Bare more flesh, please

2002-07-10 21:37

Munich - A city official has issued a plea for more public nudity, saying not enough people are taking their clothes off at the city's famed English Garden, according to a report Wednesday.

The sprawling park, among Europe's best-known urban parks, is in danger of losing its "must-see" reputation on sightseeing tours, the report in the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper said.

"Lots of Asian tourists make an extra trip just to check out all those acres of bare flesh," English Garden overseer Thomas Koester told the paper. "But each year, fewer and fewer nudists come here to sunbathe."

Koester decried not only the quantity but the quality, saying "ageing hippies" vastly outnumber "pert young things" taking advantage of the park's lenient rules on attire. - Sapa-DPA

- SAPA