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	<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:16:29 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>Cities of the imagination</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Paul Scraton explores Lisbon with the writing of Fernando Pessoa in mind, and reflects on how the books we read powerfully inflect our understanding of a city.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>Stories in timber and stone - Europe’s Old Towns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For many travellers the handsome squares in the heart of major cities - throughout central Europe but also more widely - capture the experience of being away from home. These squares, often distinguished by cobblestones and half-timbered buildings, are the focus of the tourism circuit. In some cases, these squares are reconstructions of originals destroyed in conflict, so raising interesting questions of authenticity.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>At the harbour wall: port cities and the ties that bind</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Port cities often have a very special feel. Hamburg, Genoa, Liverpool and Bergen have much in common by virtue of their connection to the sea. Berlin writer Paul Scraton explores the quaysides of the Norwegian port of Bergen and reflects on the cultural, economic and social ties which enliven port cities across Europe.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2025 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>What’s in a name? From Eryri to Everest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The names of places and topographical features do not appear by accident. Examine a placename and there is often a good story about its origins and meaning. Paul Scraton takes to the Welsh hills to explore this theme.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>Caught on film - travels through time and space in Łódź</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Paul Scraton explores how cities reinvent themselves, taking inspiration from Łódź in Poland where a cutting-edge film industry has documented the city&#x00027;s transition from an industrial to a post-industrial era. Across Europe, media spaces are filling the urban wastelands left when the mills and mines close.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://www.hiddeneurope.eu/letter-from-europe/posts/caught-on-film-travels-through-time-and-space-in-lodz/</link>
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		<title>Finding homeplace: travelling with Seamus Heaney</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Triggered by a visit to the Seamus Heaney HomePlace - an exhibition dedictated to the poet in Bellaghy in Ireland&#x00027;s County Derry - Paul Scraton ponders the meaning of place in the context of &#x00027;home&#x00027;. Do we not take with us a keen appreciation of our personal home places on our lifelong journey?]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://www.hiddeneurope.eu/letter-from-europe/posts/finding-homeplace-travelling-with-seamus-heaney/</link>
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		<title>Out of the ruins: in search of the old Magdeburg</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Paul Scraton explores the German city of Magdeburg armed with a map from 1910. Largely rebuilt after the Second World War, Magdeburg&#x00027;s streetscape has greatly changed. The old map is not ideal for navigating the city, but it offers rich insights into the history of Magdeburg.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://www.hiddeneurope.eu/letter-from-europe/posts/out-of-the-ruins-in-search-of-the-old-magdeburg/</link>
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		<title>A festive welcome: Christmas in the Azores</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Join us on a Christmas journey to the Azores. Paul Scraton reflects on how travelling over Christmas can powerfully influence our long-term memories of a place.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://www.hiddeneurope.eu/letter-from-europe/posts/a-festive-welcome-christmas-in-the-azores/</link>
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		<title>Carried on the wind: Denmark&#x00027;s North Sea coast</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Paul Scraton visits the coast of Jutland in Denmark in search of the landscapes featured by Dorthe Nors in her book A Line in the World. The book is a magnificent piece of place-writing, one which nicely captures the spirit of Denmark&#x00027;s sandy coastal landscapes where Jutland meets the North Sea.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://www.hiddeneurope.eu/letter-from-europe/posts/carried-on-the-wind-denmarks-north-sea-coast/</link>
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		<title>Coffee in Trieste: the joy of railway stations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Paul Scraton reflects on the appeal of railway stations as places to linger. Stop for a coffee and reflect on past travels and future journeys. They are more than merely a place to change trains or buy a ticket.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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