How Sauna Nudity Nearly Destroyed Iceland

Iceland is a fascinating country. Its population is only about 300,000 people, so their prime minister is more comparable to the mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma than, say, Angela Merkel. (You can look up his home number in the Reykjavik phone book.) In a country of that size and wealth we can only expect adorable political battles, and one such fight apparently dominated this month in Iceland: whether the sauna in a small town there should be nude or swimsuited. It turns out the battle basically boils down to “swimsuits are filthy, germ-filled and chlorinated” vs. “I don’t want to look at your junk.” Keep an eye on this, as it may eventually lead to civil war.

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