What areas of Germany allow women to go topless in public swimming pools?


Equality! In December 2022, in Germany, a woman was kicked out of a swimming pool for not wearing the top of her bathing suit. Given this, she filed a lawsuit with the Department of Justice, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination of the Senate and the result was historic: Not only did the authorities agree that she had been the victim of discrimination, but this week they announced that both females, like people who identify as non-binary, can go topless to these public places. Where did the event occur? HERE we tell you.

Berlin: how was the woman expelled from the public pool?

According to the German newspaper Die Zeit, the woman was with her 5-year-old son when she was prevented from being in the pool. However, she took this episode to continue teaching her little one. “For me, and I teach it to my son, no, there is no such difference (…) men are free to take off their clothes when it is hot and women are not“, emphasized the mother of the family.

His impetus paid off. The Berlin state government confirmed the new measure in a press release last Thursday, March 9. “As a result of a successful discrimination complaint, bathing establishments in Berlin will in future apply their housing and bathing regulations in a gender-equitable manner,” the statement read.

Where else in Germany can you go swimming topless?

According to BBC News, last summer, the cities of gottingen in Lower Saxony and siegen in North Rhine-Westphalia they allowed the female population to bathe topless. And now, the capital of Germany is added, berlin.

Now, in Berlin, it will be allowed for women to bathe topless. Photo: Freepik

Germany loves nudity: what is freikoerperkultur?

Despite the unfavorable incident that the mother of the family lived with her son, Germany is known for being more ‘relaxed’ in the face of public nudity and this is known as freikoerperkultur or FKK.

What does this mean? The explanation is simple: the Germans do not sexualize the human body. They only focus on the health benefits of outdoor nudity, whether it’s exercising or being in nature.

Source-larepublica.pe