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46-489: The island is 14 by 2.5 kilometres (8.7 by 1.6 mi), having a total area of about 26.3 square kilometres (10.2 sq mi) and is therefore Germany's ninth-largest island. Norderney's population amounts to about 5,850 people. In 1946 Norderney gained municipal status and belongs to the Aurich "Kreis" (county). On the northern side of the island lies a 14-kilometre (8.7 mi) long sandy beach. The neighbouring island to

92-469: A code of conduct , or etiquette , for use by member organizations. The INF nude beach etiquette requires the avoidance of all forms of sexual harassment and sexual activity , such as masturbation or sexual intercourse . Predatory behavior is not permitted, nor is unauthorized photography. In general, the standards call for the respecting of the privacy of other visitors. Staring is frowned upon by rule and social pressure. Violations of these norms

138-418: A topless beach (or top-free beach), where upper body clothing is not required for women or men, although a swimming costume covering the genital area is required for both men and women. A nude beach should be considered as a clothes-free beach. Nude beaches tend to be separate or isolated physically from non-nude bathing areas. In other instances people maintain a comfortable space between beach users. Signage

184-439: A beach may enclose their property behind fences with controlled access, most countries do not allow private ownership of the actual beach area. Thus, while a resort can control access and set clothing standards on its property, these standards would not necessarily apply to the beach itself, which remains subject to local laws or customs, and public access to the beach itself usually remains unrestricted. This applies, for example, to

230-479: A few days. Winters are mild and, due to the effect of the Gulf Stream, usually free of frosts. The Island also has more sunshine hours than the mainland, with around 2,000 hours per year. Sea temperatures are fluctuating between 3 and 7 °C (37 and 45 °F) in the winter and over 20 °C (68 °F) in the summer months. The highest temperature so far was 35.4 °C (95.7 °F) on 24 July 2019 and

276-525: Is 19.3 metres (63 ft) above sea-level . The origin of the name Baltrum is not clearly clarified. In 1398, the island was mentioned for the first time in a document of enfeoffment as Balteringe meaning either " pasture " or "[the place of] the sons or followers of Balter" in Old Frisian . Another assumption is that the name is derived from the Norse god Baldr – son of Odin and Frigg . In

322-416: Is based on the date of the house construction in ascending order. So the numbers reveal some history of the buildings on the island. However the numbers do not change if a building is replaced by a newer construction. Although Baltrum became a seaside resort in 1876, the tourism grew very slowly. Since 1966 Baltrum has been a seaside health resort approved by the state of Germany . Two hotels were opened in

368-530: Is not unheard of, sexual activity being reported at Lady's Bay beach in Auckland, New Zealand . However, unlike naturist resorts and hotels, which can enforce standards of conduct on their properties promptly and effectively, most nude beaches are on public lands, making the enforcement of standards of nude beach etiquette a more personal matter, subject to the deterrence of local laws. The standards of conduct take different forms in different countries. Other than

414-472: Is often used to warn unfamiliar beach users about the specially designated areas on the beach. This accommodates people who are not comfortable with nudity, as well as nude beach users who do not like to be watched by clothed individuals, particularly those engaged in voyeurism . There are several categories of nude beaches: Most beaches around the world, including nude beaches, are on public lands. That means that although private resorts and hotels that adjoin

460-412: Is relatively low, and they are generally located some distance away from the city. Access is at times more difficult than at a regular beach and the facilities at these beaches tend to be very basic with a few notable exceptions. In other countries, like Denmark, most beaches are clothing-optional. Nude swimming is one of the most common forms of nudity in public . A nude beach should not be confused with

506-430: Is shown underneath. Such high structures helped mariners identify the island and orient themselves in earlier times. There are similar buildings on Borkum and Wangerooge . The Norderney cape building was built in 1848 from wood, and was replaced in 1870 with a stone building. At night a fire was lit in the top part of the structure. Today lighthouses have taken over this function. The island painter Poppe Folkerts designed

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552-657: Is the latest trend. There are no street names on Baltrum, and postal addresses are related to the chronology of the development of the areas meaning that the numbering is geographically independent. There is a search and rescue station presently on Baltrum which is operated by the German Maritime Search and Rescue Service . Baltrum is tidal independent laid by ferries owned by the shipping company Baltrum Line , founded in 1928, starting in Neßmersiel . The journey takes about 30 minutes and depending on

598-576: The Mpenjati Nature Reserve . There are eight officially regulated naturist beaches in Brazil, but they are not "clothing optional". Nudity is required, and single men are not allowed unless they have a membership card from a recognized naturist organization. Otherwise, they are similar to other self-regulated naturist beaches, asserting that nudity is natural, and need not be sexual. The International Naturist Federation has developed

644-545: The North Sea during the St. Peter's Flood of 1651. Ostrende, on the other hand, grew in size, and is noted in a 1550 census as "Norder neys Oog" (Northern New Island), and having a church and 18 houses. The inhabitants at this time worked principally as fishermen. In the second half of the 18th century the sea trade industry grew in importance. Next to fishing, tourism became important to the island economy. In 1797, Norderney became

690-431: The barrier islands Norderney and Juist . Through the centuries Baltrum lost a huge amount of land at its west coast due to wind and sea conditions which the extension at the east coast could not compensate. Between 1650 and 1960 the island moved about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) at its west side to east, whereas the east coast moved only 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) to east. A journey from a committee in 1650 reports that

736-409: The 14 inhabitants on the island of that time were in jeopardy by the sea. In 1737 there was a village with a church which had to be abandoned due to silting of shifting sand dunes in 1800. The new village, named Western village, was settled down around 800 metres (2,600 ft) to the west of the present day west coast (near the present day shoal Othelloplate in-between Baltrum and Norderney) and in

782-627: The Free Beach Movement was the name of a group that was opposed to the direction of the official nudist organisation, the American Association for Nude Recreation , and set up the rival body The Naturist Society . Clothes free organizations and free beach associations, such as the Naturist Action Committee, lobby for the removal of laws which prohibit nude swimming and sunbathing or the increase in

828-594: The United States. An example was Jacob Riis Park , where nudity was limited to "Bay One" the northernmost section informally demarcated by jetties. Originally frequented by gay men, popularity expanded to traditional naturists, including families. When the park became part of the Gateway National Recreation Area in 1972, Federal law superseded local indecent exposure laws. In 1974 a city law was passed specifically prohibiting nudity in

874-430: The chain according to the area and number of inhabitants. The gat or tidal channel of Wichter Ee in the west separates Baltrum from Norderney and the tidal creek Accumer Ee in the east separates it from Langeoog . There are two villages on the island – Ostdorf (English: Eastern village ) and Westdorf (English: Western village ) – although they have essentially merged into one. The ferry for Baltrum departs from

920-485: The chain of the seven inhabited East Frisian Islands . Baltrum is the smallest island in this chain by area and inhabitants. It has a land area of 6.5 square kilometres, and a population in (2011) of just over 500 resident inhabitants. It is located in the middle of the island chain known as the East Frisian Islands ( German : Ostfriesische Inseln ) and is the smallest permanently inhabited island in

966-469: The coat of arms. Norderney is one of the smallest German communities to fly its own flag. The small city flag has horizontal blue and white stripes and a black and white checkered area on the left side. The blue colour stands for the sea, white symbolizes the colour of the sand, and black stands for the Norderney sea sign. Norderney has a maritime climate, with generally less extreme temperatures than on

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1012-457: The coldest −19.4 °C (−2.9 °F) on 11 February 1929. There is a nudist beach just east of Norderney's popular Weiße Düne (White Dune) beach. Baltrum Baltrum ( Low German : Baltrum ) is a barrier island off the coast of East Frisia ( German : Ostfriesland ), in Germany , and is a municipality in the district of Aurich , Lower Saxony . It is located in-between

1058-620: The east is Baltrum , which lies about 800m (half a mile) away beyond the Wichter Ee . To the west is the island of Juist , about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) away on the other side of the Norderneyer Seegatt . The entire eastern half of Norderney belongs to the Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park . Access to the park is restricted, as it is subdivided in zones of different accessibility for

1104-651: The east there was the Eastern village. A storm surge in 1825 disrupted the island in several pieces and it became mostly uninhabitable, followed by deserting the Western village. From 1870 onwards the island was protected against the power of the sea with groynes , wooden palisades and revetments . Furthermore, are levees protecting the built-up area against floodings. On the island exist no official street names but house numbers, instead. Currently (retrieved 2009), are about 300 numbers assigned to houses. The numbering

1150-469: The end of the 19th century, Hotel Küper in 1892 and Hotel zur Post in 1895. Before the World War II broke out 5,000 to 6,000 people visited Baltrum annually. In 1960 nearly 17,000 tourists showed up and since the 1970s there are over 30,000 people making holidays every year during the peak season. Besides the approximately 500 inhabitants about 3,000 guests are constantly living on the island during

1196-474: The era of the East Frisian chieftains, from 1350 to 1464, the East Frisian islands belonged to the powerful family tom Brok . In 1398 Baltrum was mentioned in a document for the first time, when Widzel tom Brok assigned Balteringe (besides the other islands) to Duke Albert I of Bavaria and received them back as fief . In the 17th century Baltrum had an elongated shape similar to the present shape of

1242-413: The event of low water Baltrum is reachable from the port of Neßmersiel as a guided walk across the mudflats taking 2.5 hours. Nude beach A nude beach , sometimes called a clothing-optional or free beach , is a beach where users are at liberty to be nude . Nude beaches usually have mixed bathing . Such beaches are usually on public lands, and any member of the public is allowed to use

1288-515: The facilities without membership in any movement or subscription to any personal belief. The use of the beach facilities is normally anonymous. Unlike a naturist resort or facility, there is normally no membership or vetting requirement for the use of a nude beach. The use of nude beach facilities is usually casual, not requiring pre-booking. Nude beaches may be official (legally sanctioned), unofficial (tolerated by residents and law enforcement), or illegal. The number of nude beaches in some countries

1334-484: The fact that people using a nude beach expect to find naked people on the beach, most other local laws and customs continue to apply. On July 17, 1894, Toronto city council set aside a 200 foot section of Hanlan's Point Beach for men to swim nude. The bylaw remained in place until 1930 when it was superseded by a blanket ban on nude bathing. In 1920, Germany had already opened its first official nude beach in Kampen on

1380-477: The first German resort on the North Sea. It is believed that the first durable settlements were established during the 13th and 14th centuries. A town developed in the western part of the island, protected by high dunes. The first documented mention of the island was in 1398. By 1650 the island was about 8.3 kilometres (5.2 mi) long and the town had about 18 houses and 101 inhabitants. A severe storm flooded

1426-400: The island at Christmastime in 1717. In the 1830s shellfish harvesting became the most important activity of the islanders. Crown Prince Georg of Hannover, Herzog von Cumberland , visited Norderney for the first time in 1836 and from 1851 held court each summer on the island. During this time the resort gained a strong following of the rich and famous. In 1858 a 950-metre deck with promenade

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1472-700: The island of Sylt . In 1936, King Edward VIII and his lover Wallis Simpson took a charter cruise along the Adriatic Sea . They visited a beach on the Croatian island of Rab , where the local authorities granted the King special permission to swim in the nude. This event marked the beginning of nudist tourism in Croatia. Nude beaches became popular in the 1950s along the French coast and have since spread around

1518-736: The islands in the Caribbean, Mexico, and Florida. On the Seven Mile Beach in Negril , Jamaica, for example, though the beach is lined with private resorts with fences down to the sand/waterline, the beach itself is open to the public. Though actual clothing standards vary from resort to resort, the beach area is officially designated as " topfree ", and public access is unrestricted. The Hibiscus Coast Local Municipality in South Africa formalize an existing clothing-optional beach within

1564-418: The nearby mainland. Precipitation occurs mainly during the winter and autumn, but autumn seems to be slightly wetter, with November being the wettest month with 87.6 millimetres (3.45 in) while spring tends is usually the driest time due to the still cool sea temperature, which can't produce a lot of humidity. Summers are warm and sometimes hot, but the sea winds regulate the temperature down usually within

1610-399: The park, but the U.S. Park Police continued their policy of leniency unless other laws were being violated. Nudity was made illegal by a state law in 1983. Though free beaches developed separately from national naturist bodies, some of these bodies have taken an interest and helped to protect them legally, and through the publication of guidelines of acceptable behaviour. In North America,

1656-457: The peak seasons exhausting the acceptance capacity of the two small villages. Baltrum is a completely car-free island, because of the traffic ban of all kind of motor vehicles. The only exceptions are vehicles of the volunteer fire department , an ambulance , a few wheel loaders and some machines needed for the coastal protection . From 1949 until 1985 there was a small single track Inselbahn Baltrum (English: Baltrum Island Railway ) which

1702-416: The protection of the wildlife. The status as a National Park also affects all types of traffic on the island, while especially car traffic is subject to strict regulations. The mainland is easily reached via ferry operated by AG Reederei Norden-Frisia from the harbour, Norddeich pier near the northern German city of Norden . Norderney also possesses an airport with a 1,000-metre (3,300 ft) runway. Of

1748-471: The recent past an ironic version arose, one would be bald 'rum (English: soon around ) when encircling the island, as the island is small it would not take a long time to walk around Baltrum. Nevertheless, the circumference amounts to about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi). The geographers Strabo and Pliny the Elder provide an indication that the island existed since the first century BC and AD . During

1794-408: The season and tourist season one ferry leaves once up to four times for each direction daily. The baggage is containerized and transported in the same ferry as the vacationers. The highlights of the passage are the seals on the shoals ahead of Norderney passed by the ferry. The shipping company manages a bus connection to the train station of Norden , Lower Saxony. Until 2006 the freight traffic

1840-491: The seven East Frisian islands, Norderney is the youngest. The island has only existed in its present form since the middle of the 16th century, being the eastern remnant of the larger island Buise . The larger island of Buise was split into two parts during the Grote Mandrenke flood of 1362, the eastern half at first being called Ostrende. What was left of Buise shrank in size over the years and finally disappeared into

1886-422: The small port near the village of Neßmersiel (in the parish of Dornum ) with connection to the train station of Norden . The island has its own ferry terminal and a small airstrip . The island is about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) long and 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) wide. It covers an area of 6.5 square kilometres (2.5 sq mi) and has a population of around 600 people, swelling to about 3,500 during

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1932-706: The summer months due to tourism. Tourists (mainly from the Ruhr Area in North Rhine-Westphalia ) travel to Baltrum to enjoy the countryside of the Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park , the beach and attractions such as the indoor swimming pool filled with sea water or a miniature golf course. The highest point on the island is a central coastal dune with a viewing platform on top called Aussichtsdüne in German and

1978-779: The world, though they are still few and far between. Some nude beaches are part of a larger nude area, such as the Cap d'Agde area. Most beaches in Denmark and some beaches in Norway are clothing-optional. In Germany there are clothes optional sunbathing areas in public parks, e.g., Munich and Berlin . Beaches in some holiday destinations, such as Crete , are also clothing-optional, except some central urban beaches. There are two centrally located clothes-optional beaches in Barcelona . The 1960s and '70s saw some tolerance for nude beaches in

2024-534: Was accomplished with the ferry Baltrum II via the port in Norddeich , Lower Saxony, but since then is transacted via the port in Neßmersiel. The port of Neßmersiel was inaugurated in 1970 and extended by a cargo wharf with 35 metres (115 ft) in length from April to August 2008 due to the relocation of the freight transportation. The airstrip on Baltrum achieves the connection by air to Norddeich. At

2070-450: Was an unelectrified narrow gauge railway for baggage and cargo transportation. No bicycle sharing system exists on Baltrum and the tourists are asked not to bring their own bicycles onto the island, riding bicycles is the privilege of inhabitants. The passenger and freight transportation is accomplished by horse-drawn carriages . The baggage is transported by two-wheeled or four-wheeled carts or also carriages, use of electrical bicycles

2116-438: Was built. The island's windmill was built in 1862. In 1899 the island had 4,018 inhabitants and 26,000 resort guests. In 1901 an angelfish fishery was established. In 1925 there were 5,564 inhabitants and 38,140 guests. Deutsche Luft Hansa commenced scheduled flights to the island the same year. Since 10 July 1928 the coat of arms of the city of Norderney depicts the local landmark, the "Kap," or cape building. A dune and water

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