In hidden europe 2 (May 2005) we explored the very extremities of mainland Europe, travelling from Portugal's Atlantic coast to the Caspian Sea in Azerbaijan, and from northern Norway to southern Spain, to locate those cardinal points that define the very limits of European geography. But what of the middle of Europe? Is there a point worthy of cartographic recognition? Pause, if you will, ponder your own mental maps and try and make an estimate of where you think the centre of Europe might plausibly lie. Somewhere around Luxembourg perhaps? Along the Rhine or neatly positioned on some snowy Alpine peak?
hidden europe 5
Pivotal points: defining Europe's centre
by Nicky Gardner
Summary
We track down two monuments that claim to mark the spot at the very centre of Europe.
The hidden europe award for ingenuity in creating new European rail travel opportunities is awarded to Austria's state rail operator, Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB). We look at what ÖBB will offer anew for 2020, and examine too what's new on the rails in Russia, Germany and elsewhere across Europe.
bed & breakfast with a difference in the Romanian city of Brasov
Razvan cannot wait to get home to Romania; a tale of one train journey