Switzerland naturist beaches

Strandbad Tiefenbrunnen is one of the City of Zurich's summer lake baths, set in parkland on the right (eastern) shore of Lake Zurich at Bellerivestrasse 200, a few minutes from the city centre near the Zürichhorn. It is a classic Swiss 'Badi': lawns, a lake section for non-swimmers, a children's paddling pool, diving boards at 1, 3 and 5 metres, a 62-metre lake slide, a restaurant and a tea pavilion with a terrace. Nudity is limited to a separate area: above the changing rooms are FKK sun terraces divided by sex, one for men and one for women. These are for sunbathing only. Swimming in the lake happens from the mixed area, where swimwear is required, and one reviewer has criticised the men's terrace for being basic and having no direct lake access. It suits visitors who want a nude sun deck within a full-service city lido rather than a natural nude beach. Entry is paid, with day tickets, multi-entry cards and season passes. The bath is open in summer only and, according to the 2026 listing, is closing for renovation after the 2026 season, with reopening provisionally set for May 2027.

Lake Geneva swimming area with nude sunbathing.

Naturiste Thielle.

Choller is a free public bathing area on the northern shore of Lake Zug (Zugersee), at the edge of the town of Zug, with views across the lake to the mountains. The shore here has three small bays used for swimming, and the westernmost of them is officially set aside for nude bathing; nudity is not allowed in the other two bays or on the footpaths. Swiss media have named Choller among the country's most attractive FKK bathing spots. The bay has a small sandy beach mixed with fine pebbles and a gentle slope into the water, so the lake is easy to enter, and the water warms up well in summer. Around the bays are lawns, benches, fire pits for grilling and toilets, but no kiosk or café, so bring food and drink. The area is unsupervised and open at all hours. The nude bay is small with limited shade, and on summer weekends it often fills while the clothed bays are quieter. The surroundings are a nature reserve, so dogs must be kept on a lead.

The Katzensee is a pair of small lakes, joined by an artificial canal, on the northern edge of Zurich between Affoltern and Regensdorf, set in a nature reserve with protected moorland of national importance. The City of Zurich's sports office runs a free lake bath, Seebad Katzensee, on the lower lake, with about 80 metres of sandy natural shoreline, big lawns, a children's water-play area and playground, a kiosk, changing rooms and barbecue fireplaces at the forest edge. The site was renovated in winter 2023/24. Within the bath is a small FKK meadow and nude bathing beach with its own lake access, separated from the rest of the bath by a privacy screen; nude bathing is allowed only there. The shallow lake warms early in the season and suits longer swims, though some visitors find the water murky and the entry over small stones awkward. The nude area is the main sore point: regulars say it is too small for the numbers on sunny days, often damp and muddy along the access path, and partly shaded. Couples, families and solo visitors of all ages use it. Inflatables and SUPs are not allowed, and dogs and bikes are banned from the grounds.

Lake Zurich beach with nudist area.

This is a grassy lakeside meadow on the Greifensee at Niederuster, the lake shore district of Uster in the Zurich Oberland. It lies west of the Niederuster boat landing and the large Strandbad Uster, roughly half a kilometre along the shore towards the Niederuster wastewater treatment plant, and is not part of the paid Strandbad. The nacktbaden.de directory records that nude bathing has been permitted here since mid-1997; a 2017 visitor comment describes it as a pleasant, somewhat hidden FKK spot that is not fully official but well used. The area is a large lawn partly screened from the path by trees and bushes, with direct access to the lake. There are no toilets or other facilities on the meadow itself. Part of the high bank along this stretch of the Greifensee, once used for informal nude swimming, has since been fenced off as a nature-protection zone, so stay out of the protected reedbeds and use only the open meadow. How actively the spot is used today is not well documented; a later commenter asked whether nudity is still allowed and got no answer.

Switzerland is a nudist-friendly beach in Switzerland. Nudity is optional.

The Werdinsel is a long, wooded island in the Limmat in Zürich-Höngg, between the river's fast main channel and a calmer side canal used for swimming. Its upstream end holds the free Flussbad Au-Höngg, a city river bath with a children's paddling pool, playground and football lawn. The lower, downstream part of the island has long been Zurich's best-known nude bathing area: a large lawn with direct access to the Limmat, described in naturist guides as an official FKK spot. In summer 2025 Blick reported that the nude zone takes up roughly half the island and is busy on hot days. The swimming is the attraction: the Limmat flows fast past the lawn, while the canal side is calmer. The crowd is mixed, including couples and some families, but the area is also used by some men for cruising, and in July 2025 residents launched an anonymous petition to remove the nude zone after complaints about sexual acts near the canal, while naturists answered with a counter-petition to keep and enlarge it. Check the current situation before visiting.