Kuršių Nerija National Park – Baltic Sahara in Lithuania

Updated June 12, 2026 by europeexplored No Comments

Kuršių Nerija (Curonian Spit) National Park is one of Europe’s most unique landscapes, a 98-kilometre-long, narrow sand dune peninsula shared between Lithuania and Russia’s Kaliningrad region, where massive shifting dunes (some up to 60 metres high), ancient pine forests, and traditional fishing villages create a UNESCO World heritage landscape that is often called the Baltic […]

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Lithuania – country of amber

Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored No Comments

Lithuania is the country of amber, Baltic gold, the fossilised tree resin that washes up on the shores of the Curonian Spit in quantities unmatched anywhere else on Earth, which has been traded along the Amber Road from the Baltic to the Mediterranean since the Roman Empire and remains the defining symbol of this proud […]

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