Exploring cultures and communities – the slow way

hidden europe 66

Here is an extended table of contents for hidden europe 66 with brief summaries and excerpts of every article published in this issue of the magazine. Read the full version of all articles in the print edition of hidden europe 66, published in March 2022.

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Sao Miguel, Azores (photo © Artem Evdokimov / dreamstime.com)

In hidden europe 66 we explore the Drin Valley in Albania, the Vipava Valley in Slovenia, reflect on sustainable tourism and check out the boats in Port Grimaud. We also celebrate a special anniversary with a an article on fifty years of ...
Looking east over Lake Lucerne from the hiking trail on Mount Pilatus (photo © Damien Verrier / dreamstime.com).

Swiss lakes are in a class of their own. But is there one that just has the edge over the rest? Some may cast their vote for Léman, and others will argue the case for Lugano. But for us it’s Lake Lucerne, where the lake’s unusual vaguely cruciform ...
The Laugavegur trail in the Rhyolite Mountains of Iceland, part of the Fjallabak nature reserve (photo © Steve Lagreca / dreamstime.com).

For many young Icelanders, the four-day trek along the Laugvegur is a rite of passage that in summer affords a relatively safe encounter with ‘untouched nature’. It takes in terrain that has helped shape Icelandic culture, memory and ...
The Entlebuch area in Switzerland has developed
sustainable tourism with an emphasis on locally owned services, underpinned
by a good public transport network (photo © Nuvisage / dreamstime.com).

How far should the local travel requirements for tourists be met by a region’s regular transport infrastructure? Or does it make sense to lay on special services for seasonal visitors? We look at examples from Switzerland and ...
The Greek-Catholic chapel at Hallmuir in southern Scotland is still used for celebrations of the Divine Liturgy (photo © Anne Ward licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Not far from Lockerbie, in the hills of southern Scotland, a corrugated iron hut was converted into a simple chapel in summer 1947. It is a remote, rural outpost of Ukraine's Greek Catholic ...
Traditional Azorean chapel in Topo on the island of São Jorge. Note the dove above the entrance that reveals the Azorean attachment to the Cult of the Holy Spirit (photo © H368k742 / dreamstime.com).

Look for the tell-tale Pentecostal dove that marks out the small chapels dedicated to the Holy Spirit. They are found across the Azores, each chapel the hub of a social network that underpins Azorean ...

So what is the best way to get from Dubrovnik to Athens? Take the bus, we say, at least for the first part of the journey. Improved bus and ferry services now make it very easy to travel from southern Croatia through Montenegro and Albania to ...