10 Best Nudist Beaches in Germany

The adjoining beaches of Buhne 16 and Kampen line the long and sandy western shore of Sylt Island. Lapped by the calm waves of the Wadden Sea, this is where the country’s first official nudist beach was established back in the 1920s. The Freikörperkultur (FKK) movement eventually spread all over the island several decades later, making Sylt a naturist’s go-to island escape.

Besides Kampen and Buhne 16, you’ll find more spots where you can bare it all and go skinny dipping in the North Sea. Follow the remote western shoreline towards Sylt’s far northern end, and you’ll find them specially marked. Among them are Abyssinia Naturist Beach (Abessinien FKK Strand) and Samoa Naturist Beach (Samoa FKK-Strand).

Ording Nord Naturist Beach (Badestelle Ording Nord FKK) forms part of the long northern coast of the popular German seaside spa town known as Sankt Peter-Ording. One of the coastal area’s most unique features is the vast swathes of dunes and sandbanks – impressive features to complement your naturist’s beach escape.

Ording’s wide sandy coast – mostly the width of a football field – slopes gently into the calm waves, offering plenty of space to roam or sunbathe. Beyond the FKK-designated area, the southmost coast is for the general, clothed public. Halfway between, the beach often sees surfer crowds chasing ridable waves just a short paddle out.

Warnemünde Naturist Beach (FKK Strand Warnemünde) is a designated naturist area on the coast close to Rostock in northern Germany. The region’s coastline is especially known for its beautiful Blue Flag beaches with wide and sandy shores, shallow blue waters, and some sections with lightly wooded cliffs.

The beach is about 13 km north of the city hub. The nudist section is about 1.5 km west of the port at the Warnow River’s mouth. A series of numbered trails allow you to access the coast across dunes, with the FKK area accessible at number 20. Further west, the scene changes to low cliffs with the beach’s broadest part attended by the clothed crowd.

The Naturist Lido of Müggelsee (FKK Strandbad Müggelsee) is part of a natural open-air swimming facility on the north shore of Lake Müggelsee. This lido in Berlin’s eastern suburbs dates back to 1910 with the establishment of the Freibad Müggelsee.

The whole lido with its natural sandy shore is approximately 250 metres long. Its FKK-dedicated western end is about 150 metres long and there are lightly wooded sunbathing areas in between the designated areas. The water remains shallow for about 60 metres into the lake – it offers great swimming for young and old.

Flaucher FKK Strand on the Isar riverside in Munich is a unique place to experience the ‘free body culture’ among leafy surroundings. The Flaucher is one of the coolest spots to escape the hustle and bustle of the city, with scenic wooded hiking trails by the Isar and charming historic buildings en route. It’s stunning in autumn.

In summer, though, locals often bring their picnic baskets or barbecues down to the riverside. Some stay on into the night with small fires lit up. The stream is quite cold during most times of the year, but it’s a popular spot for a refreshing skinny dip during the warm and sunny season.

Priwall Naturist Beach (FKK Strand Priwall) is part of a nature reserve on the namesake peninsula, with diverse landscapes by the Baltic Sea. The wide beach with its low-lying dunes and wooded areas offers a tranquil getaway from the crowds of the resort town of Travemünde.

The beach gently slopes down to the shallow waters of the calm sea and there’s ample space where you bare it all and soak up some of the sun’s rays. The coast stretches for about a kilometre with the FKK-designated area marked at its easternmost part. Interestingly, this is the exact former border between West Germany and East Germany.

Duhnen Beach (Strand Duhnen) stretches along the northern Wadden Sea coast of the rural seaside town of Cuxhaven in Lower Saxony. The long, flat, and sandy 4-km-long coast is the town’s main draw, with the 125-metre-long designated naturist area of FKK Strand Duhnen at its westernmost end.

The beach of Duhnen hardly ever gets crowded. The small FKK-designated area is surrounded by a brushwood fence, offering an added degree of privacy. Even so, you can usually walk out of this ‘compound’ to freely skinny dip in the calm and shallow waters.

Absberg Naturist Beach (FKK Strand Absberg) forms part of the Badestrand Hopfenstrand, a lush park on the northwestern shores of the Brombachsee reservoir lake in Bavaria. It’s well-protected and is popular in summer, with plenty of space for a picnic and with calm, shallow, and swimmable waters just a few metres away.

Accessible down from the parking spot on the Seespitz route, the wooded path opens to a serene lakeshore beach that is small and pebbly. To its east is Restaurant Seeklause serving German cuisine and the Spielplatz Seespitz children’s playground. Further east, an adjacent causeway divides the lake into 2 parts – Kleiner and Großer Brombachsee. There’s a larger and more public beach with yachting facilities right next to it.

Ahlbeck Naturist Beach (FKK Strand Ahlbeck) is part of the 2-km-long coastal stretch between the namesake seaside resort town and the border with Poland. Therefore, you’ll find large signs designating the clothing-optional FKK areas in both German and Polish. The area itself stretches for about half a kilometre.

The island of Usedom itself is known for its beautiful Baltic beaches and verdant nature parks. Ahlbeck’s sun-drenched nudist beach enjoys similar traits with its low-lying grassy dunes, wide and gently sloping fine white sand, and calm shallow waves for swimming in the buff.

Pohl Dam Naturist Beach (Talsperre Pöhl FKK Strand) in Saxony attracts bare-it-all summer beachgoers to its quaint setting on the northeastern shore of the namesake reservoir lake. It features a leafy forest and a small pebbly beach beyond a large grassy area – you can park your car or campervan on the lawn when the small roadside space maxes out.

You can leave your clothes in the boot and freely roam in your birthday suit out around the meadows and by the lakeshore – the whole area is officially FKK-designated. Many weekenders even camp the night by the Talsperre Pöhl, though there’s a designated campground just for that to the west, namely the FKK Wohnmobilstellplatz.