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Comb as You Are, as You Were
There are theories suggesting that the tribal name 'Frisians' originates from the Old Frisian word frisle , meaning ‘lock of hair’—a term...
Hans Faber
Nov 10, 20246 min read


Where Are the Corps and Student Associations? When Do the Corpsbrüder and Frats Rise Up?!
Recently, regional newspaper Leeuwarder Courant published an article about how the town of Stavoren was tampering with the stones of the...
Hans Faber
Mar 9, 202413 min read


A Dutch King Once Yelled: “Je suis Frison, et je suis plus têtu que vous!”
In our recent blog post Barbarians Riding to the Capital to Claim Rights on Farmland , we recounted the famous story of the two Frisian...
Hans Faber
Aug 23, 20238 min read


Barbarians Riding to the Capital to Claim Rights on Farmland
This is not a blog post about the current agriculture and nitrogen debates between the government in Brussels and farmers in Flanders,...
Hans Faber
Aug 16, 202318 min read


The Many Faces of Friesland, Including That of a Coast Trail Bastard
May 8, 2021. Visual artist, photographer Arie Bruinsma approached one of the Frisian bastards . Arie explained to him that his wife...
Hans Faber
Dec 14, 20228 min read


A Severe Case of Inattentional Blindness: the Frisian Tribe’s Name
The name Frisii for the people who lived along the southern coast of the North Sea is ancient—very ancient. It dates back to Late...
Hans Faber
Aug 14, 202216 min read


Joan of Arc, an inspiration for Land Wursten
In the year 1500, a girl by the name Tjede Peckes was born in the hamlet of Padingbüttel in the region of Land Wursten on the eastern...
Hans Faber
May 28, 202212 min read


To the end where it all began: ribbon Ribe in Jutland
Let’s go to the omega. To the end of the Frisia Coast Trail . To Ribe in southern Jutland, Denmark. The oldest town in Scandinavia. A...
Hans Faber
May 7, 202215 min read


Dissolute Elisabeth and Her Devil
In the Middle Age lived a once promiscuous girl named Elisabeth. She had come to repentance, found honourable employ as a maid, and had...
Hans Faber
Apr 24, 20229 min read


Film Star Ben-Hur Made Peace With Frisian Raiders
Who does not know the epic movie Ben-Hur , released on the big screen in 1959? A movie in which Hollywood actor and civil rights activist...
Hans Faber
Feb 19, 20228 min read


Well, the Thing is ...
The heart of Western democracies is the joint assembly of Parliament, Cabinet, and High Councils of State. Its Celtic-Germanic origin is...
Hans Faber
Sep 5, 202144 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


A Raider’s Portrait from Appels. The Water World of the Migration Period
In 1934, while dredging the River Scheldt near the village of Appels in the region of Flanders, workers unearthed an extraordinary ship’s...
Hans Faber
Jul 31, 20217 min read


Wa 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 & Frans
Jul 10, 20218 min read


More Flying 'Dutchmen'. Learnings from a simple innkeeper
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 Faber
May 29, 202113 min read


Happy Hunting Grounds in the Arctic
If 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 Faber
Apr 24, 202160 min read


Yet Another Wayward Archipelago—the Wadden Sea
The peoples of islands and archipelagos do not let others dictate how to live their lives. One of those archipelagos that meets these...
Hans Faber
Apr 5, 202146 min read


With a Noose through the Norsemen’s Door
Although the conversion of the Woden-devoted Frisians was a slow and cumbersome process that only succeeded in depth in the tenth...
Hans Faber
Mar 21, 202114 min read


History is written by the victors—a story of the credits
New York City, the Capital of the World. They call it a lot of things: Gotham, the Big Apple, the Empire City, Modern Gomorrah, even...
Hans Faber
Feb 10, 202135 min read


Expelled from Regal Grounds, the Soils of Wijnaldum
July 1987. The two Frisian bastards , both being sixteen years old at the time, went to the village of Wijnaldum – Winaem in the...
Hans Faber
Jan 4, 20215 min read
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