abstract:Skinny dipping is the practice of swimming naked, whether in natural bodies of water, swimming pools or hot tubs. Today, most nude swimming takes place in private swimming pools, at nude beaches, at naturist facilities, or at segregated public swimming areas.
Held each June on the closest weekend to the longest day of the year (this year from 22 to 24 June), midsummer is Finland's most enthusiastic party -- an excuse for lakeshore bonfires, midnight airshows, drinking games, skinnydipping, saunas and all-you-can-eat banquets of grillimakkara (grilled sausages) served with mustard and the season's first new potatoes.