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Between Leffinge and Misthusum—Understanding the Basics of Terps
Man-made hills to dwell upon. Long thought of as typically Frisian, but they are anything but unique. Consider the Kincaid Mounds of the...
Hans Faber
Sep 29, 202421 min read


Wa 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 & Frans
Jul 10, 20218 min read


The Women of Anjum, Who Make Hard Men Humble
Late in the afternoon, December 28, 2018. One of the Frisian bastards  arrives in the village of Anjum after a 30-kilometer hike along...
Hans Faber
Sep 5, 202012 min read


Out of Averting the Inevitable an Unruly Community Was Born
On March 25, 2020, the coronavirus pandemic was climbing towards its second peak. There was uncertainty about how destructive the...
Hans Faber
Mar 25, 202038 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


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


Burn Beacons Burn. A Coastal Inferno—Nordfriesland
Nordfriesland or North Frisia. The western coast and islands of the region of Schleswig. Stretching from the Danish town Tønder in the...
Hans Faber
Oct 14, 201813 min read


Refuge on a terp 2.0. Waiting to be liberated
pumping station Lely by Joh. H. van Mastenbroek August 21, 1930, Wieringermeer in the province of Noord Holland. The reclamation of just...
Hans Faber
Mar 31, 20186 min read


The One Terp That Should Have Been Named a Wierde
The Hague, 29 June 2013. On this day, Zwaantje Vink-Brouwer, widow of Piet Vink, together with a delegation of local government...
Hans Faber
Dec 24, 20174 min read


A terp for Choquequirao
Why in heaven’s name should a terp be constructed in the Andes? To be more precise, the location for this terp is at the remote,...
Hans Faber
Oct 29, 20176 min read


manual—Making a Terp in Only 12 Steps
This is your DIY manual for enlarging or creating your own terp — an artificial settlement mound or house platform designed to protect...
Hans Faber
Apr 23, 20178 min read
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