Nudity in Germany's hotels wellness areas : why ?
Feb 10, 2016, 6:51 am
#46
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My wife's half finnish. She and our finnish relatives are always very amused by the german approach to sauna. They especially like to make fun of the fact that there have to be rules for sauna.
Feb 10, 2016, 2:12 pm
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Now, enter this context with your clothes on and people will frown upon that. The whole nakedness thing only works and if everyone is naked. If some are not, it becomes weird, also for those who are naked.
Germans are just as easily embarrassed as other people. They are just not embarrassed being naked together in a sauna or in a communal shower.
Feb 11, 2016, 5:28 am
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Feb 11, 2016, 6:30 am
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I was in Finland recently and got to talking with a Finnish woman who was telling me she has a traditional "smoke sauna" at home. I asked if she had ever had sex in the sauna and she seemed horrified that I would ask such a question. It's one thing when it's public, but in her own sauna at home? Clearly part of the sauna culture, although she's missing out in my opinion. 
Feb 11, 2016, 7:03 am
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Feb 16, 2016, 3:27 pm
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And for "Alsacienne", asking "why ?" never implied that I judge the practice as bad or good. It just means that I am curious about it.