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

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

In contrast to the Sunday's rest of today, for centuries the island of Walcheren 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 the green and black image of Saskia Holleman, the reincarnation of Mata Hari, her fellow citizen. Saskia was born in 1945 in the...

King Finn (r) and Hengest (l) Around the year 440 (Shippey 2022), a betrayal took place on the southern shores of the North Sea. It was a...

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 that disappeared overnight in the year 1362. For six centuries only legends told us about what...

You are hiking the Frisia Coast Trail in the northwest of Germany, and after a long day looking for a place to stay, you can try your...