Nudist Camping:
The Best Campsites in Germany

The first association for naturism was founded in the Ruhr area as early as 1898, which emerged earlier in Germany than in other European countries or the USA. The background to this trend, which reached the liberal capital Berlin and the Baltic Sea around 1900, were life-reforming ideas that also encompassed nutritional and health teachings and were sometimes also very esoteric. Just being naked for the joy of being naked came much later. By 1913, there were already over 50 naturist associations in the German Reich.
Since then, nude bathing has not only been tolerated in many places in Germany, but is often very popular, especially in the eastern federal states. Nudist bathing enjoyed great popularity in the GDR, and today many of the most popular nudist facilities can be found on the Baltic Sea, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and in Brandenburg. However, areas for nude bathing or sunbathing have been designated at lidos, lakes and even in city centres across the country, such as the English Garden in Munich. According to a 2014 study, Germany is the country with the greatest acceptance of nudity worldwide: a third of all respondents stated that they had ever been naked in public.

Below, the Motorhomecouch presents the 11 best places for naturist camping. The ranking is based on guest reviews on the camping.info platform, whereby only campsites that have collected at least 30 reviews as of 27 February 2024 have been taken into account to ensure a certain validity. All naturist campsites in Europe, not just those presented here, are listed on this overview by camping.info.

The second most popular naturist camping site in Germany is the 64-hectare Naturist Camp Sonnensee in Hanover. The naturist-only campsite, which belongs to the BffL Hanover association, surrounds a quarry pond surrounded by forest in a nature reserve not far from the city and is open not only to members but also to guests. The caravan site is located directly in front of the access barrier. Food is available in the town 1 kilometre away, the site itself has a restaurant and a bread service in the season. It is open all year round and offers several leisure and sports facilities such as beach volleyball, petanque, athletics and table tennis. The campsite received the camping.info award for the fourth time in a row in 2024. However, dogs are not permitted on the entire naturist campsite.

The Sternencamp campsite is located directly on Bärwalder See, Saxony's largest lake at 13 square kilometres. It was created in 1997 by flooding and renaturalising the former lignite mine. Today, instead of coal, the region's greatest treasure is its extensive, sparsely populated nature. The lake is ideal for all kinds of water sports, such as surfing, kitesurfing, sailing, motor boating and fishing. There is a 22-kilometre asphalt cycle path around the lake, which can also be the starting point for the wolf cycle path, where you can learn lots of interesting facts about wolves, who returned to this area a few decades ago. The Sternencamp campsite has 100 square metre pitches, all with electricity, fresh water and waste water connections as well as WLAN. Even large motorhomes over 10 metres long will find a suitable pitch. There are spacious sanitary facilities. Children can have fun in the new playground. Along the lake there is a 7.5-hectare textile beach, a naturist beach and a dog beach.

This campsite on the edge of the Niederlausitzer Heidelandschaft Nature Park has been in existence since 1977 and is characterised by a very family atmosphere and is particularly appealing to younger families. The spacious pitches are all equipped with CEE electricity connections and there is a modern sanitary building with a dishwashing room, washing machines and dryers. The beer garden offers a cosy atmosphere with home-style and regional cuisine. The bathing beach on the Grünewalder Lauch is around a hundred metres away and has three areas for nudists, textile and dogs.

In the hilly landscape of the Kraichgau region, which is known as the Tuscany of Germany, lies the Hilsbachtal campsite, where you can spend the whole day in the nude: Pure naturist camping! The 10-hectare site with a total of 300 pitches has a restaurant, swimming pool, volleyball court, football pitch, boules court and table tennis tables, where tournaments in these sports take place in summer. There is also a playground for children. WLAN is available throughout the site. There are numerous excursion destinations in the surrounding area, such as the city of Heidelberg.

The campsite on Lake Userin is located in Germany's largest national park, the Müritz National Park. In contrast to the sometimes overcrowded campsites on the Baltic Sea, things are more leisurely here. The lakeside location invites you to explore the countless bodies of water in a variety of ways. To the north of the Useriner See, a very beautiful water hiking route begins: via the Zierzsee into the Görtowsee, from there through the Havel in the direction of its source via Blankenförde and Babke through several other smaller lakes into the Käbelicksee and into the source area of the Havel. The 8-hectare campsite is divided into a textile and nudist area, with nudism having been here first and being taken very seriously. The site has a modern sanitary building, sports field, playground and a shop.