. Or at least the part of it where we were heading to next. No less than three naturist campgrounds in a radius of maybe a kilometer or so have access to the river. We don’t have to tell you that bathing suits are a very rare sight in this place. Our first skinny dip … Read more

How to get a Naturist Volunteer Job

How to get a Naturist Volunteer Job

Naturist vacations come with a cost. Even if you just want to go to a naturist campsite and bring your own tent, you’ll easily pay several tens of euros or dollars per night for a pitch. And then you haven’t had lunch and a beer yet. Especially if you want to travel for several weeks or months, the bite in your budget can be significant.   Something we often forget is that there is another … Read more

Nudism in Brazil: A Complete Overview

Naturism in Brazil

Some people believe that every beach in Brazil is a nude beach. Others think that the erotic spirit of the Brazilians would never allow something like non-sexual social nudity. As always, the answer can be found in the middle. Public nudity outside of clearly designated places is definitely a big NO in Brazil. Even topless sunbathing is forbidden at most beaches. But naturism is definitely uprising in Brazil and the country has some amazing Atlantic … Read more

Naturism vs. Nudism: It's a cultural thing

Naturism vs. Nudism: It’s a cultural thing

Are you a naturist or a nudist? Or something else?   This question is a very common topic in naturist communities, especially online ones. Until about five years ago, we would have told you that we are naturists. No doubt. Because where we come from, if you can come up with any other reason to enjoy being naked except for just the sake of it, you are a naturist.   In fact, to us, the … Read more

The benefits of sleeping naked

Depending on which statistics you believe, about 10 to 25 percent of the world population prefers to sleep naked. That’s not much. Of course we can understand that if you’re an eskimo living in an iglo or a nomad sleeping on the floor of a tent in the desert at temperatures going well below zero that you may perfer to put some socks on, but other than that, why on earth would you choose to … Read more

8 Tips for going nude in Brazil

8 Tips for going nude in Brazil

After spending three months searching for the best nude beaches and naturist resorts in Brazil and visiting more or less all of them, we can tell you that we learned quite a bit about nudism in Brazil. It’s been an interesting journey, that’s the least we can say. We met some wonderful people along the way, engaged in living the nudist lifestyle, and in promoting nudism throughout the country. And we found some differences with … Read more

How to find other nudists

How to Find Other Nudists

Nudism is a social thing. Although there definitely is a large group of home nudists, the large majority of nudists do enjoy social nudity. The most obvious choice for your first nudist friend is, of course, your partner. Next up are your kids. Just like so many things in life, also nudism is better if you can share it with your loved ones. But what if you don’t have a partner or a family or … Read more

9 tips for the first time nudie couple

We’ve been talking about how to take the first steps as a male nudist or as a female nudist, but the best way to start with nudism (at least to us because that’s how we started) is as a couple. Most probably one of the two will drop the idea “honey, what about going on a nude vacation this summer?”. The other half will then respond with a “Yay, I want this too” or a … Read more