Hans Faber
Comb as you are, as you were
Theories exist that the tribe’s name of the Frisians comes from the Old Frisian word frisle meaning ‘lock of hair’, a word, in turn,...
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Hans Faber
Sep 2919 min read
Between Leffinge and Misthusum: Understanding the Basics of Terps
Manmade hills to dwell on. Often considered typical Frisian, but they are not. Only think of the Kincaid Mounds of the Mississippian...
Hans Faber
Jun 919 min read
Odin’s Ravens ruled over the southern shores. Not the Hammer of Thor
When re-enactors bring to life early-medieval Frisia, you regularly see them wearing a little iron hammer on a leather cord around their...
Hans Faber
Mar 912 min read
Where are the corps and student associations? When do the Corpsbrüder and frats stand up?
Recently, regional newspaper Leeuwarder Courant published an article about how the town of Stavoren was tampering with the stones of the...
Hans Faber
Dec 3, 202313 min read
The Deer Hunter of Fallward, and his Throne of the Marsh
Close to a terp named Fallward near the village of Wremen in the region of Land Wursten, archaeologists discovered a unique site...
Hans Faber
Nov 25, 202313 min read
A Collection of Frisian Forenames of the First Millennium
Despite the fact that some Frisian forenames still find their way into modern name-giving, like Doutzen, Femke, Hauk, Treintje, Finn,...
Hans Faber
Nov 12, 202322 min read
Scratching runes was not much different from spraying tags
Carving runes into combs and stones is basically the same as spraying tags on subway cars and bicycle tunnels. Those who create runes or...
Hans Faber
Jul 23, 202330 min read
A Croaking Ode to the Haubarg by the Eiderstedter Nachtigall
Haubargs . Cathedral-like farmsteads with hipped-shaped roofs up to twenty meters high that were, and are, icons of the peninsula of...
Hans Faber
Dec 14, 20228 min read
The many faces of Friesland, that of a bastard included
May 8, 2021. Visual artist, photographer Arie Bruinsma approached one of the Frisian bastards . Arie explained to him that his wife...
Hans Faber
Nov 25, 202226 min read
Who's Afraid of Voracious Woolf? - the Beast is Back
Who's afraid of Jóða Fenris ‘the offspring of Fenrir’? Afraid of hund hrynsævar hræva ‘the hound of the roaring sea corpses’? Who,...
Hans Faber
Nov 5, 20228 min read
Naranjas and Reservoir Dogs - Hiking in Andalusia
The last two weeks of 2021, one of the Frisian bastards hiked most of the Andalucían Coast to Coast Walk in Spain. A hike from Nerja to...
Hans Faber
Oct 9, 202214 min read
Three books (and a comic) reviewed on Frisia: Is history evidence based?
You'd say: “Sure, the study of history is evidence based and involves no politics! For this it's called a science, is it not? It's more...
Hans Faber
Jul 27, 202215 min read
From Patriot to Insurgent: John Fries and the first Tax Rebellions
On Facebook page ' Frisian Americans ' the question popped up what role certain Frisians played in the Whiskey Rebellion in Pennsylvania...
Hans Faber
May 7, 202214 min read
To the end where it all began: ribbon Ribe in Jutland
Let's go to the omega. To the end of the Frisia Coast Trail . To Ribe in southern Jutland, Denmark. The oldest town in Scandinavia. A...
Hans Faber
Mar 20, 202275 min read
Harbours, Hookers, Heroines and Women in Masquerade
Dockyards, quays, terminals, warehouses, wharves, anchorages, lighthouses and beacons. Craftsmen, shipping companies, customs, pilotage...
Hans Faber
Dec 12, 20216 min read
A Horsewoman from Harlingen in the Highlands - hiking in Scotland
May 2017. One of the Frisian bastards hiked the Cape Wrath Trail in Scotland. A hike of about 300 kilometers through the remote upper...
Hans Faber
Nov 14, 202113 min read
Come to rescue The Rolling Sheep
Hiking requires careful preparation, including personal safety. What do you put in your First Aid Kit? Do you possess basic first aid...
Hans Faber
Sep 5, 202138 min read
Well, the Thing is ...
The heart of Western democracies is the joint assembly of Parliament, Cabinet, and High Councils of State. Its Celtic-Germanic origin is...
Hans Faber
Aug 9, 202151 min read
A Frontier known as Watery Mess: the Coast of Flanders
At the end of the eighth century, by decree of Charlemagne and under the supervision of the wise men Wlemar and Saxmund, the customary...
Frans Riemersma
Aug 1, 20213 min read
10 words to travel 1,500 years and miles across the Frisian shores
Are these white letters on the wall encrypted gibberish to you? With learning a handful of keywords, you'll have deciphered them in no...
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