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The much-celebrated Frisian Freedom is the period between more or less 1250 and 1500, a time when the Frisian terrae ‘lands’, with...

Manmade hills to dwell on. Often considered typical Frisian, but they are not. Only think of the Kincaid Mounds of the Mississippian...

Haubargs . Cathedral-like farmsteads with hipped-shaped roofs up to twenty meters high that were, and are, icons of the peninsula of...

May 8, 2021. Visual artist, photographer Arie Bruinsma approached one of the Frisian bastards . Arie explained to him that his wife...

On the west bank of the mighty River Rhine, halfway between the cities of Koblenz and Mainz, lies the town of Sankt Goar. Named after...

Imagine. One day your husband brings home a young unmarried woman. A virgin even. He simply takes her into your house, openly shows...

The name Frisii  for the people living on the southern coast of the North Sea is old. Very old. It dates from Late Antiquity. Today, we...

Pagare il fio  is Italian for 'paying the penalty'. More literally, it means 'paying the fee'. It is an expression the Italian language...

Hiking requires careful preparation, including personal safety. What do you put in your First Aid Kit? Do you possess basic first aid...

The heart of Western democracies is the joint assembly of Parliament, Cabinet, and High Councils of State. Its Celtic-Germanic origin is...

At the end of the eighth century, by decree of Charlemagne and under the supervision of the wise men Wlemar and Saxmund, the customary...

Are these white letters on the wall encrypted gibberish to you? With learning a handful of keywords, you'll have deciphered them in no...

"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...

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...

The peoples of islands and archipelagos do not let others dictate how to live their lives. One of those archipelagos that meets these...

For those outdoor enthusiasts who consider hiking the mudflats of the Wadden Sea, it is essential to know that this is not just a worldly...

July 1987. The two Frisian bastards , both being sixteen years old at the time, went to the village of Wijnaldum – Winaem  in the...

About 2,000 years ago, a tragedy unfolded. A sixteen-year-old girl, who had suffered from scoliosis during her young life, was killed....

The Pesse Canoe. The oldest water vessel of the world was found near the village of Pesse in the province of Drenthe, the Netherlands. It...

In 2004, a unique discovery was made at the early medieval grave field of Solleveld, just south of the city of The Hague: a boat grave....