Today Nida has 1,650 residents and is an administrative center of the Neringa municipality. The town is an upmarket holiday resort, hosting about 50,000 tourists each summer.
In the begining of 20th century Nida became famous as colony of German expressionists (Künstlerkolonie Nidden).
Max Pechstein, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Ernst Kirchner, Ernst Mollenhauer, Franz Domscheit,
Herrmann Wirth and others were common guests.
Painters usually took accommodations at Herman Blode hotel,
and for him were leaving own works.