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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 30/09/2026

We wrote about what we dubbed “the Gotthard revival” for a Letter from Europe back in 2020, and as with all 500+ editions of our newsletter, you can read it in full on our website: www.hiddeneurope.eu/letter-from-...

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 29/09/2026

One of our favourite retreats in central Europe: Frantiskovy Lazné in Bohemia.

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 29/09/2026

A fine rural railway station: Dunrobin Castle on the Far North Line from Inverness to Thurso and Wick

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 29/09/2026

The Hope Road. One of Scotland's great rural roads, often quite challenging, but wonderful in all weathers. #Sutherland

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europebyrail.eu @europebyrail.eu · 29/09/2026

Forsinard Station on Scotland's Far North Line to Wick and Thurso. We stopped off here today.

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europebyrail.eu @europebyrail.eu · 29/09/2026

Forsinard is perfectly positioned for exploring Scotland's UNESCO-listed Flow Country: Europe's largest expanse of peat landscape.

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 28/09/2026

The places of hidden europe: The old drovers' road from Tregaron across the Cambrian mountains drops down into the Irfon Valley, which illustrated an article in our magazine back in issue 17 - The road to Abergwesyn...

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 28/09/2026

OK Bluesky, what do you say? Favourite journey by train in Italy?

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 25/09/2026

A surviving fragment of the former Berlin Wall by Griebnitzsee. A very complex border in this area with many small parcels of land which were almost isolated.

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 25/09/2026

A dash of industrial design at Wolfsburg in northern Germany. We always had the idea of featuring Wolfsburg in hidden europe magazine but somehow never got round to it.

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 24/09/2026

Some more travel inspiration from our book EUROPE BY RAIL. This time it is a route across the Alps, from Munich to Verona via some lovely mountain scenery...

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 21/09/2026

Chess in Geneva's Parc des Bastions. This is a city that has many sides, and one that is far more interesting than it is often given credit for. Indeed, as we explored in hidden europe 47, this Swiss city turns out to have impeccable radical credentials...

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europebyrail.eu @europebyrail.eu · 21/09/2026

Antwerp station is described in the 19th edition of Europe by Rail as “one of Europe’s great railway stations” and one which we urge travellers to make a little time for. Indeed, we say the same about the city itself as a potential stop on Route 6 of our book… Photo © Sventlana Day / Dreamstime

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 18/09/2026

Something for the weekend? How about a railway journey from our book @europebyrail.eu? Perhaps a trip east from Marseille towards the Italian border?

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 14/09/2026

Trieste station might be the destination for Route 52 in our book Europe by Rail, but it is also a place that prompted reflections on the joy of railway stations for one of our Letter from Europe newsletters: www.hiddeneurope.eu/letter-from-...

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 10/09/2026

Another fine route from our book @europebyrail.eu is this journey through the Baltic States, from Poland to the shores of the Gulf of Finland...

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europebyrail.eu @europebyrail.eu · 10/09/2026

The railway bridge in Riga is perhaps best observed at night when it is illuminated against the Baltic skies. But we think this fine city is well worth a stopover, especially if you are travelling on Route 32 in our book… Photo © Genadijsz / Dreamstime

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 07/09/2026

The first route in our book Europe by Rail begins at Paddington station, a place that we wrote about for a Letter from Europe quite some years ago now. The story centred around the final running of Paddington's ghost train... www.hiddeneurope.eu/letter-from-...

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 03/09/2026

If you used to follow our @europebyrail.eu feed on Instagram, you might have noticed we're missing at the moment... if you'd be so kind to give us a (re-)follow over there it would be greatly appreciated...

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 31/08/2026

The places of hidden europe - The Bigo is an architectural installation that dominates the Porto Antico area of Genoa’s waterfront, and was the cover star of hidden europe 28...

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 28/08/2026

The places of hidden europe - Degradation versus conservation: the hills around Roşia Montană have a two thousand year history of gold mining. UNESCO’s World Heritage List includes many citations which showcase former mining activities… Photo © Ocskay Mark / dreamstime

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 25/08/2026

The places of hidden europe - The widespread use of turf roofs makes many Faroese settlements blend imperceptibly into the landscape. Coping with a harsh environment has been an enduring ingredient of Faroese life, which we explored in hidden europe 31… Photo © Rastislav Vimpel / dreamstime

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europebyrail.eu @europebyrail.eu · 25/08/2026

Travelling through Munich station earlier this week gives us the chance to highlight the fact that the Bavarian city features on not one but two different routes in the 19th edition of Europe by Rail.

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Laurence Mitchell @eastofelveden.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Here's something Bulgarian for #TombTuesday

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 20/08/2026

A nice review for our book in the latest edition of Rail Magazine...

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 17/08/2026

The places of hidden europe - Remnants of ancient Thracian graves in the Bulgarian-Turkish borderlands, a place we featured in hidden europe 63 via the wonderful words and pictures of regular contributor to the magazine, @eastofelveden.bsky.social.

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 13/08/2026

Have you ever travelled through Copenhagen station? Our book @europebyrail.eu features two routes that include the Danish capital...

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 11/08/2026

The water meadows in Diedersdorf: a place where we walked so often until 2024. Neglected since, but only because we moved to a new home in Wannsee. We should go back to Diedersdorf.

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 10/08/2026

The places of hidden europe - Traditional housing on the island of Frederiksø which, like neighbouring Christiansø, has no roads. The Ertholm Islands (literally ‘Pea Islands’) are the easternmost fragments of Danish territory...

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 09/08/2026

Flower power in Hautvillers, a lovely Champenois community in northern France. There are so many fine villages in the Champagne region.

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 07/08/2026

Four routes in our book Europe by Rail either start or finish at Vienna's main station, and we explore them a little on this thread. But which would you most like to travel? A journey to the Black Sea? The Arlberg route through the Alps? South to Trieste via the Semmering railway and Graz?

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 06/08/2026

Pfaueninsel (Peacock Island), Berlin. A UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 06/08/2026

Grand Central style. Always love this bold branding. Direct trains from London Kings Cross to Sunderland, Hartlepool and Bradford. And to minor stations like Seaham and Low Moor.

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 04/08/2026

The places of hidden europe - The view from Epesses over to France with the Alps dominating the southern shores of Lake Geneva. Every available patch of land is under vines in the heart of Lavaux...

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 02/08/2026

On one of Scotland's finest rail routes.

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 02/08/2026

Blair Atholl station in Scotland which some years ago featured on front cover of an edition of our book "Europe by Rail: The Definitive Guide".

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Places Journal @placesjournal.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

From the Archive this month: Nora Wendl, on the legacies of the Manhattan Project and the nuclear-industrial complex; Lucy Sante, on the plunder of upstate New York to deliver water to NYC; and @timothyaschuler.bsky.social, on the the last stand of tallgrass prairie in America.

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From the Archive: Fallout, Reservoir, Everywhere

This month's recommendations from the Editors.

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 01/08/2026

Berlin Lichterfelde - a little corner of Berlin that in summer makes a perfect suburban retreat

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 31/07/2026

A nostalgic piece of roadside furniture, spotted on the A939 in Morayshire north of Grantown-on-Spey.

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 31/07/2026

A pic of the Berlin suburb where we live. This is Stolpe, actually closer to Potsdam than the middle of Berlin.

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 30/07/2026

The places of hidden europe - View of Magdeburg's Johanniskirche and the embankment of the River Elbe. For a Letter from Europe, we explored the German city armed with a map from 1910… Photo © Neurobite / Dreamstime

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 27/07/2026

Have you have taken the train through the villages of the Cinque Terre? This is part of Route 46 in the 19th edition of our book @europebyrail.eu, published in June 2026...

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 23/07/2026

The places of hidden europe - Rapperswil, on the shore of Lake Zurich, is a good spot to pause for a couple of hours when travelling on the Voralpen Express from St Gallen to Lucerne… Photo © Luis Leamus / Dreamstime

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 20/07/2026

Are you planning a future railway adventure in Europe? Our book has 52 fine routes to help inspire your journey, including this journey along the Atlantic coast of Iberia...

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 20/07/2026

Some of favourite places - the ones we return to time and again. The Lavaux Vineyards by Lac Léman. This is the village of St Saphorin, looking east towards Montreux.

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 20/07/2026

Looking southwest from Suvretta towards Silvaplana in Switzerland's Upper Engadine region. Near St Moritz. Gorgeous area for summer hikes and winter sports.

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 20/07/2026

hidden europe certainly hasn't stopped travelling. Journeys over the last 3 months have taken in Aranjuez (Spain), Stockholm, Livigno (Italy), St Moritz, Avignon, Oxford, Zwolle (NL), Paris and much more. Pic is from Oxford.

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 20/07/2026

Heading home after a brilliant weekend in the Bernina Alps.

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 16/07/2026

The places of hidden europe - For many travellers the handsome squares in the heart of major cities - throughout central Europe but also more widely - capture the experience of being away from home... Photo © Sergey Dzyuba / Dreamstime

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 13/07/2026

Looking to cut your carbon footprint and make the most of the great rail renaissance? Keen to relax and just enjoy a fine journey? Interrail, perhaps? In a market where there are now many titles on European rail travel, we think our very own Europe by Rail stands out…

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