hidden europe 29

In this issue of hidden europe magazine we take the boat to Iceland, spend a day in the Czech town of Domazlice and travel from Berlin to Budapest by train.

We also visit Crete's Lasithi Plateau and spare a thought for the old Penguin cerise series.

Picture above: Norröna in Seyðisfjörður, Iceland (photo © hidden europe).

Summary

In this issue of hidden europe magazine we take the boat to Iceland, spend a day in the Czech town of Domazlice and travel from Berlin to Budapest by train.

We also visit Crete's Lasithi Plateau and spare a thought for the old Penguin cerise series.

Editorial hidden europe 29

Welcome to hidden europe 29! In this issue of hidden europe magazine we take the boat to Iceland, spend a day in the Czech town of Domazlice, travel from Berlin to Budapest by train, visit Crete's Lasithi Plateau and spare a thought for the old Penguin cerise series.

Hungarian rhapsody

Sometimes we travel to really get somewhere. But occasionally a journey is worthwhile merely for its own sake. Sit back, relax, and from the comfort of a corner seat watch all the world go by on the train from Berlin to Budapest.

Cerise diversions

Before being quietly consigned to literary history in 1959, the Penguin Cerise series brought some of the very best of the world's English language travel writing to a huge readership at affordable paperback prices. We remember an icon of publishing history.

East Germany: after the fall

Brandenburg's business corridor, an east-west strip south of Berlin, incorporates many preserves that featured in Cold War history. We take a look at some of the places outside Berlin that played the role in the political events of 1989 and thereafter.

Cyprus links

A range of new shipping links now gives Cyprus new status as a stepping stone to ports in the eastern Mediterranean. We report on new services from Cyprus to Syria, Lebanon, Egypt and Israel.

All a matter of time

How many time zones in mainland Europe? The answer is six. All a matter of astronomy, you might think. And to some extent that is true. But the way we set our clocks is often as much a matter of politics as a respect for astronomy.

Arctic concord

Cross-border confidence is the Barents Sea region has this year prompted a raft of new initiatives fascillitating contact between Norway and Russia. hidden europe reports from the town of Kirkenes in northeast Norway.