Tube users stripped to their underwear in London (Picture: AP)

The annual ‘No Pants Subway Ride’, which involves wearing no trousers on the underground, has seen commuters around the globe stripping off on public transport.

Pictures of people in their underwear have been streaming in from across the world, with cities such as London, Berlin, Brussels, Hong Kong and Sydney taking part.

A group of young women in Brussels (Picture: EPA)

Organiser of the London event Rammi Glomp joked about what was to come when speaking to participants on Facebook beforehand.

‘I’ll probably be holding a pair of sparkly red underpants and a sign so I shouldn’t be too hard to miss.’


Passengers without their trousers use a subway train in Berlin (Picture: Reuters)

The event begun as a joke in 2002 when New York acting group Improv Everywhere decided to shock members of the public by taking off their trousers.



A statement on their website said: ‘The mission started as a small prank with seven guys and has grown into an international celebration of silliness, with dozens of cities around the world participating each year.’