hidden europe
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Curated collection of print & online material celebrating European lives & landscape. Spirit of landscape and a sense of place. Fuel for the mind. From Susanne Kries and Nicky Gardner www.hiddeneurope.eu
The places of hidden europe - Trieste station. We’ve often felt that the appeal of railway stations lies in them as places to linger. Stop for a coffee and reflect on past travels and future journeys. They are more than merely a place to change trains...
Photo © Lorenzo Pegoraro / Dreamstime
Photo © Lorenzo Pegoraro / Dreamstime
November 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The places of hidden europe - Trieste station. We’ve often felt that the appeal of railway stations lies in them as places to linger. Stop for a coffee and reflect on past travels and future journeys. They are more than merely a place to change trains...
Photo © Lorenzo Pegoraro / Dreamstime
Photo © Lorenzo Pegoraro / Dreamstime
“The window displays in the shops show snowy scenes and other reminders that our visual clues at this time of year come from places much further north, but even in these first hours we can tell this is going to be a Christmas with a difference…”
Photo © Adam Wolszczak / Dreamstime
Photo © Adam Wolszczak / Dreamstime
November 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
“The window displays in the shops show snowy scenes and other reminders that our visual clues at this time of year come from places much further north, but even in these first hours we can tell this is going to be a Christmas with a difference…”
Photo © Adam Wolszczak / Dreamstime
Photo © Adam Wolszczak / Dreamstime
If you are following us here then there is a good chance that you are interested in a more thoughtful, considered and curious way of travelling. If that sounds like the case, then might we point you in the direction of our sister publication Europe by Rail?
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Photo © Alisd2 / Dreamstime
November 12, 2025 at 11:21 AM
If you are following us here then there is a good chance that you are interested in a more thoughtful, considered and curious way of travelling. If that sounds like the case, then might we point you in the direction of our sister publication Europe by Rail?
Photo © Alisd2 / Dreamstime
Photo © Alisd2 / Dreamstime
Do islands stir your soul? A while back, we stopped off in the town of Seahouses on the coast of Northumberland. Just the idea of the Farne Islands a few miles offshore was enough to have us clamber aboard a boat to go and take a closer look…
Photo © Martin Kemp / Dreamstime
Photo © Martin Kemp / Dreamstime
November 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Do islands stir your soul? A while back, we stopped off in the town of Seahouses on the coast of Northumberland. Just the idea of the Farne Islands a few miles offshore was enough to have us clamber aboard a boat to go and take a closer look…
Photo © Martin Kemp / Dreamstime
Photo © Martin Kemp / Dreamstime
The places of hidden europe - Looking from Christiansø over the harbour mouth to the island of Frederiksø with its Napoleonic-era defensive tower. These two islands at Denmark’s eastern edges were the subject of a feature in hidden europe 53...
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The places of hidden europe - Looking from Christiansø over the harbour mouth to the island of Frederiksø with its Napoleonic-era defensive tower. These two islands at Denmark’s eastern edges were the subject of a feature in hidden europe 53...
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
Photo © Minnystock / Dreamstime
November 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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
Photo © Minnystock / Dreamstime
The places of hidden europe - Near the end of the Skagen spit towards Point Grenen. On the left are the waters of the Skagerrak, which is in effect the easternmost extension of the North Sea, a place we visited in hidden europe 69...
October 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The places of hidden europe - Near the end of the Skagen spit towards Point Grenen. On the left are the waters of the Skagerrak, which is in effect the easternmost extension of the North Sea, a place we visited in hidden europe 69...
The places of hidden europe - The Hungarian trains which circle around Tokaji Hill afford marvellous views of the region's vineyards, part of our feature in hidden europe 54 on railways and wine tourism...
Photo © Attila Vörös / Dreamstime
Photo © Attila Vörös / Dreamstime
October 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The places of hidden europe - The Hungarian trains which circle around Tokaji Hill afford marvellous views of the region's vineyards, part of our feature in hidden europe 54 on railways and wine tourism...
Photo © Attila Vörös / Dreamstime
Photo © Attila Vörös / Dreamstime
The places of hidden europe - “We are here to follow the Narcissus Path, a gentle hiking trail out from the village of Les Avants that crosses meadows where the white and yellow flowers grow, pollinated by the butterflies and bees…”
Photo © Yulan / Dreamstime
Photo © Yulan / Dreamstime
October 22, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The places of hidden europe - “We are here to follow the Narcissus Path, a gentle hiking trail out from the village of Les Avants that crosses meadows where the white and yellow flowers grow, pollinated by the butterflies and bees…”
Photo © Yulan / Dreamstime
Photo © Yulan / Dreamstime
The places of hidden europe - a picturesque row of artisans’ houses (now very much aimed more at visitors than local shoppers) in the lovely old town of Poznan. The Polish city is home, we think, to one of the finest old town squares in all of Europe...
October 16, 2025 at 7:02 AM
The places of hidden europe - a picturesque row of artisans’ houses (now very much aimed more at visitors than local shoppers) in the lovely old town of Poznan. The Polish city is home, we think, to one of the finest old town squares in all of Europe...
The places of hidden europe - have you ever explored a place while using an old map? Take this city map of Magdeburg from the early years of the 20th century to the city today, and you’ll find a place that has much changed...
October 10, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The places of hidden europe - have you ever explored a place while using an old map? Take this city map of Magdeburg from the early years of the 20th century to the city today, and you’ll find a place that has much changed...
The places of hidden europe - “Half the life’s work of a Nobel prize winner, all within a few square miles of where we are standing. So he would have called this his homeplace, and that’s how we got our name.”
October 8, 2025 at 7:13 AM
The places of hidden europe - “Half the life’s work of a Nobel prize winner, all within a few square miles of where we are standing. So he would have called this his homeplace, and that’s how we got our name.”
The warehouse district in Hamburg holds in its stones the stories of a long history of connection to the outside world. Indeed, port cities often have a very special feel and places like Hamburg, Genoa, Liverpool or Bergen have much in common.
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Photo © minnystock / dreamstime
October 4, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The warehouse district in Hamburg holds in its stones the stories of a long history of connection to the outside world. Indeed, port cities often have a very special feel and places like Hamburg, Genoa, Liverpool or Bergen have much in common.
Photo © minnystock / dreamstime
Photo © minnystock / dreamstime
“One of the joys of walking in the Welsh hills (...) are the names of the hills and the stories behind them. Some, like Yr Aran, feel very literal. The ‘three fingers’ of Tryfan are clearly visible if you look at the mountain from the right angle…"
Photo © Gavin Haskell / dreamstime
Photo © Gavin Haskell / dreamstime
October 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
“One of the joys of walking in the Welsh hills (...) are the names of the hills and the stories behind them. Some, like Yr Aran, feel very literal. The ‘three fingers’ of Tryfan are clearly visible if you look at the mountain from the right angle…"
Photo © Gavin Haskell / dreamstime
Photo © Gavin Haskell / dreamstime
On a day that marks 200 years since the first steam-powered train carried passengers (some of whom were clinging to the sides) for 26 miles along the Stockton and Darlington Railway, we thought it would be nice to celebrate the appeal of railway stations…
September 27, 2025 at 8:43 AM
On a day that marks 200 years since the first steam-powered train carried passengers (some of whom were clinging to the sides) for 26 miles along the Stockton and Darlington Railway, we thought it would be nice to celebrate the appeal of railway stations…
The places of hidden europe - The Raczyński library in Poznań oozes neoclassical elegance and is one of the more remarkable buildings in the Polish city, a place that has certainly seen its fair share of change over the decades...
September 24, 2025 at 7:38 AM
The places of hidden europe - The Raczyński library in Poznań oozes neoclassical elegance and is one of the more remarkable buildings in the Polish city, a place that has certainly seen its fair share of change over the decades...
The places of hidden europe - Hamnøy harbour at the mouth of Reinefjord on the Lofoten island of Moskenesøya, right in the heart of what we think is one of Europe’s most magical landscapes...
September 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The places of hidden europe - Hamnøy harbour at the mouth of Reinefjord on the Lofoten island of Moskenesøya, right in the heart of what we think is one of Europe’s most magical landscapes...
The places of hidden europe - The former house of the Iranian consul (called Firouza) in Borjomi, Georgia, one of the many extraordinary buildings which attest to the one-time importance of the spa town known for its mineral water.
Photo © Mikhail Markovskiy / dreamstime
Photo © Mikhail Markovskiy / dreamstime
September 17, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The places of hidden europe - The former house of the Iranian consul (called Firouza) in Borjomi, Georgia, one of the many extraordinary buildings which attest to the one-time importance of the spa town known for its mineral water.
Photo © Mikhail Markovskiy / dreamstime
Photo © Mikhail Markovskiy / dreamstime
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...
September 14, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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...
The places of hidden europe - Lisbon’s Praca do Comércio, with the prominent statue of King José I on his charger and the triumphal arch and arcades behind. The restaurant-café Martinho da Arcada is to the right of the arch, and was once the haunt of Fernando Pessoa.
Photo © Iain Bamforth
Photo © Iain Bamforth
September 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The places of hidden europe - Lisbon’s Praca do Comércio, with the prominent statue of King José I on his charger and the triumphal arch and arcades behind. The restaurant-café Martinho da Arcada is to the right of the arch, and was once the haunt of Fernando Pessoa.
Photo © Iain Bamforth
Photo © Iain Bamforth
The places of hidden europe - Gleisdreieck station in Berlin. For hidden europe 40, it was a 1924 essay by Joseph Roth that fired our imagination and inspired us to take the train. In Roth’s day, Gleisdreieck looked down on a tangled maze of railway lines and sidings...
September 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The places of hidden europe - Gleisdreieck station in Berlin. For hidden europe 40, it was a 1924 essay by Joseph Roth that fired our imagination and inspired us to take the train. In Roth’s day, Gleisdreieck looked down on a tangled maze of railway lines and sidings...
The places of hidden europe - Traditional Azorean chapel in Topo on the island of São Jorge. Note the dove above the entrance that reveals the Azorean attachment to the Cult of the Holy Spirit…
Photo © H368k742 / Dreamstime
Photo © H368k742 / Dreamstime
September 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The places of hidden europe - Traditional Azorean chapel in Topo on the island of São Jorge. Note the dove above the entrance that reveals the Azorean attachment to the Cult of the Holy Spirit…
Photo © H368k742 / Dreamstime
Photo © H368k742 / Dreamstime
The places of hidden europe - “Be plural like the universe!” Pessoa scribbled on a piece of paper, perhaps while sitting at his favourite table at the Café A Brasileira alongside his fellow writers and poets…
Photo © Juan Moyano / Dreamstime
Photo © Juan Moyano / Dreamstime
August 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The places of hidden europe - “Be plural like the universe!” Pessoa scribbled on a piece of paper, perhaps while sitting at his favourite table at the Café A Brasileira alongside his fellow writers and poets…
Photo © Juan Moyano / Dreamstime
Photo © Juan Moyano / Dreamstime
The places of hidden europe - Looking east over Lake Lucerne from the hiking trail on Mount Pilatus. Swiss lakes are in a class of their own, but what’s your favourite?
Photo © Damien Verrier / Dreamstime
Photo © Damien Verrier / Dreamstime
August 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The places of hidden europe - Looking east over Lake Lucerne from the hiking trail on Mount Pilatus. Swiss lakes are in a class of their own, but what’s your favourite?
Photo © Damien Verrier / Dreamstime
Photo © Damien Verrier / Dreamstime
The salt pans in Janubio, Lanzarote were the cover star for hidden europe 54, an issue in which Diago Vivanco took us on a tour of this industrial landscape now finding life as a new conservation zone…
Photo © Meinzahn / Dreamstime
Photo © Meinzahn / Dreamstime
August 23, 2025 at 8:14 AM
The salt pans in Janubio, Lanzarote were the cover star for hidden europe 54, an issue in which Diago Vivanco took us on a tour of this industrial landscape now finding life as a new conservation zone…
Photo © Meinzahn / Dreamstime
Photo © Meinzahn / Dreamstime