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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 05/10/2026

A quiet meadow close to the River Spey in Morayshire. No ordinary meadow for this is Dellifure Natural Burial Ground. #Strathspey #Scotland

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 02/10/2026

One of the really striking features of the Berlin hinterland are the wonderful tree-lined secondary highways. At their best, we would say, at this time of year as the leaves turn. S+N

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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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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 · 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 · 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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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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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 · 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 · 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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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 · 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

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

“Be plural like the universe!” Pessoa once scribbled on a piece of paper, perhaps while sitting at his favourite table at the Café A Brasileira in Lisbon, alongside his fellow writers and poets. Photo © Juan Moyano / Dreamstime

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 22/06/2026

Slow boat to Rotterdam. What better on a hot summer afternoon than taking the Waterbus from Dordrecht to the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam? A one hour journey.

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 18/06/2026

The places of hidden europe - Salt pans at the Janubio salt works on Lanzarote. We were taken on a tour of the salt works and the dying art of salt harvesting by writer Diego Vivanco in hidden europe 54… Photo © Diego Vivanco

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 11/06/2026

The places of hidden europe - Westerheversand lighthouse in the salt marshes on the Eiderstedt Peninsula in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The area is part of the Wadden Sea National Park… Photo © Minnystock / Dreamstime

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 11/06/2026

Make time for rural Sweden. Spring comes late this far north. But it's worth waiting for.

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 05/06/2026

The places of hidden europe - Nusfjord's small harbour, where the landed cod is dried in the moist and salty air. Nusfjord is no ordinary village. It is one of the oldest and best preserved of the fiskevær (fishing stations) in the Lofoten Islands…

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 02/06/2026

One has to admire the simplicity of this Czech approach to breakfast: sázená vejce - fried eggs. Served here with grated Moravian cheese.

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 02/06/2026

Stolpe is one of two historic villages in Insel Wannsee - the other is Klein Glienecke. A little haven of rurality which is part of Berlin.

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 02/06/2026

Following Byron around Lac Léman: the Château de Chillon.

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 02/06/2026

We love the extraordinary architectural drama which makes Wolfsburg so distinctive. See here at its best on perfect June morning.

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 25/05/2026

The places of hidden europe - Former merchants houses in the Bryggen district of Bergen's harbour. Port cities often have a very special feel. Hamburg, Genoa, Liverpool and Bergen have much in common by virtue of their connection to the sea… Photo © Elenatur / Dreamstime

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 22/05/2026

The places of hidden europe - Cecilienhof palace in Potsdam is now a luxury hotel. In 1945, the Potsdam Peace Conference was held here. Amid the parks and palaces of this city near Berlin, is an area known as the Neuer Garten (‘New Garden’)...

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 19/05/2026

What better way to survey some of the world's great vineyards than from the comfort of a train cruising slowly through a region celebrated for its fine wines? Ideally with a glass of wine to hand! Photo © Attila Vörös / Dreamstime

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 10/05/2026

Somewhere every rail traveller eventually ends up. Like Limerick Junction, Olten or Lyon Part Dieu. Domodossola is at the southern end of the Simplon Tunnel.

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 08/05/2026

The places of hidden europe - Bridge over the River Odra to Wrocław's Cathedral Island. We explored the the Polish city by following the rivers that lend character to the Wrocław townscape for one of our Letters from Europe… Photo © Yasonya / Dreamstime

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 06/05/2026

Der Schwebende floating angel by Ernst Barlach in Güstrow Dom. Hovering, admonishing... a plea for peace. Wonderful sculpture from 1927.

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 05/05/2026

The places of hidden europe - “In Trieste that morning, I stopped at a small café inside the station building and ordered a coffee. In the first instance, my dreams were dreams of the past…” Photo © Lorenzo Pegoraro / Dreamstime

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hidden europe @hiddeneurope.eu · 30/04/2026

In the Palacio Real in Madrid. The sheer grace and style of royal Madrid is deeply impressive.

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