German Hotel Is a Strip Joint

Germany's first mandatory-nudity hotel hasn't even opened yet, but management is laying down the law: Towels must be placed wherever guests sit. The Black Forest resort's clothing ban is an oddity even in Germany, a hotbed of naturism for over a century, reports the Times of London. In fact, clothing will be a badge of shame, reserved for those who violate the rule strictly prohibiting sexual harassment of fellow guests at the kid-friendly hotel.

“We hope that all kinds of people will come to the hotel, including families, and we are building a playground in the hotel grounds," says the man who came up with the policy and plans to buy the hotel. (More Germany stories.)