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hidden europe 24

Here is an extended table of contents for hidden europe 24 with brief summaries and excerpts of every article published in this issue of the magazine. Of course you can read the full version of all articles in the print edition of hidden europe 24, which is still available for sale. It was published in January 2009. So much of what features in hidden europe is timeless - as relevant and thought provoking today as it was on the day it was published.

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‘La Fille des Remparts’ by Max Cabanes, one of Angoulême’s many murs peints (photo © Rudolf Abraham).

Welcome to hidden europe 24. This issue of hidden europe travel magazine contains articles on Poznan's main square, the city of Angouleme, Allianoi on Turkey's Aegean coast and the search for Franklin's lost ...
Aimed more at tourists than a local clientele, small shops are beginning to appear on this superb row of artisans’ houses in the very middle of Poznań’s main square (photo © hidden europe).

Europe's city squares are being radically reshaped by the arrival of mass tourism. Thus far, Poznan's beautiful central square has resisted the pressure for change. It remains essentially a place for the locals. But change is surely in the ...
photo © Anthony Hathaway / dreamstime.com

About twenty clairvoyants, mediums and spiritualists were closely involved in the search for Franklin's lost expedition. The ghostly tale of Louisa Coppin is just one part of this improbable ...
An architectural icon: the main Bauhaus building in Dessau (photo © hidden europe).

The Dessau Bauhaus was the creative focus for a galaxy of talented artists, architects and designers, among them Walter Gropius, Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky and Mies van der Rohe. We explore the small town of Dessau in eastern ...

The view from the carriage window may be identical in first class, but sometimes it makes good economic sense to travel in style. There are many instances in rail journeys across Europe where first class travel may actually be cheaper than second ...
Towers that symbolise the power of finance and commerce at Canary Wharf in London (photo by hidden europe).

From radio towers in Moscow, to the ancient pigeon towers of Isfahan, towers are things to be celebrated and explored. We look at some of Europe's finest, and take a close look at towers along the route of the Great Western Railway from London to ...
Arcaded mosque in Cordoba, Spain (photo © Patrickwang / dreamstime.com)

We learnt from 'The Europe Book' that Frenchmen no longer were berets, that Liechtenstein is Europe's largest exporter of dentures and that the sugar cube was invented in the former Czechoslovakia. We review Lonely Planet's latest coffee table ...

To walk through the door of the church is to leave modern Poland and enter a space suffused with exotic incense and the rich iconography of European Orthodoxy. A note on the Polish Orthodox church in Jelenia ...