Hans FaberJul 23, 202328 minA Croaking Ode to the Haubarg by the Eiderstedter NachtigallHaubargs. Cathedral-like farmsteads with hipped-shaped roofs up to twenty meters high that were, and are, icons of peninsula Eiderstedt...
Hans FaberApr 3, 202315 minWhat Killed the Radio Star? The Frisian Claim to Radio FameAfter 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 RiemersmaJan 15, 20235 minHow 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 RiemersmaJan 3, 202320 minHow 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 FaberDec 14, 20227 minThe many faces of FrieslandMay 8, 2021. Visual artist, photographer Arie Bruinsma approached one of the Frisian bastards. Arie explained to him that his wife...
Hans FaberNov 25, 202224 minWho’s afraid of Voracious Woolf?Who's afraid of Jóða Fenris ‘the offspring of Fenrir’? Afraid of hund hrynsævar hræva ‘the hound of the roaring sea corpses’? Who, today,...
Hans FaberNov 12, 202211 minA 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 FaberNov 5, 20228 minNaranjas and Reservoir Dogs: Hiking in AndalusiaThe 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 FaberOct 25, 20227 minLate Little Prayers at the Lorelei RockOn the west bank of the mighty River Rhine, halfway between the cities Koblenz and Mainz, lies the town of Sankt Goar. Named after Saint...