The beach is an obvious place, the countryside less so. On many southern European beaches the clothed and the nude happily share the sands. This is not allowed here. Nudity is a state of mind and body that is liberating. Nudists are vexed by segregation and angered at being one notch up from sexual exhibitionists in the eyes of the law.
Nudists require the ability to pursue discreet nudity in public free of such constraints.
Yours sincerely, Mark Nisbet Dear Mark, I feel that you are confusing several issues. In Denmark, Article 232 of the Criminal Code can and has been used to prosecute naturists. More commonly the matter is left to local police discretion under the Police Code. This is similar to what we do here where police will act under their general powers to prevent breaches of the peace rather than use more severe powers under criminal statutes. What you are saying is that in most areas in the UK we aren't happy to share our public parks with people wandering about in the nude over the age of about five.