Danes are Europe’s keenest nudists in principle and practice, survey suggests

A nudist beach in Germany, whose reputation for embracing public nakedness appears challenged by the results of the survey across six countries. Photograph: imageBROKER/Alamy

Germans may have a hard-won reputation for being Europe’s most enthusiastic nudists, but a survey suggests Danes are not only more accepting of stripping off in public, but more likely to have actually done so.

The YouGov survey of six western European countries – the UK, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Spain – found that Danes were the most likely to say it was perfectly OK to bare all in public places – and to have followed through.