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From the same morning on the pier at the north gate of the sea – congestion. Who came for coffee, who, for a walk on the pier, and others, just to sunbathe. It is good that there is always room for a small motorcycle. With a car it would be more complicated. There’s little comfort in this place in the mornings, but in the afternoons, at dusk, you don’t even understand what’s so good.
Alvydas Januševičius / 15min photo / The infinity of nature and human folly go hand in hand on the Baltic coast
War wounds on the coast
Coffee, ice cream and – on the way. The motorcycle is already roaring from Melnrage to Giruliai. And where else? After all, this trail is the most popular on the coast. A little observation: up to Giruliai and a little further behind them: excellent paid parking lots and tidy beaches. It is a civilization that needs most people who want at least some comfort.
When parking ends, it is a sign that a beach is beginning that not everyone has seen in their lives. You can stop along the way and walk a few hundred meters through a forest to the sea.
Photo by Alvydas Januševičius / 15min / There is not much comfort in this place in the mornings, but in the afternoons, at dusk, you don’t even understand what makes it so good
The shore is already a little different. Seduced by small pebbles. In some places, groups of fist-sized round rocks. Here is the last official beach: nudist. Surprisingly, it has a locker room.
It is at this crossroads of natural change that there are military fortifications called the Black Fortress, or Memel Nord. Some of these fortifications are used for entertainment and excursions.
Here you think: stupid people, ruined by nature. It is true that nature successfully destroys everything. With his tremendous strength he scattered the house-sized pieces of reinforced concrete. The construction of forts here in 1939 was started by Germany.
It is this place that reminds me of a strange woman who approached a street musician and told him for a long time that underground bunkers had been planned on the Lithuanian coast, intended only for men in the event of a nuclear war.
Photo of Alvydas Januševičius / 15min / Sandy beaches of the Baltic Sea
He also said that simple hiding places will be enough for women to remain fertile, while men are more exposed to radiation. When you think people lived in terrible times, the madness built here seems normal.
Did the Dutchman lose his hat?
Beyond the military fortifications, the dunes gradually become a cliff that sailors once called the Dutch Cap. She is the first to see her sail from the sea. At the highest point, the Dutch hat reaches a height of 24.4 meters.
In the Dutch hat you will find the most nonspecific link to Gotland and Vilnius. From the cliff and the coast you can see the “tongues” of many springs, which weigh on the slope and are absorbed by the sand without reaching the sea …
Everyone must see this wonderful place of nature. By the way, if you are ever biking around the country, feel free to dive into the coastal forest and roll down the “Litorina” trail. It is the so-called place where the prehistoric sea was 8,000 years ago. It seems that the Baltic countries were certainly not shallow and friendly at the time.
Alvydas Januševičius / 15min photo / The infinity of nature and human folly go hand in hand on the Baltic coast
Trees cooked here are generally unmanaged and left to nature. The focus will be on trees whose bark resembles ivory. It is forceful No, they have not been here since prehistoric times. They were planted a century ago by the Klaipeda Merchants’ Guild.
Stone on stone
Karklė is halfway between Palanga and Klaipeda. Great place not only for those who like to sleep in tents. This settlement is today a prestigious resort. Of course, quiet, slow, but very romantic, with open wooden houses called “gazebos” and swings by the sea. Real refreshment after the thick Klaipeda beaches.
Here, very differently from other parts of the Lithuanian coast. Nature determined that the Karklė coastline was covered with stones of various sizes and colors. The waves also flow in the water through rocks several meters in diameter.
At the same time, Karklė is also an ethnographic people. Klaipeda is only 5 kilometers away. Many new settlements are being built, but all of its architecture and colors strictly apply to the ethnography of the area.
Photo by Alvydas Januševičius / 15min / On the beaches of the Baltic Sea
Photo by Alvydas Januševičius / 15 minute photo / True to the Baltic Sea and Lithuanian delicacies
By the way, in the past there was no bike path here, and cyclists, all over the sea. Now everything is different: there are modern paths for cyclists and pedestrians on both sides of the road.
Here, cyclists have a significant advantage: a bike path leads from Karklė to Palanga. It would accommodate both a motorcycle and a car, but signs play an important role on the road. You have to turn on a busy road.
Palanga – crowded. And, apparently, everyone is much happier than in previous years. Perhaps the quarantine served in this situation? We have just learned to appreciate what is close and dear to us. It seems that the ice cream is the same, but on the Palanga bridge, even tastier.
The “True to the Baltic Sea” project is started by “Baltic Ice Cream”.
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