In case you were planning on going hiking with no clothes on this summer holiday, you will be disappointed to hear that it’s no longer allowed in the Swiss canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden. If you are found hiking in the lovely mountains of this tiny Swiss canton wearing only hiking boots you will be fined.
So how did this come about? Well, the local government of this picturesque canton found that it had to take action when naked hiking suddenly became popular in the region. The sudden influx of nude hikers happened a couple of years ago, with most of the naturists being from Germany, where FKK, or “free body culture” is quite popular. This did not please the worthy citizens of Appenzell Innerrhoden, which is considered to be one of the most conservative regions of Switzerland, only giving women the vote in 1990.
"We were forced to introduce the legislation against this indecent practice before the warm weather starts," said Melchior Looser, justice minister of the canton said earlier in the year.
"The point is many children visit our mountains in the summer".
In the UK Steve Gough, aka The Naked Rambler, walked from Lands End to John O’Groats in the nuddy, but was arrested and imprisoned several times.
So if you still fancy some naked hiking you could head for Alaska, where nude hiking is largely tolerated, probably because your chances of running into other human beings in the wilderness are fairly remote.
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