Hans FaberApr 235 minDissolute Elisabeth and her DevilIn the Middle Age lived a once promiscuous girl named Elisabeth. She had come to repentance, found honourable employ as a maid, and had...
Hans FaberFeb 196 minFilmstar Ben-Hur made peace with Frisian raidersWho does not know the epic movie Ben-Hur released on the screens in 1959? The movie in which masculine Hollywood actor, and civil rights...
Hans FaberOct 29, 20205 minGrassland conversationsBeing at the grasslands might lead to encounters with farmers or other wanderers and, of course, with ‘birdwatchers’ (see also note at...
Hans FaberJul 6, 202015 minRats with wings or Masters of the SkyOver 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....
Hans FaberFeb 11, 202017 minDonkey KingRex illiteratus est quasi asinus coronatus ‘an illiterate king is like a crowned donkey’ or, if you prefer the alternative translation,...
Hans FaberMay 24, 20196 minThe Giants of Twilight LandOn 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...
Hans FaberMar 10, 201911 minHow the Hero of Haarlem is actually a dragon in disguiseIt 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...
Hans FaberJan 20, 20197 minKnow where to find your sweet potatoWe retrace our steps back to the sixteenth century. A time the potato was exotic. Nowadays children eat pastas, pizzas, burgers,...
Hans FaberMay 23, 20189 minRacing the Wadden Sea with a Silt SledThe mud flats of the Wadden Sea are endless. But what to do with it? How do you give meaning to mud? Yes, one cubic-meter mud flat...
Hans FaberMay 13, 20189 minBil. A wasteland of non-integrated migrants?This is the story of the reclamation of the former Middelzee in the Netherlands. The Middle Sea was a shallow inland sea that used to cut...
Frans RiemersmaJan 10, 20181 minDid you dance with the blue light, yet?Want some magic while walking the Frisia Coast Trail? If you happen to walk the beach at night, expect the unexpected. Sure, you might...
Hans FaberDec 24, 20173 minThe terp that should have been a wierdeThe Hague, June 29, 2013. The day Zwaantje Vink-Brouwer, widow of Piet Vink, together with a party of local government people re-opened...
Hans FaberOct 29, 20176 minA terp for ChoquequiraoWhy 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,...
Hans FaberOct 7, 20177 minLeeuwarden, European Capital of Exiled GovernmentsIn Germany and in the Netherlands, Frisians are worried about the wave of referenda and separation going through Europe and the world...
Hans FaberSep 30, 201710 minPRESS RELEASE: Consensus for a Frisia TribunalIt is a well known fact the Frisians fought in foreign armies. Whether as foreign fighter in the Mediterranean and the Levant, or as...
Hans FaberSep 17, 20173 minEscher: Land of Confusion"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...
Hans FaberJun 1, 20174 minBoots made for walkin’Besides Nancy Sinatra’s 1966 recommendation in her song; what kind of boots would we recommend to hike the Frisia Coast Trail? The...
Hans FaberMay 4, 20176 minLodging etiquette in OstfrieslandBefore 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...
Hans FaberApr 30, 20176 minWhat’s hip and happening at the grasslands?How do we Frisians spent our time off? Frisians in the Netherlands must have loads of it because perspectives for a job are about the...
Hans FaberApr 21, 20175 minHow to recognize the Frisians by name?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...