Hans Faber
A severe case of inattentional blindness: the Frisian tribe’s name
The name Frisii for the people living on the southern coast of the North Sea is old. Very old. It dates from the Late Antiquity. Today we...
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Hans & Frans
- Jul 10, 2021
- 7 min
Wa bin ik, wa bist do en wa bin wy?
“If you don’t care about your own history, you may as well leave the classroom.” Words from the geography teacher at high school Simon...
Hans Faber
- Jan 4, 2021
- 4 min
Expelled from Regal Grounds
July 1987. The two bastards, both being sixteen years old at the time, went to the village of Wijnaldum, or Winaem in Mid-Frisian...
Hans Faber
- Nov 21, 2020
- 11 min
The Killing Fields, of the Celts
About 2,000 years ago a tragedy unfolded. A sixteen-years-old girl, who suffered during her young life from scoliosis, was killed. Her...
Hans Faber
- Nov 20, 2020
- 3 min
Oldest Vessel of the World
The Pesse Canoe. The oldest water vessel of the world was found near the village of Pesse in province Drenthe, the Netherlands. It is...
Hans Faber
- Nov 15, 2020
- 13 min
Rowing souls of the dead to Britain: the ferryman of Solleveld
In 2004, a unique discovery was made at the early-medieval grave field of Solleveld, just south of the city of The Hague: a boat grave....
Hans Faber
- Oct 30, 2020
- 4 min
Notre dame of Grou
The 'First Lady' of the village of Grou in province Friesland, the Netherlands, also named Grytsje of Grou. Archaeologists found her in...
Frans Riemersma
- May 5, 2020
- 13 min
Atlantis found! Wait, there is another one, or 7, wait 12 in total... No, 19!
Frisia could easily claim the title: land of Atlantis. 19 inhabited islands and 244 villages drowned along the old Frisian coast trail...
Hans Faber
- Apr 13, 2020
- 15 min
The Batwing Doors of Northwest Europe
“Is seaport the Maasvlakte the gateway of northwestern Europe? No? Is it Europoort then? No? Is it the Botlek port area? Is it...
Hans Faber
- Nov 16, 2019
- 15 min
Weladu the flying blacksmith
Master blacksmith Wayland is well-known from mythology. The blacksmith who was kept captive on a small island in the sea, and escaped...
Hans Faber
- Oct 25, 2019
- 19 min
Groove is in the Hearth
The hearth was in pre- and early-medieval times the holy of holies, the heart of the family. Where you would lay back and groove. Groove...
Hans Faber
- Jul 27, 2019
- 14 min
Ornament of the Gods found in a mound of clay
In the year 516, king Hygelac of the Geats, a tribe in (probably) the southeast of Sweden, raided Frisia. Back then, this part of the...
Hans Faber
- Jul 21, 2019
- 9 min
Another brick in the wall
Who has not dined at least once in an ’80s Chinese restaurant that carried the name ‘The Great Wall’? At least you have been at one for a...
Hans Faber
- May 12, 2019
- 25 min
The United Frisian Emirates and Black Peat
In this post we'll explain that the Frisian lands might as well be named the United Frisian Emirates. Of course, there are some...
Hans Faber
- Dec 24, 2018
- 26 min
Have a Frisians Cocktail
With the coming seasonal festivities at the end of the year, it's appropriate to serve you a flavorful cocktail. It's a cocktail from the...
Hans Faber
- Jun 1, 2018
- 16 min
Haute couture from the salt marshes
It was not the city of Parisius. Nor that of Lundenwic. Believe or not, the early-medieval center for expensive cloth and chique clothing...
Hans Faber
- Jan 19, 2018
- 34 min
Porcupines bore U.S. bucks
On May 5th, 2018, it was exactly two centuries ago that Karl Marx was born. When in 1867 the good man published the first part of Das...
Hans Faber
- Oct 29, 2017
- 6 min
A terp for Choquequirao
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,...
Hans Faber
- Aug 22, 2017
- 7 min
Celtic-Frisian heritage: There's no dealing with the Wheel of Fortune
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
Hans Faber
- Jun 1, 2017
- 4 min
Boots made for walkin’
Besides Nancy Sinatra’s 1966 recommendation in her song; what kind of boots would we recommend to hike the Frisia Coast Trail? The...
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