Hans Faber
Latið meg ei á Frísaland fordervast!
Latið meg ei á Frísaland fordervast! ‘Do not let me perish in Friesland!’ A cry-out of a Faroese young woman when she was being kidnapped...
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Hans Faber
- Mar 25, 2020
- 26 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
- Feb 16, 2020
- 7 min
Attingahem Bridge
Brooklyn. Named after the village of Breukelen in the Netherlands. Its original Frisian name was Attingahem. With only a twist of history...
Hans Faber
- May 24, 2019
- 6 min
Giants of Twilight Land
On the edge of land and sea, where it is difficult to tell what is land and what is not, life is rough. The corrosive salt of the sea is...
Hans Faber
- Dec 24, 2018
- 25 min
Have a Frisians Cocktail
With the coming seasonal festivities at the end of the year, it is appropriate to serve you a flavorful cocktail. It is a cocktail from...
Hans Faber
- May 23, 2018
- 9 min
Racing the Wadden Sea with a Silt Sled
The mud flats of the Wadden Sea are endless. But what to do with it? How do you give meaning to mud? Yes, one cubic-meter mud flat...
Hans Faber
- Apr 30, 2017
- 7 min
What’s hip and happening on the grasslands?
How do we Frisians spent our time off? Frisians in the Netherlands must have loads of it because perspectives for a job are about the...
Hans Faber
- Apr 21, 2017
- 5 min
How to recognize the Frisians by name?
This is one of the simplest things there is once you got the hang of it. ‘A child can do the laundry,’ as they say in Dutch. But...
Frans Riemersma
- Apr 11, 2017
- 5 min
Freezing Frisians, who are these people?
For those never having met a native Frisian, here is a crash course. There are some remarkable things to mention and rules to live by....