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Why Switzerland banned naked hiking

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Because alpine wildlife really doesn't need to see your pale, shivering tourist anatomy while foraging for food. Switzerland surprisingly had a growing issue with German tourists participating in extreme nudist hiking. It got so incredibly awkward for local families picnicking in the mountains that the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden had to pass a literal law banning bare bottoms on the trails.

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