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

August 21, 1930, Wieringermeer. The reclamation was completed. Of land that used to be called the Creil Woods, in province Noord Holland...

After the Roman Empire had incorporated a big chunck of the British Isles in the first century AD, the empire needed a military force to def

This year (May 5th) it is exactly 200 years ago Karl Marx was born. When in AD 1867 he published the first part of Das Kapital, Marx was...

Did you know that between 328,770 and 502,190 people lost their lives around the North Sea? On the flip side: millions of possible...

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

In March 714, Redbad's army reached the shores of Cologne. That is deep in the Frankish heartlands and way out of the traditional Frisian...

King Redbad died in 719. Some 1300 years later, as a tribute a movie about this Frisian king will hit the silver screen in the Dutch...

Ever heart of Aldgisl? Even if you did, you probably have a hard time separating fact from fiction. For a fact it is the first king of...

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

This blog post is about the harsh history of the 'beastly' Westfrisians and especially those of the town of Medemblik. Medemblik, the...

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...

Hwasa thene vthemeda husath ieftha howath ieftha oppa sinne werf set, sa skel hi thes wachtia, hwetsa hi deth. Who receives a foreigner...

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...

In contrast to the Sunday's rest of today, for centuries the Walcheren was a pagan retreat and safe haven for the Vikings with their...

"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...

On May 28, 2011 Bill Clinton held a speech in Achlum. The village has some 600 inhabitants. Looks like a small audience to me. What was...

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 Saskia Holleman. The reincarnation of Mata Hari, her fellow-citizen. Saskia, born in 1945 in the city Leeuwarden in province...