Hans FaberFeb 1812 minThe Chronicles of Warnia. When history seems a fantasy storyThe fate of tribes and tribe names during the age of the Wandering of Peoples, between the fourth and the sixth centuries, was uncertain....
Hans FaberFeb 422 minGuerrilla in the Polder. The Battle of Vroonen in 1297What’s the use of celebrating only the battles you have won? Feeling proud and superior as a nation above that of another, and the...
Hans FaberJan 736 minStavoren. A balancer on a slack rope of religion, trade, land, water, Holland and FrisiaFor many turbulent centuries, the town of Stavoren was a tightrope walker before it finally settled as a small harbour at the Lake...
Frans RiemersmaAug 28, 20238 minHow great was Great Pier? (the sequel II)To understand the ‘greatness’ of Great Pier, we decided to look into his ‘achievements’. As a freedom fighter (or pirate, if you like)...
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 FaberMay 28, 20229 minJoan of Arc an inspiration for Land WurstenIn the year 1500, a girl by the name Tjede Peckes was born in the hamlet of Padingbüttel in Land Wursten, on the eastern banks of the...
Hans FaberApr 10, 202214 minWalfrid, You’ll Never Walk Alone.This post isn’t about Aindreas Ó Céirín (1840-1915), better known as Brother Walfrid from Ireland and who founded the Scottish football...
Hans FaberDec 10, 202114 minPagare il fioPagare il fio is Italian for ‘paying the penalty’. More literally, it means ‘paying the fee’. It is an expression the Italian language...
Hans FaberOct 31, 20219 min♫ They want you as a new recruit ♫'In the navy', is a song of village people. Of the small villages along the southern coast of the North Sea. A water people once united...