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One day all the sunken church bells will surface and speak to us, sternly
Imagine a time unlike ours. When there were no engines, amplifiers, and speakers, and the sounds you heard were made by the actions of...
Hans Faber
Jun 232 min read


Der Friesenwall. An unfinished last-ditch coastal defence system
On 28 August 1944, a desperate Hitler ordered the construction of a massive defensive line in northern Germany, stretching from the...
Hans Faber
May 45 min read


Did the Proverbial Two Captains on the Same Ship Make the Frisians Free?
The much-celebrated Frisian Freedom refers to the period roughly between 1250 and 1500, when the Frisian terrae (‘lands’)—bearing...
Hans Faber
Mar 305 min read


The Waugal, protector of fresh water and new life—hiking the Bibbulmun Track
In the final two weeks of December 2024, one of the bastards of the Frisian Coast Trail solo hiked the coastal section of the Bibbulmun...
Hans Faber
Mar 2910 min read


The Old Man (and Woman) and the Sea—hiking the Likya Yolu
April 2024. One of the bastards of the Frisia Coast Trail hiked a stretch of the Lycian Way— Likya Yolu in Turkish. This coastal track...
Hans Faber
Jan 267 min read


Comb as You Are, as You Were
There are theories suggesting that the tribal name 'Frisians' originates from the Old Frisian word frisle , meaning ‘lock of hair’—a term...
Hans Faber
Nov 10, 20246 min read


Between Leffinge and Misthusum—understanding the basics of terps
Manmade hills to dwell on. Often seen as typically Frisian, but they are not. Just think of the Kincaid Mounds of the Mississippian...
Hans Faber
Sep 29, 202421 min read


“Ich mag Ihre Pelzer- und Schustertöchter nicht!”—a kiss of death
Like everywhere along the Wadden Sea shores in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the small republics of the tidal marshlands had to...
Hans Faber
Jul 28, 202410 min read


Odin’s Ravens Ruled the Southern Shores. Not the Hammer of Thor
When re-enactors bring early-medieval Frisia to life, they are often seen wearing a small iron hammer on a leather cord around their...
Hans Faber
Jun 9, 202422 min read
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