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Some of My Favourite Naturist Links

This list is very far from being exhausting or complete.

I only choose a few sites I like most of all that may serve as convenient starting points for travelling around the Web or direct one to a place than "on the spot".
I would be thankful to anyone for more tips about non-commercial naturist sites containing interesting information, remarkable thoughts, good pictures, and directions to the naturists sites worldwide.

Telord Naturists' Association
Site of the Moscow-based Association of Russian Naturists, Telord (a Russian abbreviation of Body, Mind & Soul): naturist activities in Moscow, galleries, on-site reports, and a lot of other information.
The site is in Russian.
Kiev Commonwealth of Naturists
Site of an official organization of the naturists of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine: naturist activities in Kiev, "Obolon" beach at the Dnieper river, travel impressions, references to the coverage of Ukrainian naturist resorts in English-language naturist magazines;
The site is in Russian and English.
Nudism in Russia
A "historical" attempt of 1998 to give a practical overview of, and directions to, naturists beaches in Russia and other new independent states of the former Soviet Union; seems not to have been updated since, with the links to some pictures lost;
The site is in Russian and English.
Information Site on Naturism
Site run by Vasily Stepanov, naturist of St. Petersburg, Russia. A big selection of information materials, articles and other items referring to the history and current state of naturism in Russia and abroad.
The site is in Russian.
Naturist Forum
The most popular of Russian-language forums on naturism. Unfortunately, the forum has been spoilt by an excess of irrelevant twaddle in the past couple of years.
The forum is in Russian.
"Naturway" Tourist Agency
The first Russian tourist agency specializing for long in tours to the naturist resorts worldwide (Spain, France, Greece, Croatia, Montenegro, Austria, the Caribbeans, sea cruises, etc); the agency is Moscow-based.
The site is in Russian.
"MIG travel" Tourist Agency
Tourist agency in St. Petersburg specializing, among others, in the tours to naturist resorts outside Russia (Spain, France, Greece, Croatia, the Caribbeans, sea cruises, etc.).
The site is in Russian.
Welcome to Koktebel
A site about the famous Black Sea resort Koktebel in the Crimea, Ukraine. The nude beach at Koktebel exists for about a century. Many a celebrity of the Russian and Ukranian art and literature used to come there. Naturism has been seeing a rebirth and growing popularity ever since 1980's, so Koktebel attracts a lot of people from Ukraine, Russia and other countries of the xUSSR nowadays;
Koktebel is a wonderful place! A lot of the Author's personal impressions and reminiscences are connected with it.
The site is in Russian..
"Hymnos", Novosibirsk Naturist Club
Site of one of the two naturist associations of the city of Novosibirsk, the capital of Siberia. Presented at the site a List of Naturist Beaches of Russia and other countries of the ex-USSR with the descriptions of the ways of access and local conditions (unfortunately, the information is partly obsolete).
The site is in Russian.
Wikipedia: Nude Beaches
The Nude Beaches category directory in English-language Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia on the world-wide web, with links and indications of the topical Wikipedia resources.
Wikipedia: Naturism, in Russian
Naturism, an artilce with some external links in the Russian-language version of Wikipedia.
Being and Nakedness
A lot of remarks, quotations and references about naturism, and a Comprehensive Naturist/nudist Site List; Charles Daney (USA), not updated since 2005.
Nude Crawler
Willing to become the largest nudist/naturist directory on the Net, collecting links from everywhere.
Links to Naturist Sites
A huge collection of naturist links by Kent Ashton of Canada, not updated since 2005.
FKK - Naturismus - Nudismus
One of the leading German naturist sites; a big list of links to naturist resources, sites of individuals, naturist organizations and tourist agencies; a German-language forum.
The site is in German.
Internationale Naturisten Föderation/International Naturist Federation/Fédération Naturiste Internationale
International public body to unite naturists and to defend the interests of hundreds of thousands of organised naturists and millions of non-organised people practising naturism worldwide; based in the Netherlands:
      INF/FNI, Gravenhof 38, NL-6715 AN, Netherlands.
      E-Mail:
naturism@inf-fni.org.
Links to web-sites and contact information of the national member organizations of naturists worldwide.
American Association for Nude Recreation, ANNR
An official site of AANR, perhaps the largest organization of nudists in the world existing from 1931, with nearly 50,000 members.
ClothesFree International, Inc.
A California based USA organization to promote clubs, beaches and associations, trying to be less formal and to withstand smut in the naturists' Internet; video clips and photos, most of them chargeable with some free specimens; a very good and regularly updated collection of mass media reports on naturism and nudity worldwide: Nudes in the News.
NetNude
International Naturist Stuff. A Canadian site – one of the biggest and best organized online naturist web directories: organizations and private pages, with a commercial subdivision TanPages to advertise tourist operators and various naturist stuff.
Bare Beaches
A page of British publishers Lifestyle Press Ltd. on book "Bare Beaches", a guide to nude beaches all around the world. The Updates page of this site brings the news and latest information about popular nude recreation destinations.
World Beach List
The "Clothing Optional (aka Nude or Naturist) Beaches" page at World Beach List site: a browsable list of some of the nude beaches all around the world, categorized by regions and countries, with relevant Google maps and links to the reviews and topical web sites.
FKK Reiseführer
German "Naturist Travel Guide": one of the best and well organized web directories on the naturist resorts and beaches in Europe, with links to specialized German travel agencies; in German.
H&E Naturist
Formerly, just "Health & Efficiency"; one of the best naturist magazines, and the World's longest running one: since 1900, published in the UK monthly.
N Magazine
Formerly, "Nude & Natural", still former, "Clothed with the Sun", a magazine by The Naturist Society founded by Lee Baxandall, the author of the famous "World Guide to Nude Beaches and Resorts" available through many booksellers, including Amazon.com.
Naturally
A USA magazine published by Internaturally Naturist Center, focusing on the description of clothes-free resorts and other naturist facilities worldwide.
Sun & Health
An Australian naturist magazine – from the sunny antipodes.
Virtually Magazine
A Canadian naturist magazine published on CD, with many other naturist products on the offer too, in English and French.
The Naturist Journal
A USA based blog to provide the latest news and discussions about naturism worldwide.
Naktbaden.de
A German naturist guide with references and descriptions of naturist beaches and facilities around Germany and in other countries.
The site is in German.
The Scandinavian Naturist Portal
Joint site of the Danish, Norwegian and Swedish national naturist federations containing a summary information on the naturist beaches, camping sites and other naturist facilities in the Scandinavian countries.
The site is in English< German, Swedish and Norwegian.
Naturisme en France
One of the most comprehensive lists and descriptions of naturist resorts, recreation centres, beaches and other facilities around France, with many links, in French.
Serveur Naturiste
A French site with good list of references to naturist resorts in France and, partly, in other countries, in French, and also partly in English.
Federación Española de Naturismo
The official site of the Spanish Federaion of Naturism, containing very good and systematized data on the naturist and clothes-optional beaches in Spain, including the Balearic and Canary Islands, with descriptions, access maps, and photos.
The site is in Spanish and English
Coccozella
A site devoted to the photos and video of public nudity: naturist beaches and recreation centres, nudism in parks in European cities, nude sporting events, carnivals and their schedules, – worldwide, but with a more focus on the USA and Canada; many resources are chargeable either in cash or in an input of pictures to the site. There is an entrance page in many languages, including Russian.
Bare to Breakers
The official site of one of the most unusual naked perfomances: a traditional 7.5 miles' run of a few hundred nude participants across the San Francisco's city streets (California, USA) as a part of the mass running event "Bay to Breakers" (i.e., from San Francisco Bay to break-waters at the Pacific coast) with tens of thousands of runners. Running naked is legal over there, and everyone is invited to take part; the "Bare to Breakers" annual run is usually scheduled for the end of April or for May.


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