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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 town of Leeuwarden in the province of Friesland, standing stark naked in the milky grasslands with a Friesian Holland cow . It is a pamphlet from the former Pacifist Socialist Party (PSP) for the Dutch general elections campaign in 1971. Besides the fact that Saskia was of Frisian descent, the pamphlet also depicts every detail of the scenery

The essence of the Frisia Coast Trail is hiking through the heartland of (former) Frisia and to taste the landscape, its history, its culture and to meet its people. Every now and then the Frisian bastards hike trails that cut through heartlands of other minority cultures. Hiking the illustrious Cape Wrath Trail in the upper north-east of Scotland was one of those. A two-weeks, fairly challenging trek with no fixed route and, thus, no path directions whatsoever either. Very

How do Frisians spend their time off? Frisians in the Netherlands must have loads of it because job prospects are among the lowest in the country. In addition, those who have a job do not face traffic jams consuming precious hours every day, unlike the people in the cities further to the south of the country. Inhabitants of the province of Friesland belong to the poorest in the country and have the highest unemployment rate. Yet, these people turn out to be the happiest in th

This is your DIY manual for enlarging or creating your own terp — an artificial settlement mound or house platform designed to protect...

This is one of the simplest things there is, once you’ve got the hang of it. ‘A child can do the laundry,’ they literally say in the Dutch language. This has nothing to do with a history of child labour, by the way. Understanding the logic of Frisian personal names is essential if you want to have a seamless and non-violent hiking experience along the Frisia Coast Trail . Once you get it, a Frisian—or a Dutchman with Frisian roots for that matter—is also easily recognizable b

Your mother-in-law probably chased your tail during life. But do not be so sure you are free once she is gone. If you are looking for...

For those never having met a native Frisian, here is a crash course. There are some remarkable things to mention and rules to live by. Before I start describing what makes the Frisians different, I have to apologize for my poor discrimination skills. I was raised in Cameroon, in Africa. All my friends were natives from the small village of Atcha Tugi, the place where we lived. I admit, that is a poor start. Once back in the Netherlands, my discrimination career took a huge t