Nudists fear for privacy amid plans for cable car over their beach
A group of nudists are up in arms over plans for a cable car that would travel above their beach.
Clothing is optional at a dedicated zone of the northern Danube Island in Floridsdorf, Austria.
Nudists enjoy wandering the beachfront and gazing at the serene surroundings.
But now their peace and tranquillity could be disrupted with a wave of overhead tourists.
Plans are poised for a cable car to transport people from Danube Island to the nearby Kahlenberg mountain.
The journey will take in beautiful views but, also, perhaps some unwanted ones.
The country’s Austria Press Agency on Friday quoted nudist Barbara Hausjell saying she feared for her privacy if cable car users with cellphone cameras are allowed to swoop across the area.
‘I don’t want to end up on the internet,’ she said.
Project developer Hannes Dejaco sought to reassure nudists, saying the cable cars would only pass over the beach for a short stretch.
In addition, the windows could be made to turn opaque automatically, he was quoted as saying.
A promotional video for the cable car project says it would go from the Heiligenstadt transit station across the Danube river and then back over to the Kahlenberg, a small mountain in the north of the capital.
Some 115 gondolas with panoramic windows would offer a ‘breath-taking view across Vienna,’ it says.
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