Getting to the bottom of Germany's love of nudity...

On a balmy summer day, the Schaabe looks like a slice of paradise.

The narrow spit of forest-covered land is fringed by a 6-mile beach of fine white sand lapped by the deep blue Baltic Sea.

Kids splash in the gentle surf, couples stroll hand-in-hand along the shore, families picnic on herring and beer, a naked guy stands in line at the ice-cream trolley.

In fact, there are naked people all over the place.

This is one of hundreds of FKK beaches across Germany that are open to followers of nudism, known here as Freikoerperkultur — Free Body Culture. Full story...

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