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Germans no longer champs of baring it all on the beach

Germany might not be favourite to win the Euros this summer. But there was one crown we thought they would never give up - being Europe's best at getting naked on the beach.

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Nudist clubs shed more members than clothes

Many Germans still love to bask naked on the beaches of Spain and France but at home, long the land of the all-over tan, the nudist movement is in decline.

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Town stumbles over naked rambling route

A town has hit problems trying to open Germany's third naked rambling route with authorities having a hard time deciding where to put it. They said on Thursday it would take until 2015 to find a path quiet enough.

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Naked rock musical proves too big a hit with nudists

Plans to offer free entry to the rock muscial <i>Naked</i> to audience members who turn up in the nude at the Muscial Theatre Bremen were scrapped on Friday due to overwhelming demand.

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Signs ease German-Polish nude bathing war

A long-running row between German nude bathers and their more modest Polish counterparts in the Baltic Sea resort of Usedom was eased on Monday after signs were erected on the beach dividing it into nudist and textile-wearing zones.