Hans & FransJul 10, 20217 minWa 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 FaberSep 5, 202012 minWomen of Anjum, or One Night in AnjumLate in the afternoon, December 28, 2018. One of the Frisian bastards arrives in Anjum after a hike that started in the village of...
Hans FaberMar 25, 202032 minOut of averting the inevitable a community was bornOn March 25, 2020, the coronavirus pandemic was climbing towards its second peak. There was uncertainty about how destructive the...
Hans FaberDec 1, 20197 minShipwrecked People of the Salt MarshesTidal marshlands and Frisians. A dual entity. The Chauci and the Frisians (Frisii or Fresones) had learned to adapt to this unprotected,...
Hans FaberOct 25, 201921 minGroove is in the HearthThe 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 FaberJul 27, 201914 minOrnament of the Gods found in a mound of clayIn 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 FaberMar 10, 201911 minHow the Hero of Haarlem is actually a dragon in disguiseIt was a Yankee by the name Mary Mapes Dodge who wrote ‘Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates. A story of life in Holland’. The book was...
Hans FaberOct 14, 201812 minBurn Beacons Burn. A Coastal Inferno - NordfrieslandNordfriesland or North Frisia. The western coast and islands of the region of Schleswig. Stretching from the Danish town Tønder in the...
Hans FaberMar 31, 20185 minRefuge on a terp 2.0. Waiting to be liberatedAugust 21, 1930, Wieringermeer. The reclamation of another piece of the Zuiderzee ‘southern sea’ was completed. An wooded area, when it...