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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 post is about the harsh history of the ‘beastly’ Westfrisians, and especially those of the town of Medemblik. Medemblik, grande dame...

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 Germany and in the Netherlands, Frisians are worried about the wave of referenda and separation going through Europe and the world...

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

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

"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 of Leeuwarden in province...

Between 450-455 at the southern coast of the North Sea, a betrayal took place that has not been forgotten ever since. And it never will....

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

The essence of the Frisia Coast Trail is hiking through the heartland of (former) Frisia and to taste the landscape, its history, its...

Rungholt, a thriving and wealthy town, disappeared overnight in the year 1362. For seven centuries only legends told us about what...

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...

When it comes to the de-radicalization of foreign terrorist fighters, Mid and East-Frisians (in this context modern provinces Groningen...

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...

In the 8th century the Battle of the Boarn was fought. It was a huge battle between the Frisians and the Franks. The stakes were very...