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Exactly a year ago Hans van der Togt, a former Dutch television presenter of the game show Wheel of Fortune, told in the talk show Pauw abou

Below the green and black image of Saskia Holleman, the reincarnation of Mata Hari, her fellow citizen. Saskia was born in 1945 in the town of Leeuwarden in the province of Friesland, standing stark naked in the milky grasslands with a Friesian Holland cow . It is a pamphlet from the former Pacifist Socialist Party (PSP) for the Dutch general elections campaign in 1971. Besides the fact that Saskia was of Frisian descent, the pamphlet also depicts every detail of the scenery

Around the year 440 (Shippey 2022), a betrayal unfolded on the southern shores of the North Sea—a tragedy not forgotten in north-western Europe, echoing even in distant Bavaria. And it never will be. We are talking about the bloody battle at the citadel of King Finn—or Fin Folcwalding Fresna cynne , as he is called in the Anglo-Saxon poem Widsið . This poem, dating from the early tenth century, recounts the fate of Finn, son of Folcwald and young king of the Frisian tribe. It

Rungholt. A thriving and wealthy town of the archipelago of the Wadden Sea that disappeared in the waves overnight in the year 1362. For six centuries, only legends have told us about what happened to Rungholt. A town submerged in the sea as the wrath of God. According to these medieval legends, you could still hear the chime of its church bells rising from the dark depths of the sea. Today, however, the remains of the town of Rungholt—located in the district (Landkreis) of N

Imagine you are hiking the Frisia Coast Trail in northwest Germany. After a long day of walking and searching for shelter, you try your luck at a private home. Before the owner agrees to let you stay the night, you may first be asked to show your silver. And, as if pressing an early version of a computer “confirm” button, a child in the household may be made to endure a painful tug on the ear in the process. Such were the methods of the first “legally blondes” for sealing an

When it comes to the deradicalization of foreign terrorist fighters in modern Western societies, the Frisians—meaning here the present-day regions of Ostfriesland and Land Wursten in Germany, and the provinces of Friesland and Groningen in the Netherlands—have neither a strong track record nor notable expertise to offer. Their only meaningful contribution to contemporary counterterrorism efforts lies in the lessons of their own past: a vivid example of how radicalization and

In the 8th century the Battle of the Boarn was fought. It was a huge battle between the Frisians and the Franks. The stakes were very high: the supremacy over the North of the Netherlands. According to the sources it took place at the borders of the Boarn (Boorne) or the Bordine or both. The Boarn is an old river. The river ends in the “Middelsea”. To make matters extra complex, before 1500 AD the Middelsea was called the Bordine, or sometimes Bordena. Are you still with me

Ladies and gentlemen, it is time to get down and dirty. Nope, this article is not about lesbians . This dyke is not made of flesh and bones, but it is made of dirt, dung and, ok probably ' bones '. This dyke is actually an old Route 66 . A dyke is an artificial slope to regulate water levels, also called levee in American English. This particular dyke is old. Very old. It has been build roughly between 1000 and 1300 AD. Yes, sure, there are dikes dating back from around 0 A

This is your DIY manual for enlarging or creating your own terp — an artificial settlement mound or house platform designed to protect against sea or river floods, depending on where it is built. Although terps have been constructed on the tidal marshlands of the Wadden Sea for over 2,600 years, this manual is the first of its kind. We sincerely hope it is not too little, too late, now that terp-building is on the rise again. Too often we see these projects carried out in an

The treacherous mudflats of the Wadden Sea. They are UNESCO protected, but you're not. Take good care when walking sea. Read and shiver!

Your mother-in-law probably chased your tail during life. But do not be so sure you are free once she is gone. If you are looking for...