Europe's highest sand dunes are located in Russia’s smallest national park, the Curonian Spit, where you can spend up to three days without a Russian visa if you’re on a cruise ship. Dunes the size of ...

Standing next to one of the largest, most mathematically correct sundials in the world, I have no idea what time it is. I can’t read the Lithuanian instructions, the order and spacing of numbered ...

Human habitation of this elongated sand dune peninsula, 98 km long and 0.4-4 km wide, dates back to prehistoric times. Throughout this period it has been threatened by the natural forces of wind and ...

At 25 square miles, the national park in the Kaliningrad region, is one-sixteenth the size of Russia's capital. The sword-shaped Curonian Spit runs from Kaliningrad, Russia to Klaipeda, Lithuania. The ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... NIDA, lithuania — At the edge of the Valley of Silence, the landscape changes so suddenly it’s like strolling to another continent — from a placid, fragrant ...

Glide over the breathtaking Curonian Spit with stunning drone footage, capturing its sweeping sand dunes, dense pine forests, and the tranquil waters of the Baltic Sea. Experience the unique beauty of ...

Lithuania’s outdoors span forested trails, UNESCO-listed dunes, and glacial lakes ideal for hiking and kayaking. Notable sites include the Curonian Spit’s Parnidis Dune, Lake Plateliai’s historic ...

A 60-mile sandbar dotted with forests and icy lagoons, the Curonian Spit’s buried villages, elk and elemental beauty attracted Sartre and De Beauvoir The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will ...

On the Curonian Spit, a 60-mile arcing wisp of dunes, forests and villages that makes up most of Lithuania's Baltic coastline, there are few (if any) remnants from when this was part of the Soviet ...