Preview: hidden europe 53

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A look ahead at hidden europe 53 which will be published on 15 November 2017.

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In the next issue of hidden europe, we’ll have a report from the Swedish island of Gotland where the capital Visby is one of the best preserved mediaeval towns in Scandinavia. We’ll take a sideways look at football in Bradford and touch down in the small town of Novi Bečej in the Banat region. With so much hype around New Nature Writing these days, we’ll review some old nature writing from Llewelyn Powys, Edward Thomas and other 20th-century writers. Issue 53 of hidden europe will be published on Wednesday 15 November 2017.

Editorial hidden europe 52
Editorial

By hidden europe

Welcome to hidden europe 52. Much travel writing fuels a shallow approach to travel. Fear of missing out (FEMO) makes travellers roam the globe in haste. There is, we think, a better way of engaging with places and cultures. We prefer to take things mor

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Islands on the Edge: Exploring Barra and Vatersay
Feature

By Nicky Gardner

The islands of Barra and Vatersay are remarkable places. They are the southernmost inhabited islands in the Outer Hebrides. These two Scottish islands have remained Catholic outposts in a country known for its generally Protestant ways. That's not the only unusual aspect of Barra and Vatersay, as we discover in this feature for hidden europe.

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Eric and the Windmill: Keeping Dutch Land Dry
Feature

By Diego Vivanco

A windmill is a retreat from modernity and a place to ponder the passing of the seasons in the Dutch landscape. No-one knows that better than Eric Zwijnenberg who, for over half a century, has managed a traditional smock mill in the province of Noord-Holland.

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Puppetry in Prague: the Art of Bringing Wood to Life
Feature

By Rudolf Abraham

The art of puppetry is alive and well in central Europe. In the Czech Republic, puppetry is recognised as a key element of national culture. With some linden wood, textiles, paint and the skill of the puppet maker, it's just a matter of time before the magic appears. Writer and photographer Rudolf Abraham meets the men and women who pull the strings in Czech puppetry.

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The City by the Elbe: Torgau and the Reformation
Feature

By Nicky Gardner

This is at one level the story of a renegade monk and a runaway nun. But it's also the wider story of the Reformation in Saxony. Join us as we explore Torgau, a town on the banks of the River Elbe in eastern Germany which played second fiddle to Wittenberg in the Reformation. It is 500 years since Martin Luther kicked off a movement which was to divide the Catholic Church.

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Motifs and Motivations: a Closer Look at Europe's Banknotes
Money matters

By Nicky Gardner

The trend in European banknote design is to focus less on people who have shaped a country's history in favour of key themes which help define the national narrative. But that's not a trend favoured everywhere, and in this article we look in particular at a new Scottish five pound note which celebrates the life and work of the writer Nan Shepherd.

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Making Time for Trujillo: City of Storks and Conquerors
Special spaces

By Laurence Mitchell

Midway between Madrid and Lisbon, in the Spanish region of Extremadura, lies the ancient town of Trujillo. Guest contributor Laurence Mitchell invites us to join him for a day in the town's central square. The passage of the sun through the southern sky is marked by the rituals of the humans and the birds who co-exist in Trujillo.

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Imaginary Wanderings: Switzerland in a Box
Books

By Nicky Gardner

The first product from the new Swiss publisher Imaginary Wanderings sets a dauntingly high standard in terms of its look, feel and production values. And the content is equally fine. We explore the Lake Lucerne and Gotthard region in the company of Imaginary Wanderings creators Christina Ljungberg and Barbara Piatti.

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Slovenia's Cerkno Hills: Memory and Place
Hidden histories

By Paul Scraton

Guest contributor Paul Scraton heads out from Ljubljana to explore issues of place and memory in landscapes with a troubled history. Echoes from the past still shape the present in the Slovenian hills.

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Defying Borders: the Art of Transgression in European Sport
Borderpost

By Nicky Gardner

Might a Faroese football team one day win the Welsh league? Or could a Cuban cricket team score runs on the English county cricket circuit? We take a look at sports teams which defy national boundaries and play in what might seem to be the "wrong" league.

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Travels with Frank Lloyd Wright: Detecting the Architect's Influence in Europe
Off limits

By Nicky Gardner

A new book from English publisher Lund Humphries nicely combines travel with architecture. In 'Travels with Frank Lloyd Wright', Gwyn Lloyd Jones escorts us to the Russian steppes, the Veneto, Flanders and beyond in search of the influence of the great American architect who was born 150 years ago this summer.

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Hebridean Hostels
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By hidden europe

The Gatliff Hebridean Hostels Trust gives a chance for travellers to stay a while in some of the remotest communities in the Outer Hebrides. Through the work of the Trust, many casual visitors come to love these island communities. The Trust maintains hostels on Harris, Berneray and South Uist.

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Faking Bruges
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By hidden europe

The legacy of Leonid Markelov, who in April this year stood down from the position of President of the Mari El Republic, lies in the oddball architecture of the republic's capital city of Yoshkar Ola.

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Smock Mills
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By hidden europe

The smock mill is a distinctive element of the Dutch cultural landscape. The functionality and simplicity of these simple mills has made them popular exports, and migrants from the Netherlands built smock mills in New England, South Africa and around the North Sea.

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Rail Travel News
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By hidden europe

Two new high speed rail routes in France, extra trains through the Alps and new services to Ukraine are the headline stories in the summer 2017 rail timetables. We review what's new and what's gone.

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Lutherstadt Torgau
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By hidden europe

The renaming of towns to honour an individual is commonplace. Nizhny Novgorod became Gorky, in honour of the Russian writer Maxim Gorki who was born there. The town later switched back to its original name. In eastern Germany, towns have been prefixed in honour of a notable citizen. We have Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Why not Lutherstadt Torgau?

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Preview: hidden europe 53
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By hidden europe

A look ahead at hidden europe 53 which will be published on 15 November 2017.

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hidden europe 52

Preview: hidden europe 53

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Editorial

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Special spaces

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Borderpost

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