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One day all the sunken church bells will surface and speak to us, sternly
Imagine a time unlike ours. When there were no engines, amplifiers, and speakers, and the sounds you heard were made by the actions of...
Hans Faber
Jun 232 min read


A Frontier known as Watery Mess: the Coast of Flanders
At the end of the eighth century, by decree of Charlemagne and under the supervision of the wise men Wlemar and Saxmund, the customary...
Hans Faber
Aug 9, 202153 min read


Legend of Esonstad. One of the many sunken towns
When, on a moon-clear night, on top of the dyke at Lake Lauwersmeer, you look out over the water, you just might see in the distance the...
Hans Faber
Nov 1, 20208 min read


Atlantis found! Wait, there is another one, or 7, wait 12 in total... No, 19!
Frisia could easily claim the title: land of Atlantis. 19 inhabited islands and 244 villages drowned along the old Frisian coast trail...

Frans Riemersma
May 5, 202014 min read


Out of Averting the Inevitable an Unruly Community Was Born
On March 25, 2020, the coronavirus pandemic was climbing towards its second peak. There was uncertainty about how destructive the...
Hans Faber
Mar 25, 202038 min read


The United Frisian Emirates and Black Peat. How Holland became Dutch
In this blog post, we will explain that the Frisian lands might as well be named the United Frisian Emirates. Of course, there are some...
Hans Faber
May 12, 201928 min read


Burn Beacons Burn. A Coastal Inferno—Nordfriesland
Nordfriesland or North Frisia. The western coast and islands of the region of Schleswig. Stretching from the Danish town Tønder in the...
Hans Faber
Oct 14, 201813 min read


Refuge on a terp 2.0. Waiting to be liberated
pumping station Lely by Joh. H. van Mastenbroek August 21, 1930, Wieringermeer in the province of Noord Holland. The reclamation of just...
Hans Faber
Mar 31, 20186 min read


Half a million deaths. A forgotten North Sea disaster...
Did you know that between 328,770 and 502,190 people lost their lives around the North Sea? On the flip side: millions of possible...

Frans Riemersma
Jan 13, 20186 min read


How a town drowned overnight. The case of Rungholt
Rungholt. A thriving and wealthy town of the archipelago of the Wadden Sea that disappeared in the waves overnight in the year 1362. For...
Hans Faber
May 7, 201717 min read
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