Vienna, Austria Summer 2017

 Even if you are not there in mid-summer, - if it's warm (spring/early fall), a few hours or half-day at Donau Island (Donauinsel) can be a great relaxing treat. It's where the 'frei' Viennese go to let it all hang out - there are nude sunbathing areas on the kilometres of recreation land in the thin strip of land that runs down the middle and along the banks of the Danube River. When in Vienna - do as they do -  make like a Wiener (No offense intended).

Here I was on Donau Insel a couple of years ago.

Events in Vienna this summer inVienna:

whatsonwhen.com was the source of the info below.

Check out the site to get the full info.

1. Identities Queer Film Festival , 7 - 15 Jun 2007 (annual)

Film casino Vienna's Identities Queer Film Festival has established a summer niche in early June. The pick of the crop of gay and lesbian films from around the world are screened in the art deco splendour… More

2. Donau Island Festival (Donauinsel - can be reached by subway (several stops by subway/train from the central train station)

When: 22 - 24 Jun 2007 (annual)

Where: Donauinsel

Cost: Free

Opening Hours: 10am

Every third weekend in June, tens of thousands of Viennese flock to the Donauinsel, a series of small islands in the Danube, for a weekend of music, dancing and revelling in...

See more at http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=AlR67GaNGZpLQGcr.LlzhNGTFWoL/SIG=112vf64kr/**http%3A//www.donauinselfest.at/

3. Vienna Rainbow Parade 30 Jun 2007 (annual), Vienna

Vienna's annual Rainbow Parade circles the grand boulevards of the Ringstrasse in a demonstration of gay pride, attracting around 100,000 revellers, with numerous floats blasting out classical....

4. Baden Lobau FKK , Lobau Baths (clothing optional)

Lobau Vienna, 9 1220 Austria

Naturistenpark Lobau (also known as Naturist Park Lobau)

I have not visited Lobau myself, but it might be worth a trip if you enjoy nudity outdoors and especially in the healing baths.

I found this information about Lobau.

The visitors to the Lobau, which is situated in the south-eastern part of Vienna, are in complete contrast to the visitors to the Copa Cagrana. For 100 years people are coming here because of the freedom to go bathing completely naked. Obviously they have been so liberal on occasions that they have got themselves into trouble, but this is a thing of the past. Today you have to walk or to take the bike to come here, because this natural region may not be accessed by cars. By public transport, you take the bus #91A to Ölhafen Neue Donau. (Property Information by Wcities from Yahoo Travel)

NATURIST Park Lobau:•

Details: Brockhausengasse 757, 1220 Wien, Austria, Tel. 0043 1 2804254, http://www.campingo.com/go.php?id=3802 • Stat •

Category: Naturist holidays Vienna

Web search for Donauinsel
Donauinsel Photos on Flickr

Travel Escapades: Budapest Part 2 -- mainly travel advice and recommendations

[NOTE: Sometimes what I write here is just a copy or re-write of something I have posted elsewhere -- on a discussion board or in an e-mail message]. However, those things get wiped away or lost so I sometimes use this blog to document and preserve what I have written specifically for some other reason or for some other audience. However, it may be useful info to JUB readers and it also saves me having to write it again.

Further, a blog is whatever the WRITER really wants it to be -- so it serves me as a kind of public diary and memory bank. ]

Trip to Budapest August 2005 (part of my first Eastern Europe journey) -- See my separate JUB blog (and on Blogger) entry about my first nude massage experience at Kiraly Baths, Budapest.

I got back in Sept 2005 from a trip to Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Croatia.
Budapest was the hottest party atmosphere -- a lot of tourists and hot Hungarian guys -especially on the weekends. I had fun at Action Club whose address is 42 Magyar (near Astoria Subway stop -- I think that is the address - -check cruisingforsex dot com to be sure ). It has a rainbow symbol on the door, but does not open until 9pm. You have to buy a minimun of 1300 fts (a couple of drinks -- beer is 500 forents) and keep up with the tab since you pay on the way out (a guy at the exit has to check your tab to see if you have paid yet before he unlocks the door). However, there is a back room where it got hot and heavy.

 I also had a very good time cruising for sex in Kiraly Baths - -it only for men on Tues/Thurs/Sat 10am-8pm? -- 3 hour time limit and bathing suit required, but that does not prevent sex in the pools, sauna and other areas. Rac and Rudas Baths are also supposedly good for male sex too but I did not have the time to try them. 

I heard there was nude sunbathing at Margit Island, but I could not find it -- the outdoor thermal baths was closed there that day. 

I did stroll completely around Margit Island and looked for a place to get naked but it was pretty busy with locals and tourists alike. There was also a large movie crew at one section which they blocked off, filming a scene with the river in the background.  I would love to return to try out the naturist sun terrace at Palatinus Baths, as well as some of the other places and see more sights.

I was there in late August - just missed the Palatinus (open air bath with nude sun terrace) because it closes each year around Aug 22.

The traditional Turkish and Hungarian baths are worth at least one visit- just for the ambiance and architecture. Kiraly was supposedly a lot quieter than it had been (see Budapest Gayguide.net articles) -- I admit it WAS fairly tame - although I did get my cock sucked in the steam room and also again in a more secluded area. I had fun - -but there was much more overt action in the dark rooms at Action Club. (as posted above). Hungarian men seemed not to hesitate to bareback so take precautions. 

I found some other info at:
http://gayguide.net/Europe/Hungary/

Look for info here too:
http://www.guidemag.com/travel/

http://www.cruisingforsex.com also has specific listings for many cities/countries with comments from people who have been there.

Additional sightseeing recommendations below by Teddski (on dudesnude (dot) com)

Rac Baths (Rac Furdo) - Built during the reign of King Zsignond in the early 15th century. Men only on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday and only open from 6:30 am - 6 pm and are particularly popular with the gay community. But watch for hustlers. Almost everyone that spoke English was looking to rent.

Rudas Baths (Rudas Baths) - A high domed roof admits bluish green light into the dark stone hall above the oxdigon shaped pool. Over 1,000 years old it was originally constructed by the Romans. A Men only bath that has a good reputation with the gay community. Open 6 am - 6 pm with a lot of high school age guys hitting the warm waters before classes.

Statue Park (Szobar Park) - A thirty minute trip to the south of the city is an open air exhibit of 42 Communist statues. They were originally located in all of the cities public squares, but were removed in 1989.

Chain Bridge - (Szechenyi Lanchid) Bridge over the Danube River connecting Buda and Pest.

St. Stephen's Basilica - Chief landmark of Pest that can hold 8,500 people.

Amstel River Cafe - I stopped in for lunch, mentioned to the waiter that I was from America, and the owner of the restaurant came over and spent 90 minutes telling me where I should go out in the gay community and places to really stay away.

Angel Bar and Disco -- The most popular gay bars with a fun dance floor.

Action Bar - No name posted outside. Look for the red light shining on a letter A. As mentioned above, a card is given upon entry and all drinks are charged to be paid in full when leaving the bar. This is done to keep hustlers from hitting on guys, since you really need to buy alcohol to stay.

An excellent guide is the Fodor's Prague and Budapest Guide.  See map below for nudist spots on the Danube River near Vienna, Austria.

Natural nudity in public parks and recreation areas

The kind of flashing that appeals to me is the sort of 'semi' innocent flashing where guys get naked when changing clothes. It is not as if they really are intending to shock somebody by masturbating and blowing your load right in front of people .. it's a kind of laid-back

form of (almost) unintentional public nudity. Don't get me wrong -- I'd probably love being exhibitionistic more overtly in certain circumstances -- like the in a gay theatre or sex club -- I know I've enjoyed being watched in gay saunas -- but that is a kind of private sex life that I am not talking about here.


 At least for now, the only kind of public flashing I can do is the accidental exposure - "you weren't supposed to set that" type. I have found that some parks (depends on the country and the city) are great for this type of spontaneous 'naturist' flashing and other are not. I have already written about

how guys in Japan who are with their teams -- often change in public parks and just outside public ball fields -- you can sometimes get quite a show when they strip down to nothing or try to jump out of their athletic gear and into their street clothes. There are other places where I have experienced something a bit different. It seems that there is 'room' in society for a lot of male public nudity in Europe

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Link to info about nudism on Donau Insel (Donau Island inside Vienna on the Danube River): http://www.nudismus.cz/reports.html

 Donau Island in Vienna and its excessive public parks along the Danube River were excellent for this kind of 'innocent' flashing. Along there somewhere may well be a section that is totally nude, but I couldn't find it. It is easy to take the train (subway) to one of at least two stations along this public

park-way or arrive at one and walk (30 min) to return via the other - which is the way I explore the area. I found that you were more likely to just happen across a nude man or women or see people pull of their clothes to get into the water. A few couples were going at it .. like a woman giving a guy a handjob under his shorts, but it is mainly a family like atmosphere - -but with some nude people mixed in - typically as singles. the long thin island is where I walked and then sunbathed nude, although there were a lot of people on the opposite banks -- the river is quite wide so it was not easy to see what state of undress people were on the far banks.

 What I liked is that you could change clothes (and flashing cyclist) or pick a spot up on the embankments and just get naked, or go for a

 

 

nude swim and it was not a big deal -- at least not for the casual observers who might glance your way. Obviously, Englischer Garten in Munich would be another place -- it was raining hard when I was there in August. [B]Innocent Flashing Spots:[/B] Can anyone recommend other places/parks/ public recreation areas where this can easily happen (in North America or elsewhere too)?  Much of the US tends to be so puritanical about nudity that people are likely to call the police on somebody who just is peeing, let alone actually sunbathing nude in a public park.


 

Chances for flashing and CMNM experiences last summer

 

One of the times I almost forgot about was really one of the coolest CNMN   experiences I had for a long while. I stayed over in Waikiki over 6 days (at the hostel I mentioned in an earlier post). Apart from that, however, on Sundays,  there is a catamaran cruise which is mainly

reserved for gay and lesbians departing from Waikiki Beach at 1:00pm - you can get discounted tickets at  Angles (gay bar on Kuhio) and the 90-minute ride includes 4 drink tickets. It's advertised as clothing optional -

although I'd never seen anybody go naked on this cruise before (it was the 2nd time to take the cruise since they have advertized it as 'nude cruise.' It seems that actually boat operator and captain aren't really kept informed (at least they plead ignorance). 

 

Previously cruises I had gone on were very tame - nobody got naked, but this time I simply was not going to be denied the chance to get naked in public in front of so many people. As we were boarding, I asked some of the guys if they were going to get naked later on. Nobody seemed eager but there were any flat denials either.

So .... when we got further out in the bay about 500 yards from shore, I asked the captain - a local

Hawaiian guy, if it OK if I got naked. He said he was told about that before - but I explained that the cruise was advertised that way and that I wouldn't be obscene or do anything to attract attention from other boats. So he consented. I was the only one to get nude and there were a  few women and also a group of 5 young Black doctors from Wash D.C. in town for a medical convention.

I sat with a very big local guy but he didn't get naked 
but seemed to enjoy having  me do so. The two young ship's mates on board took furtive looks, but they were nonchalant about having a naked haole dude on board. Later on, we got back closer to shore nearly the end of the cruise, I pulled on my trunks and then we asked about being able to stop for a swim so the captain agreed. 

It would have been great to have been naked - all of us jumping off of the boat and then remerging up the gangway between the two large rudder fins of the catamaran. It was a great cruise and being naked made it so much more fun. Unfortunately, nobody got any pics of me.

So upon returning home, I just had to get naked in public this weekend. So I went out to Arakawa River since it was sunny and warm (staying in Tokyo now). I can't swear that anybody really got a look at me.. although they were passing by while walking or biking back behind me at the crest of the hill (actual flood bank) along the river. There was a hurricane (tropical cyclone) just a few days ago that overflowed the river (and prevented me from getting out).

There is a flood plain between the river and a large embankment to prevent real damage - this plain is about 300-400 meters across and serves as various playing fields for amateur sports team and public recreational use. Because of the flooding,

nobody was playing yesterday, but the teams had gathered to try to cleaning things up.
I placed myself about 2/3 up the embankment and got naked. Cyclists on the main raid below could see - although they pedal

by so quickly that they don't have time to see much (or seem to care). The boys on the baseball time were involved in doing what they need to.. so they didn't seem to look up and over in my direction. I did get up a few times and it would have been obvious to 30-40 people that I was naked but it

seems nobody noticed. I was there to freshen up my tan and commune with nature, and not particularly into flashing anybody anyway. It sort of confirms my recent self-realizations.. I like being naked with people who like seeing (and being) naked too - I am more of a nudist and naturist than an exhibitionist I guess. 

The pic shows the ballfields (soccer, baseball) in the background and the road below me where cyclists frequently passed. Somebody 'could' see but they have to be looking up and trying to see if I'm nude. Most people don't expect to find a naked person in a public area like this so they just don't bother to look / search.

On the other hand, it's a different story for me.. I love to look (so I'm maybe as more or more voyeur than exhibitionist). In the places, sometime guys (alone or in groups) change clothes - strip down to get into athletic gear or vice-versa. 

I've seen many college age groups strip down - some do it modestly by wrapping a towel around them at they pull off their underwear. Other are more brazen and just strip naked and then don their soccer gear, etc. At other times, some guys stop and pull out their cocks to piss - I love it when the whole team of 

Japanese high school guys is told by their coach to take a piss break. They all line up in a row and pull out their cocks and piss.. occasionally I've been lucky enough to catch a glimpse of this scene and I really wish I had a camera (or could get away with a shot of this type of amusing (homoerotic) scene.