Spanish capital announces ‘naked swimming day’

Published Jul 7, 2016

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Swimming pools in Madrid are to hold a ‘no swimsuit day’ after a campaign by nudist groups.

Mayor Manuela Carmena has written to all boroughs in the Spanish capital to say they can host swimsuit-free days if they think it is appropriate.

The move came after a petition by the Association for the Development of Nudism that called for the right to practise nudism in public places. Nudist president Ismael Rodrigo said: ‘What we want to do with this day is to educate and transmit our values, which are Western values.

‘There is nothing criminal about the body and the best way we can show that is to try not to wear clothes when it’s not necessary, and in the pool, it isn’t.’

The mayor insisted the pools must display signs at their entrances on the day – likely to be in late August – in case parents preferred not to take their children.

But conservative Popular Party politician Esperanza Aguirre said the move was ‘just one more of [the mayor’s] crazy ideas’.

Daily Mail

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