Met ‘Hidden Europe’ gaat Rapha op zoek naar verschillende onbekende fietsbare gebieden binnen Europa. Het schilderij ‘Der wanderer über dem nebelmeer’ van de kunstschilder Caspar David Friedrich (1774 - 1840) vormde de inspiratie van de eerste Rapha Continental Europe film; Bohemia.



“Today one of those regions is České Švýcarsko, known in English as the Bohemian Switzerland or Böhmische Schweiz in German. Rewind back to the Romantic age of the late 18th and early 19th centuries and together with the neighbouring Sächsische Schweiz, this was the preferred country retreat of composers Dvořák, Chopin and Wagner, as well as painters such as Adrian Ludwig Richter and Caspar David Friedrich.



Looking out over sandstone mountains typical of the region, Friedrich’s composed image of the Wanderer Above the Mist, or Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer depicts a scene of extreme natural beauty more well-known nowadays for rock climbing and hiking than two-wheeled adventures.”





Onder deze link staat de trailer, de film is binnenkort te zien. Het is de eerste film van de ‘Europa afdeling’. Meer Rapha films en blogspots kan je hier bekijken.