Walking through the Swiss city of Biel on a sunny afternoon, everything is as normal. A crowd has gathered around a street performer - except - this performer doesn't have any clothes on. And he’s not alone: for two days the city is staging the world's first urban naked art festival. “I think it’s funny!” laughs a woman in her 80s, standing by watching nude dancer, Foofwa d’Imobilité, as he moves fluidly around a large paved square. “But is he allowed to do that?” He is. The bilingual city of Biel/Bienne has supported the Body and Freedom Festival with CHF10,000 ($10,500 ) and the city’s head of culture, Cédric Némitz, told swissinfo.ch there is no law against being naked in a public place in the canton of Bern. “In Biel we have a fund for cultural events – all different kinds of cultural events. It has to be professional and meet certain criteria of course,” Némitz said. “There was only ever one question – is this allowed on the streets of Biel? The security ...
