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The untold story of Yugoslavia’s naturist paradise

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Re: The untold story of Yugoslavia’s naturist paradise

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Post by hawski »

mimac wrote: post #26

Ha! I'm a Slovene with fond memories going to FKK camps in Croatia. Koversada is like a small city where everyone is naked all the time except visiting the shop or restaurant. I feel that FKK culture has a lot to offer to children especially as they see all the varieties of naked bodies which probably helps with self-image in later years. While I don't go to FKKs anymore due to my wife, we still hunt beaches where we…

That's also my view, although I never had an opportunity to use such a beach. When my outlook on nudity changed I was already married. My wife wouldn't go to a beach like that for example. However I did enjoy far simpler and less fussy changing on Berlin beaches.

Do you mean that you are not going to FKK beaches because your wife doesn't want to? At the same time do you mean you go to baches where you can be naked privately?

Re: The untold story of Yugoslavia’s naturist paradise

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Post by Scoundreller »

benj111 wrote: post #11
paul7986 wrote: post #8

There are a few to more nude public nude beaches in the US... - Gunninson Beach in Sandy Hook, NJ - Haulover Beach in Northern Miami - Black's Beach in San Diego (anything goes there) I'm sure there are more! America isnt totally prudish!

Western mainland Europe is a lot less prudish than the US. In France you get shampoo ads that just casually show a boob, in the day time. And topless sunbathing is common around a lot of Europe.

My favourite was 50 Shades of Gray playing at 6PM on public tv (ie: everyone gets this channel).

Was a basic enough movie that I could follow along with the French subtitles. Then it was just playing in the background and only the un-translated parts stood out. Either French doesn’t have a term for “fisting” or it gets by the censors if they don’t dub it?

Re: The untold story of Yugoslavia’s naturist paradise

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Post by 2-718-281-828 »

cosmodisk wrote: post #5

To me, naturist beaches fall under the same category as saunas, when you go naked. In most cases there's virtually zero sexuality going on. Sure, there's always exceptions, where people see tits and go crazy about it, but in most cases it's completely different. I'm quite glad my country also has nudist beaches for those who want to be naked there.

> when you go naked. In most cases there's virtually zero sexuality going on

I definitely helps that most attendees are not particularly attractive. But as soon as an actually attractive girl/woman is present - I do have to manage my attention to avoid ... ahem ... drawing unwanted attention. Happens very rarely, though. And I'm saying that as someone having gone to the sauna for many years.

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just to be clearer - I never go to the sauna with sexual intentions and never ever made anybody feel uncomfortable for sure. I just don't find this often proclaimed "saunas are asexual" credible. they can be very sexual and many people go there with that mindest - as far as I can tell (as a man) mostly from the gay community. and for me as a man who very well can admire a firm female body I simply have to say that indeed it helps that there are very few of that kind. most people are old and wrinkled and I just keep my eyes everywhere else.

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also this "naked is cool" but "sexuality is inappropriate" attitude is not fitting the lifestyle and mindest described in the article. it's a prude and artificial take on human life and desires.

Re: The untold story of Yugoslavia’s naturist paradise

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Post by temp »

lakomen wrote: post #30

What I always loved about Yugoslavia was the freedom. You couldn't criticize the party but everything else was free. I was 13, at 11am I watched TV and saw a music clip where the content was 2 people fucking and smiling while doing so. They were having fun. You could drive a light motorbike, no helm, no license. The food was natural. You could sleep anywhere without anyone bothering you or having to be afraid that so…

>You couldn't criticize the party but everything else was free.

Politics wasn't free nor was there economic freedom. There's a reason why this Island had temporary visitors :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goli_Otok

Among them, not just political dissidents, people who touched on subjects they weren't supposed to touch on be it in social sciences, economics, art.

>You could drive a light motorbike, no helm, no license.

>The food was natural. You could sleep anywhere without anyone bothering you or having to be afraid that someone would steal from you.

Seems like you're just rendering a nostalgic view of the past common just about everywhere.

Re: The untold story of Yugoslavia’s naturist paradise

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Post by kugla »

credit_guy wrote: post #60
speed_spread wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I believe what OP meant is that there was no media censorship other than political.

And I think the responder is arguing that some media censorship is consistent with the concept of freedom. My freedom to swing my fist ends where your nose begins, the saying goes. I don't like to turn on the TV and get porn content, and especially I don't like my children to be exposed to that content. I'm not opposed to porn content to exist, as long as it is somehow ringfenced from the access of minors. A majority…

Comparing 'Holocaust denying propaganda' with healthy sexual activity (this is what OP is talking about) explains a lot about US puritanism.

Re: The untold story of Yugoslavia’s naturist paradise

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Post by 2-718-281-828 »

heeen2 wrote: post #34

My family visited the area almost every summer. The campsite just a few miles away (funtana) we used to go to is now a textile glamping site. I remember that it was more camping with basic facilities, dust paths and few paved roads. Now they have landscaping, a water park and much nicer facilities.

That's the sad case for most camping sites nowadays. I don't get the appeal of this hotel theme park thing where instead of rooms you sleep in a caravan or tent. Fond memories of fantastic simple camping at the south French border.

Re: The untold story of Yugoslavia’s naturist paradise

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Post by kugla »

ako wrote: post #6

I’m currently on a camping in Croatia, it’s so hot even swimming trousers feel sticky and irritating. It would be more comfortable just to be nude. FKK still seems to be booming here, I noticed huge campings, 2000 or more spots, lots of facilities, all FKK. Also spend many holidays as a kid on an FKK camping in Yugoslavia, wasn’t always easy, especially as a adolescent (always bring a towel), but it always felt like…

Sadly, the FKK seems to be in decline in Croatia. According to Slovenian newspapers the formerly FKK camping sites are slowly transitioning to clothed ones.

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Post by paulette449 »

lakomen wrote: post #30

What I always loved about Yugoslavia was the freedom. You couldn't criticize the party but everything else was free. I was 13, at 11am I watched TV and saw a music clip where the content was 2 people fucking and smiling while doing so. They were having fun. You could drive a light motorbike, no helm, no license. The food was natural. You could sleep anywhere without anyone bothering you or having to be afraid that so…

> They're indoctrinated in school with hate for Serbs

It seems like you are betraying a personal bias here. Do you have anything to support this comment? Isn't it more likely that their parents, whether Serb or Croat, have shared their personal experiences/perspectives of the Bosnian War [0] in the mid-nineties.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_War

Re: The untold story of Yugoslavia’s naturist paradise

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Post by seydor »

LatteLazy wrote: post #15

Somewhat rambling rant: I feel like there was this great period from about 1950 to the mid 70s (I wasnt born until mid 80s) where people tried new and different things. Everything from nudism to environmentalism to living in communes to drugs and sex. And now we're all back to doing the same BS things as the next guy and trying to be 1% more efficient than the next guy. Make sure you fit in. Join an HOA because you w…

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