Frisia Coast Trail.com

Being at the grasslands might lead to encounters with farmers or other wanderers and, of course, with ‘birdwatchers’ (see also note at...

Over the last years we have written about the people living in the twilight zone of sea and land at the southern shores of the North Sea....

Rex illiteratus est quasi asinus coronatus ‘an illiterate king is like a crowned donkey’ or, if you prefer the alternative translation,...

On the edge of land and sea, where it is difficult to tell what is land and what is not, life is rough. The corrosive salt of the sea is...

It was a Yankee by the name Mary Mapes Dodge who wrote ‘Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates. A story of life in Holland’. The book was...

We retrace our steps back to the sixteenth century. A time the potato was exotic. Nowadays children eat pastas, pizzas, burgers,...

The mudflats of the Wadden Sea are endless. But what to do with it? How do you give meaning to mud? Yes, one cubic-meter mudflat contains...

This is the story of the reclamation of the former Middelzee 'Middle Sea' in the Netherlands. A shallow inland sea that used to cut...

Want some magic while walking the Frisia Coast Trail? If you happen to walk the beach at night, expect the unexpected. Sure, you might...

The Hague, June 29, 2013. The day Zwaantje Vink-Brouwer, widow of Piet Vink, together with a party of local government people re-opened...

Why in heaven's name should a terp be constructed in the Andes? To be more precise, the location for this terp is at the remote...

In Gǝrmany and the Netherlands the Frisians arǝ worried about thǝ wavǝ of rǝfǝrǝnda and separation going through Ǝuropǝ and the world;...

It is a well known fact the Frisians fought in foreign armies. Whether as foreign terrorist fighter in the Mediterranean and the Levant...

"Dude, take a deep sigh and look at the landscape of the picture below. Don’t panic. You're not alone and the world isn't empty. Slowly...

Besides Nancy Sinatra’s 1966 recommendation in her song: what kind of boots would we recommend to hike the Frisia Coast Trail? The...

Before the owner of the house agrees to give you lodging for the night, it might be you have to show him your silver. Like a computer...

How do we Frisians spent our time off? The Frisians in the Netherlands must have loads of it because perspectives for a job are about the...

This is one of the simplest things there is once you got the hang of it. ‘A child can do the laundry,’ as they say in Dutch. But...

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

For those never having met a native Frisian, here is a crash course. There are some remarkable things to mention and rules to live by....