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 FaberApr 235 minDissolute Elisabeth and her DevilIn the Middle Age lived a once promiscuous girl named Elisabeth. She had come to repentance, found honourable employ as a maid, and had...
Hans FaberFeb 196 minFilmstar Ben-Hur made peace with Frisian raidersWho does not know the epic movie Ben-Hur released on the screens in 1959? The movie in which masculine Hollywood actor, and civil rights...
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...
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...
Frans Riemersma and Hans FaberJul 10, 20217 minWa bin ik, wa bist do en wa bin wy?“If you don’t care about your own history, you may as well leave the classroom.” Words from the geography teacher at high school Simon...
Hans FaberMay 29, 20217 minMore Flying 'Dutchmen'On the first of February 2020, one of the Frisian bastards of the Frisia Coast Trail tramped the trail section from the town of Bad...
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 21, 20217 minFrisia, a Viking graveyardWhen reading about the famous deeds of great Viking warriors, often not much attention is given to the moments of failure. Not much is...
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 FaberNov 21, 202010 minThe Killing Fields, of the CeltsAbout 2,000 years ago a tragedy unfolded. A sixteen-years-old girl, who suffered during her young life from scoliosis, was killed. Her...
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 FaberJul 22, 202015 minWith the White Rabbit down the HoleR1b/Hg1/Eu18; R-M213; R-M9; R1b-M45; R-M207; R-M173; R-M343; R-L278; R-L754; R-L389/R1b1a1; R-M415; R-P297/R1b1a1a; R-M269/R1b1a1a2;...
Hans FaberJun 17, 202015 minMake way for the dead!High in the Swiss Alps in the region Bernese Oberland, many men, women and children have experienced the great horror of dead Frisians...
Hans FaberMay 16, 20208 minLatið meg ei á Frísaland fordervast!Latið meg ei á Frísaland fordervast! 'Do no let me perish in Friesland!' A cry out of a Faroese young woman when she was being kidnapped...
Hans FaberMar 25, 202025 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...