Welcome to hidden europe. Find out about Europe's lesser known places and our continent's diverse cultures. Start exploring our site by using the search facility at the top right (type in e.g. Venice, Abkhazia, railways).

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Flashback: tragedy in Berlin

Twenty years ago this summer, each new week seemed to bring another momentous political event as the two German States edged towards Union. But a tragic incident overshadowed the Unification Treaty signed on 31 August 1990.

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E-News:
the last victim of the Berlin Wall

1990 was a Berlin summer dominated by the Mauerspechte - literally the 'wall peckers' - who chipped away at the Wall with chisels, often in the hope that fragments of the legacy of a divided Berlin could be sold to the tourists who were then thronging the city centre in their thousands. One of the wall peckers was Christoph-Manuel Bramböck.

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Current Issue:
hidden europe 31

In this issue of hidden europe we take the pulse of rural life in the Faroe Islands, join a cattle drove along the cañadas in Spain, visit a small community in the Basque country and explore Trieste, that most curiously un-Italian of Italian cities. We also recall the legacy of Georgian-born architect Berthold Lubetkin, take the boat to an island in the Gulf of Bothnia and cross from France into Italy on the trail of Alan Sillitoe.

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Scope & Skills:
what we do

People look to us for high quality prose and creative advice. We are an editorial bureau with a focus on European culture and travel. We also provide consultancy services, working with our clients to provide focused solutions to problems relating to travel, tourism and culture.

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