Frans Riemersma
How great was Great Pier? (the sequel II)
To understand the ‘greatness’ of Great Pier, we decided to look into his ‘achievements’. As a freedom fighter (or pirate, if you like)...
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Hans Faber
Aug 27, 202315 min
When the Gate of Hell opened at the Golden Necklace
When you enter the province of Friesland from the west by car via the Afsluitdijk ('closure dam') and continues on the A7 Hwy, you will...
Hans Faber
Aug 23, 20237 min
A Dutch king once yelled: “Je suis Frison, et je suis plus têtu que vous!”
In our recent blog post Barbarians riding to the capital to claim rights on farmland, we told the famous story of the two Frisian kings...
Hans Faber
Aug 16, 202317 min
Barbarians riding to the Capital to claim rights on farmland
This is not a blog post about the current agriculture and nitrogen debates between the government in Brussels and farmers in Flanders,...
Hans Faber
Jul 23, 202330 min
A Croaking Ode to the Haubarg by the Eiderstedter Nachtigall
Haubargs . Cathedral-like farmsteads with hipped-shaped roofs up to twenty meters high that were, and are, icons of the peninsula of...
Hans Faber
Apr 3, 202316 min
What Killed the Radio Star? The Frisian Claim to Radio Fame
After given a clear warning by the German Wehrmacht to buzz off, nosy Hanso Idzerda nevertheless returns to the crash site of a V2 rocket...
Frans Riemersma
Jan 15, 20235 min
How great was Great Pier? (the sequel)
Breaking! Great Pier measured around 2.30 meters in height! This question has been bugging the Frisians for centuries. Now we know. How?...
Frans Riemersma
Jan 3, 202320 min
How great was Great Pier?
Most Frisians know the name of Great Pier, or ‘Grutte Pier’ in Frisian. But what do we really know about him? Well, all we know for sure...
Hans Faber
Dec 14, 20228 min
The many faces of Friesland, included that of a bastard
May 8, 2021. Visual artist, photographer Arie Bruinsma approached one of the Frisian bastards . Arie explained to him that his wife...
Hans Faber
Nov 25, 202226 min
Who's Afraid of Voracious Woolf? - the Beast is Back
Who's afraid of Jóða Fenris ‘the offspring of Fenrir’? Afraid of hund hrynsævar hræva ‘the hound of the roaring sea corpses’? Who,...
Hans Faber
Nov 12, 202211 min
A Frisian warlord who ruled in Brittany, until his wife cheated on him
Where the English Channel and the Celtic Sea meet, is where the ships of the Frisian brothers Corsold and Coarchion roamed, raided and...
Hans Faber
Nov 5, 20228 min
Naranjas and Reservoir Dogs - Hiking in Andalusia
The last two weeks of 2021, one of the Frisian bastards hiked most of the Andalucían Coast to Coast Walk in Spain. A hike from Nerja to...
Hans Faber
Oct 25, 20227 min
Late Little Prayers at the Lorelei Rock
On the west bank of the mighty River Rhine, halfway between the cities Koblenz and Mainz, lies the town of Sankt Goar. Named after Saint...
Hans Faber
Oct 9, 202214 min
Three books (and a comic) reviewed on Frisia: Is history evidence based?
You'd say: “Sure, the study of history is evidence based and involves no politics! For this it's called a science, is it not? It's more...
Hans Faber
Sep 30, 202229 min
Don’t believe everything they say about sweet Cunera
Imagine. One day your husband brings home a young unmarried woman. A virgin even. He simply takes her into your house, openly shows...
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