Happy Naturists: Natural Nude Living in Ukraine

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Ms Craigie accepts, though, that her's is a lifestyle choice not everyone will agree with or want to take part in. "Part of my duties as the Saner youth officer is to try to get more young people involved. But I'm not here to be bothered by anyone if they say I shouldn't be doing this. I see that as their opinion, but that I'd rather they kept it to themselves." Telford Naturist Club have approximately 26 acres of woodland which are continually managed by club members to provide a valuable haven for wildlife and fauna. This beach is also clean. However, due to the dense vegetation, it might be difficult to find a place to lie down.

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Another way is to cross the pedestrian bridge to Trukhaniv Island and walk to the south end of the island (45 minutes) or ride there by bicycle (20 minutes). Her own friends, who don't attend naturist activities with her, have been supportive. She added: "My friends that I have told have said it's amazing and I must have a lot of courage for doing it and they are quite supportive. They say 'good on you', but they say they wouldn't have the courage to do it." Some people also support nudism as a culture. Most often, the people at nudist beaches have no “spiritual goals” for their time in the nude. They just want to enjoy nature and relax. Moreover, nudist beaches are usually less crowded and, therefore, much cleaner than regular ones.After 15 minutes of hesitation, Andreiev finally took his clothes off and realized why so many people enjoy visiting nudist beaches: he suddenly felt relaxed and free.

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Kyiv’s least crowded nudist beach is located on Redkino Lake, near the Heroiv Dnipra Metro station. The beach is hidden behind the trees and bushes. Like Dovbychka, the Obolon beach has no toilets, shops or cafes nearby. Experienced visitors recommend purchasing everything you need in advance. To find out I abandon clothing for an afternoon at one of Britain’s most popular naturism clubs, Sunfolk, just outside St Albans in Hertfordshire.

Lupakova, 47, started to explore nudism in the late 1990s when her boss asked her to join him and his family at one of the nudist beaches. She thought he was out of his mind. There are also more young people at Ukrainian nudist beaches than at European ones, where the visitors more often tend to be retirees. To reach the beach, one must start at Obolon embankment and walk north, then turn right and keep walking along the water. The nudist beach is behind the yacht club. It takes over 30 minutes of walking. Amid the maelstrom of the Trump-impeachment proceedings, Ukraine has been less a reality than a projection of America’s post-Cold War neuroses. Although we have learned something about Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s neophyte President, there has been very little said about the lived experiences of the country’s nearly forty-four million people. But when I went swimming naked for the first time in my life, I just felt so happy and free like I had never felt before,” Lupakova says.

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Now, she has been a nudist for nearly 30 years and regularly visits nudist beaches in Kyiv and worldwide. She has also traveled to nudist beaches in Bulgaria. But her favorite one was in Crimea, where she used to go before Russia illegally annexed the peninsula in 2014. She added: "Ever since I started going my confidence has gone sky-high. Now I worry about what clothes I'm wearing and what people will think about them – I'm more worried about my clothes than I am about being naked. It's really sent my confidence sky high and people there are really nice." This nearly wild nudist beach is located on the left bank of Dnipro River, on the Obolon embankment. Heroiv Dnipra and Minska are the closest metro stations. When I first met my partner Steve, who was already a naturist, I thought he was a weirdo. But after talking about it I thought I’d take the plunge. Lupakova says it is not completely forbidden to take pictures at nudist beaches. However, she also says that none of the nudists appreciate being photographed while naked, especially by strangers.He says: “Nudity has nothing to do with sex. It’s just about being exposed to the air and feeling free.”