Deep in the Alps, a village encounters influx of naked visitors
(NEWSER) - Appenzell is a remote, conservative town in the Swiss Alps; it has just 5,600 residents, makes famed cheese, and finally awarded women the right to vote in 1990. Yet in recent years, a growing number of Swiss and foreign visitors have taken to hiking through the mountains wearing nothing more than boots and a backpack. The town is struggling to understand why nude hiking has taken off—and as the New York Times reports, seems powerless to stop it. More»
