As the nights get longer, why not visit Berlin to engage in the German tradition of letting your body bathe in light?
, I was mortified when a man, who looked like a pool attendant, told me off for wearing a bikini. Berliners are famously straight-talking and hard to insult, but wearing your wet swimwear on a hot wooden bench will do it.
This year, the capital’s public pools were forced to change their clothing policies after two women demanded gender equality – now, topless bathing is allowed for men and women. Blankets await patrons at pavement cafes, curtains hang at the entrance of bars to keep out draughts and the Jack Wolfskin jackets are retrieved from the closet. In recent years, Berlin has become a hotspot for digital and creative nomads and, by turn, the offerings on its winter wellness menu have become increasingly eclectic – visitors will have no trouble finding something to suit every taste, with clothes off or on.in Neukölln.
Later, you can check out the saunas or follow the live music to the bar to get a mocktail, although you might need something stronger: at both Vabali and Liquidrom saunas are “textile free”.Take it to church. A third of Germany is forest and as expressed in the poems of Goethe or the stories of The Brothers Grimm, the German yearning for kinship with the trees runs deep.
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