Hans FaberApr 5, 202132 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 25, 202028 minOut of averting the inevitable a community was bornThe COVID-19 pandemic is climbing towards its peak. Uncertainty of how destructive the pandemic is going to be. How many family members...
Hans FaberMar 10, 201911 minHow the Hero of Haarlem is actually a dragon in disguiseIt was a Yankee by the name Mary Mapes Dodge who wrote ‘Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates. A story of life in Holland’. The book was...
Hans FaberOct 14, 201812 minBeacons of NordfrieslandNordfriesland or North Frisia. The western coast and islands of region Schleswig. Stretching from the Danish town Tønder in the north, to...
Hans FaberMay 13, 20189 minBil. A wasteland of non-integrated migrants?This is the story of the reclamation of the former Middelzee in the Netherlands. The Middle Sea was a shallow inland sea that used to cut...
Hans FaberMar 31, 20184 minRefuge on a terp 2.0. Waiting to be liberatedAugust 21, 1930, Wieringermeer. The reclamation was completed. Of land that used to be called the Creil Woods, in province Noord Holland...
Frans RiemersmaApr 29, 20172 minThe mother of all dykesLadies and gentlemen, it is time to get down and dirty. Nope, this article is not about lesbians. This dike is not made of flesh and...