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Naked Topless Sunbathing: UK swimwear brand Pour Moi produced this new map after researching where naked topless sunbathing is allowed around the world.
Countries in green legally accept nudism and being 'topless'.
Amber spots find public nudity unacceptable, but there are specific spots for naked sunbathing.
Countries in red strictly prohibit public nudity.
Of the sites in gray there is not enough information.
Courtesy of Pour Moi
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Don't take off your top in Tennessee!
States in green legally accept nudism and being 'topless'.
Amber states consider public nudity unacceptable, but there are specific spots to sunbathe in the nude.
States in red strictly prohibit public nudity.
Of the sites in gray there is not enough information.
Courtesy of Pour Moi
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Clothing is optional: Although it is still taboo in many places, putting clothes aside on the shore has become a common practice around the world in recent times.
Here are 15 beaches to go and get naked.
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Lady Bay Beach, Sydney, Australia - Located in the interior of Sydney Harbor's South Head, this small, narrow beach, which was first granted legal status in 1976, is incredibly isolated considering its location in the city.
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Cap d'Agde Beach, Agde, France - Known as the "Naked City", the Cap d'Agde naturist resort is one of the largest nude beach resorts in the world.
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Zipolite Beach, Oaxaca, Mexico: Zipolite Beach, featured in the 2001 Mexican film "Y tu mama tambien," stretches for two kilometers and is accepted as a clothing-optional beach (although it is not legal here).
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Mpenjati Beach, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: South Africa's only official nude beach, located in the Mpenjati Nature Reserve, south of Durban, received official nude beach status in 2014. (Credit: Rajesh Jantilal / AFP / Getty Images)
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Little Beach, Maui, Hawaii - Part of Makena State Park on the island's southeast coast, this clothing-optional beach overlooks a national marine sanctuary famous for its sea turtles, dolphins, whales, and tropical fish.
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Neve Midbar, North of the Dead Sea, Israel: Located at the northern end of the Dead Sea, this is the only place where you can photograph yourself floating naked on the lake and smeared with the black mud of the Dead Sea.
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Praia Massarandupió, Bahia, Brazil: Located a two-hour drive north of Salvador, this beautiful Brazilian naturist beach is nestled among coconut trees, rolling dunes, and perfect waves.
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Spiaggia di Guvano, Vernazza, Italy: Located in the Cinque Terre area, this primeval Italian nudist beach is only accessible via an abandoned rail tunnel on a road from the village of Corniglia and has no facilities whatsoever.
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For those who are fond of relaxing naked, there are no parts of the body "where the sun does not reach."
And with the right protection - a generous layer of sunscreen and masks when needed - there are many places in the world where it is safe and legal to strip off your clothes and offer your skin to delicious warm rays on the beach.
British swimwear brand Pour Moi has created a new map that reveals the 39 countries that allow topless and nude sunbathing and the 38 countries where it is too risky.
The team spent weeks researching individual countries' laws and cross-referencing them with travel forums, blogs, and social media posts.
Country classification
The resulting map classifies the countries in four colors: green, red, amber, and gray.
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Europe is the continent that most accepts uncovering.
Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark and Germany are some of the many countries where you can easily find beaches that welcome you as you came to the world.
Even in the UK topless is completely legal, if done discreetly.
The countries colored red are those where public nudity of any kind is completely unacceptable or illegal.
Think twice before throwing your panties to the wind in Morocco, Grenada, Bahrain or Belarus.
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You'd better pack a bathing suit in your suitcase before traveling to any of the 29 amber-colored countries, where the laws can be ambiguous or there are very few places where you can safely undress.
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These places, like Tunisia, where 'topless' sunbathing is sometimes allowed in private hotels, but generally not acceptable on public beaches, will require you to do a little more research before undressing.
The countries in gray are the ones that Pour Moi doesn't have enough information about to rank, so stay covered.
Countries in green legally accept nudism and being 'topless'.
Amber spots find public nudity unacceptable, but there are specific spots for naked sunbathing.
Countries in red strictly prohibit public nudity.
Of the sites in gray there is not enough information.
Courtesy of Pour Moi
Nudism in the USA
Pour Moi also created a map dedicated to the United States.
Do not take off your top in Tennessee, or your underwear in Indiana, do not uncover in Utah and be careful with your clothes in South Carolina.
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"Laws on public nudity can be confused with the rules governing nude sunbathing, as many countries say that public nudity is illegal, but it is actually okay to sunbathe topless," says Pour Moi.
"For most countries, 'intent to offend' is what differentiates trying to take vitamin D without tan lines from someone who strips or shows off."
The confinement increases interest in nude beaches
Swimwear specialists have also researched what the world has Googled during those long months of confinement.
They report that in the last 12 months there have been more than 10.7 million searches worldwide for "nude beaches," "nude resorts," and "naked sunbathing."
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As these are English terms, the results naturally lean towards English-speaking countries.
Most of those searches were in the United States, Japan, and Brazil, but when population size is taken into account, the nations most avid for nude beach content are Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland.
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Pour Moi reports that sunbathing topless is legal in Australia, that it has a green light, and that there are many beaches dedicated to the practice of nudism.
New Zealand is an amber-colored country with "designated nude sunbathing areas".
Ireland, for its part, with a red category, is a country in which a cozy sweater and a nice hooded coat are the beachwear of choice throughout the year, although in 2018 it debuted its first official nude beach at Hawk Cliff in Dublin.
For a country breakdown of topless and nude sunbathing regulations, and a closer look at those maps, check out the blogpost on Pour Moi's site.
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