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hidden europe 65

Here is an extended table of contents for hidden europe 65 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 65, published in November 2021.

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Saint-Paul-de-Salers, France (photo © hidden europe).

In issue 65 of hidden europe magazine, we roam from Scotland through France and Germany to Vienna and beyond. We have whisky and cheese, thoughts on cross-border rail services, a remarkable report on the world’s first hybrid cars and ...
Herds of Heidschnucken are a common sight on the Lüneburg Heath (photo © hidden europe).

Dedicated teams of scientists and conservationists are working to preserve Europe’s lowland heaths. The threats to these endangered habitats are many: creeping urbanization, the conversion of traditional heathland to cropland and the planting of ...

The news is not great for polar bumble bees, which are well adapted to the Arctic climate. Climate change may not bode well for these bees in the Russian North, but the prospects for adventurous butterflies are on the ...
An Allegro high-speed train at St Petersburg station prior to the outbreak of the pandemic (photo © Igor Groshev / dreamstime.com).

No rail operator’s international operations were more brutally affected by the pandemic that those of RZD Russian Railways. Links from Russia to fourteen other European countries were suspended in March 2020, and none of those regular passenger ...
The Hermitage Pavilion at Tsarskoye Selo near Saint Petersburg (photo © Natalia Rumyantseva / dreamstime.com).

In the Russian town of Pushkin, not far from St Petersburg, there’s a district called Tsarskoye Selo – a sweep of palaces and gardens which was once the summer home of the Romanov ...
A typical buron where Salers cheese is produced in the mountains of Cantal, France (photo © hidden europe).

Salers de Buron is no ordinary cheese. It reflects the richness of the high pastures in France’s Cantal region. The mountain grass is interlaced with Alpine fennel, gentian, arnica, anise and ...