I know what you mean. Being clothed in the sauna just seems a waste of time. Why not be naked and then jump in the plunge pool. Lovely stuff

Agree.

We do not do sauna with clothes or swimwear. Yugh.

Sounds like a lovely first time 😎

In at the deep end........what a great introduction........ ::)

Never been clothed in a sauna myself, can't see the point......... 😕  maybe a towel to go in and only to sit on, stops the zebra marks on your legs and bum too........ ;D

Had to smile this week when taking a large group of people for a walk and a middle aged lady was telling us about an experience she had while on holiday.
She was sitting on her own in the hotel sauna, wearing a swimsuit when a German male came in, dropped his towel  and sat naked behind her.
She was terrified, dashed out, considered flinging away his trunks , which were hanging outside the sauna, ran to the pool area, wrapped herself in a towel and lay shivering on a sun lounger for an hour.

I did tactfully explain, trying to keep a straight face,  that it was quite normal to use  the sauna without clothes in several countries such as Germany.   Suppose it takes all sorts.

Had to smile this week when taking a large group of people for a walk and a middle aged lady was telling us about an experience she had while on holiday.
She was sitting on her own in the hotel sauna, wearing a swimsuit when a German male came in, dropped his towel  and sat naked behind her.
She was terrified, dashed out, considered flinging away his trunks , which were hanging outside the sauna, ran to the pool area, wrapped herself in a towel and lay shivering on a sun lounger for an hour.

I did tactfully explain, trying to keep a straight face,  that it was quite normal to use  the sauna without clothes in several countries such as Germany.   Suppose it takes all sorts.

This reminds me of a (non-naturist) incident some 15 years back in France.

We were having a quiet cup of coffee in a café in France when the lady of the couple with us went to the toilet.
As usual in such establishments the toilet is unisex with a discreet urinal in one corner and the usual washbasin and WC cubicle.
I still sympathise with the man who was having a quiet leak when she entered and gave out a shriek which must have been heard the other side of the market square.
I would have found that sudden yell quite traumatic.

John's comments reminded me of a similar incident in Brussels many years ago. It was my first trip across the channel on business and we were having a drink in a cafe in the central square.
I spotted a sign, WC on a door and was reassured that I had found the correct one as there was a urinal on the wall at one side of the narrow room, , two wash basins opposite and doors to 2 WC's at the end.

Half way through doing what was desperately needed, a young lady  came out of the WC and stood back to back with me washing her hands, she never blinked I did not know what to do.
How our attitudes can change over the years.

Half way through doing what was desperately needed, a young lady  came out of the WC and stood back to back with me washing her hands, she never blinked I did not know hat to do.
How our attitudes can change over the years.

I know that song... :D.

made a right mess of my shoes too, not so much shocked as startled. Still makes me chuckle thinking about how naive I must have been back then.

fhey've had unisex toilets in Barnsley for years, not really but in town of a weekend night when the ladies is full the fair maidens of Barnsley think nothing of popping into the gents. 🙂 🙂 😀

... I should add that it was over 25 years ago  😉

Half way through doing what was desperately needed, a young lady  came out of the WC and stood back to back with me washing her hands, she never blinked I did not know what to do.
How our attitudes can change over the years.

I had a similar experience years ago at a French ski resort.  I tried to be cool when the rather glamorous looking woman walked in, but I found it interrupted the flow, literally!