Hans FaberMay 78 minTo the end where it all beganLet’s go to the omega, the end of the Frisia Coast Trail. To Ribe in southern Jutland, Denmark. The oldest town of Scandinavia. A town...
Hans FaberMar 2061 minHarbours, Hookers, Heroines and Women in MasqueradeDockyards, terminals, pilots, warehouses, quays, wharves, anchorages, lighthouses and beacons, craftsmen, shipping companies, customs and...
Hans FaberDec 12, 20215 minA Horsewoman from Harlingen in the Scottish HighlandsMay 2017. One of the Frisian bastards hiked the Cape Wrath Trail. A hike of about 300 kilometres through the remote Northwest Highlands...
Hans FaberNov 14, 202110 minRescuing Rolling SheepHiking needs careful preparation, including personal safety. What do you put in your First Aid Kit? Do you possess basic first aid skills...
Hans FaberSep 5, 202126 minThe Thing is ...The heart of western democracies is the joint assembly of parliament, cabinet and high councils of state. Its Germanic origin is the...
Hans FaberAug 9, 202146 minA Frontier known as Watery Mess: the Coast of FlandersAt the end of the eighth century, by decree of Charlemagne and under supervision of the wisemen Wlemar and Saxmund, customary law of the...
Frans RiemersmaAug 1, 20213 min10 words to travel 1,500 years and miles across the Frisian shoresAre these white letters on the wall encrypted gibberish to you? With learning a handful of keywords, you'll have deciphered them in no...
Hans FaberJul 31, 20214 minThe Raider’s Portrait of AppelsIn the year 1934, while dredging upstream the River Scheldt near the village of Appels in the region of Flanders, an extraordinary ship’s...
Hans FaberApr 24, 202143 minHappy Hunting Grounds in the ArcticIf you want to find out who is responsible for killing the whale, the Frisia Coast Trail area is the prime spot to look. When you stop...
Hans FaberApr 5, 202129 minYet another wayward archipelagoPeoples of islands and archipelagos do not let others dictate how to live their life. One of those archipelagos that meets these criteria...
Hans FaberMar 21, 202111 minWith a Noose through the Norsemen’s DoorAlthough the conversion was a slow and cumbersome process, and only succeeded in-depth in the course of the tenth century, Frisia...
Hans FaberFeb 10, 202129 minHistory is written by the victors – a history of the creditsNew York City, the Capitol of the World. Other names are Gotham, Modern Gomorrah, The Big Apple, Empire City and Bagdad-on-the-Subway....
Hans FaberJan 4, 20214 minExpelled from Regal GroundsJuly 1987. The two bastards, both being sixteen years old at the time, went to the village of Wijnaldum, or Winaem in Mid-Frisian...
Hans FaberOct 29, 20205 minGrassland conversationsBeing at the grasslands might lead to encounters with farmers or other wanderers and, of course, with ‘birdwatchers’ (see also note at...
Hans FaberFeb 23, 202012 minA Theelacht. What a great idea!Halfway the ninth century, Vikings had established more or less permanent presence in Frisia in the former district called Nordendi or...
Hans FaberFeb 11, 202017 minDonkey KingRex illiteratus est quasi asinus coronatus ‘an illiterate king is like a crowned donkey’ or, if you prefer the alternative translation,...
Hans FaberDec 1, 20194 minThe shipwrecked people of the salt marshesTidal marshlands and Frisians, a dual entity. The Chauci and the Frisians (Frisii) had learned to adapt to this unprotective, hospitable...
Hans FaberOct 6, 20197 minGerddwyr CroesoLast year one of the bastards hiked the Pembrokeshire Coast Path in southwestern Wales (Cymru), a 290 kilometres long trail. As every...
Hans FaberMay 12, 201919 minThe United Frisian Emirates and Black PeatIn this post we will explain that the Frisian lands might as well be named the United Frisian Emirates. Of course, there are some...
Hans FaberDec 24, 201824 minHave a Frisians CocktailWith the coming seasonal festivities at the end of the year, it is appropriate to serve you a flavorful cocktail. It is a cocktail from...