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A Horsewoman from Harlingen in the Highlands—Hiking the Cape Wrath Trail
May 2017. One of the Frisian bastards  set out to hike the Cape Wrath Trail in Scotland—a roughly 300-kilometer trek through the remote upper north-western Highlands. The journey began at the settlement of Inbhir Garadh  (Invergarry) and stretched all the way to the isolated lighthouse on the cliffs of Cape Wrath, and its tiny café, The Ozone. One might call it the End of the Universe. The fourth day of the hike was both hell and heaven: a day of miscalculations, wrong turns,
Hans Faber
Dec 12, 20218 min read


Rats with Wings, or Masters of the Sky
Over the last few years, we have written about the tall and weird-looking people living in the twilight zone  of sea and land: the...
Hans Faber
Jul 6, 202017 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


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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