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Grassland conversation. Where less is more
Being out on the grasslands may bring you face to face with farmers, fellow wanderers, or—of course—'birdwatchers'; see the note at the...
Hans Faber
Oct 30, 20207 min read


Our Civilization—It All Began With Piracy
The arrival of the Romans in north-western Europe at the beginning of the Common Era, with the River Rhine as their northern frontier,...
Hans Faber
Apr 26, 202045 min read


Attingahem Bridge, NY
Brooklyn. Named after the charming village of Breukelen in the Netherlands. Its original Frisian name was Attingahem. With only a twist...
Hans Faber
Feb 16, 202010 min read


Shipwrecked People of the Salt Marshes
Tidal marshlands and Frisians, a dual entity. The Chauci and the Frisians—referred to by the Romans as Frisii  or Fresones —had learned...
Hans Faber
Dec 1, 20198 min read


Groove is in the Hearth. Very Superstitious, is the Way
The hearth was, in pre- and early medieval times, the Holy of Holies. The heart of the family. Where you would lay back and groove....
Hans Faber
Oct 25, 201925 min read


Ornament of the Gods found in a pile of clay. The BrÃsingamen of Wijnaldum
In the year 516, King Hygelac of the Geats, a tribe in, probably, the southeast of Sweden, raided Frisia. Back then, this part of the...
Hans Faber
Jul 27, 201916 min read


Another Brick in the Wall. A love-hate relationship
Who has not dined at least once in an '80s Chinese restaurant that carried the name 万里长城  ('Great Wall of China')? Certainly, you have...
Hans Faber
Jul 21, 201913 min read


Giants of Twilight Land. Creatures of the Rim
At the intersection of land and sea—where it is hard to tell where one ends and the other begins—life is harsh. The corrosive salt of the...
Hans Faber
May 24, 20199 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, 201929 min read


Hero of Haarlem, or dragon in disguise? Rethinking sea-level rise strategies
It was a Yankee by the name of Mary Mapes Dodge who wrote ‘Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates: A Story of Life in Holland’. The book was...
Hans Faber
Mar 10, 201914 min read


Know Where to Find Your Sweet Potato, and the Cradle of Home Nursing Too
We retrace our steps to the sixteenth century, a time when the potato was still an exotic newcomer. Today, children grow up on pasta,...
Hans Faber
Jan 20, 20199 min read


Have a Frisians Cocktail! A rich composition
With the upcoming seasonal festivities at the end of the year, it is appropriate to serve you a flavourful cocktail. It is a cocktail...
Hans Faber
Dec 25, 201831 min read


Take a virtual hike through Zuid-Holland and Utrecht
This blog is a virtual hike. Grab a coffee and go 200 kilometers per hour. When ploughing through piles of research on where the Frisians...

Frans Riemersma
Nov 3, 20183 min read


Support for the Corsican Cause in jeopardy—hiking the GR20
September 2018, one of the bastards hiked the Grande Randonnée 20 in Corsica. Or, as the French say, la GR-vingt . The GR20 is...
Hans Faber
Oct 12, 20189 min read


Follow the footsteps of Five Frisian Kings
We plotted the exact locations of the whereabouts of the five Frisian kings Finn, Audulfus, Aldgils, Redbad, and Poppo. We might have...

Frans Riemersma
Aug 19, 201810 min read


One of History’s Most Enlightening Hikes: That of Bernlef and Ludger
This blog post is not about the Westfrisian writer Hendrik Jan Marsman (1937–2012), better known by his pen name Bernlef . Nor is it...
Hans Faber
Jul 1, 201836 min read


Racing the Wadden Sea with a Silt Sled
The mudflats of the Wadden Sea seem endless. But what do you do with them? How do you give meaning to mud? Sure, one cubic meter of...
Hans Faber
May 23, 201811 min read


Bil: A Wasteland of Non-Integrated Migrants?
This is the story of the land reclamation from the former Middelzee. The Middelzee was a shallow inland sea that used to cut the...
Hans Faber
May 13, 201810 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


Did you dance with the blue light, yet?
Want some magic while walking the Frisia Coast Trail? If you happen to walk the beach at night, expect the unexpected. Sure, you might...

Frans Riemersma
Jan 10, 20181 min read
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