Here is an extended table of contents for hidden europe 10 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 10, which is still available for sale. It was published in September 2006. 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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editorial hidden europe 10
Welcome to hidden europe 10, in which we visit townships in Spitsbergen, Europe's lost synagogues, Prague's African community, coal mines in Lusatia, the island of Sylt and go bagging tripoints.
northern townships: Spitsbergen
The Arctic archipelago of Spitsbergen (Svalbard) has more than its fair share of polar bears and glaciers. But it is also home to some of Europe's most unusual communities.
Europe's lost synagogues
Shoah survivors and their descendants come and stand silent in the synagogue where once an entire kehillah worshiped together. hidden europe finds out what has become of some of Europe's former synagogues.
Prague's men in black
Guest author Adam Daniel Mezei has been exploring Prague's African community for hidden europe. He recounts the captivating tale of Omojefe.
mechanical monsters: where coal is king
Welcome to the Lusatian glass town close to where the mechanical monsters toil, where once over a thousand men and women made milk bottles for all of Europe.
Frisian shores: the island of Sylt
On the tidal flats that surround the North Frisian island of Sylt there are millions of lugworms. On the island itself there is a peculiar sub-species of homo sapiens. hidden europe explores both!
cartographic curiosities: bagging tripoints
hidden europe reports on the ancient, eccentric and probably harmless sport of tri-pointing.
in search of the Old Believers
We track down the Old Believers, members of a conservative offshoot of the Russian Orthodox Church, who live in rural isolation.
the Polish Woodstock
hidden europe visits Europe's largest rock festival, Przystanek Woodstock, at Kostrzyn in Poland. Overshadowed by more well-known events, like Roskilde and Glastonbury, the Kostrzyn festival helps perpetuate a tradition inaugurated at Woodstock in the USA in 1969.
grave encounters
The symbolism of a grave often eclipses the transient mortal whose remains are interred therein. We visit some of Europe's more interesting graveyards.
not quite...goodbye, Lenin!
The former Russian leader may have slumped in the popularity stakes in recent years, but that doesn't mean that all the tributes to Lenin have disappeared. We explore a few Lenin museums.
"as waste as the sea": Rannoch's great moor
Think remote! Very remote. There are no roads to Corrour. Just the train that stops at this railway outpost in the Scottish highlands.
muscle power: draisine travel
Draisines are the stuff of slapstick scenes in old movies. But this eccentric mode of transport is bringing new life to old railway tracks.
crossing the Danube
Until now there has been just a single bridge crossing the Danube to link Romania with Bulgaria. That now looks set to change.
nicely nautical!
regular hidden europe correspondent Karlos Zurutuza files a report from Nagorno Karabagh.
the last picture show
hidden europe celebrates the life and work of a pioneering Russian photographer.
