Hans Faber
Yet another wayward archipelago
Peoples of islands and archipelagos do not let others dictate how to live their life. One of those archipelagos that meets these criteria...
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Hans Faber
- Mar 25, 2020
- 28 min
Out of averting the inevitable a community was born
The COVID-19 pandemic is climbing towards its peak. Uncertainty of how destructive the pandemic is going to be. How many family members...
Hans Faber
- Mar 10, 2019
- 11 min
How the Hero of Haarlem is actually a dragon in disguise
It 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 Faber
- Oct 14, 2018
- 12 min
Beacons of Nordfriesland
Nordfriesland or North Frisia. The western coast and islands of region Schleswig. Stretching from the Danish town Tønder in the north, to...
Hans Faber
- May 13, 2018
- 9 min
Bil. 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 Faber
- Mar 31, 2018
- 4 min
Refuge on a terp 2.0. Waiting to be liberated
August 21, 1930, Wieringermeer. The reclamation was completed. Of land that used to be called the Creil Woods, in province Noord Holland...
Frans Riemersma
- Apr 29, 2017
- 2 min
The mother of all dykes
Ladies 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...
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