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Hans Faber

Aug 22, 20178 min read

Celtic-Frisian heritage: there's no dealing with Wheels of Fortune

Exactly a year ago Hans van der Togt, a former Dutch television presenter of the game show Wheel of Fortune, told in the talk show Pauw abou

Hans Faber

Aug 7, 201724 min read

Frisian women: free and unbound?

Below Saskia Holleman: The reincarnation of Mata Hari, her fellow citizen. Saskia was born in 1945 in the town of Leeuwarden in the...

Hans Faber

May 17, 201711 min read

"My God, the Germans bought all the bread!" cried Moira

The essence of the Frisia Coast Trail is hiking through the heartland of (former) Frisia and to taste the landscape, its history, its...

Hans Faber

Apr 30, 20179 min read

What’s hip and happening on the grasslands?

How do we Frisians spend our time off? Frisians in the Netherlands must have loads of it because perspectives for a job are about the...

Hans Faber

Apr 23, 20178 min read

manual - Making a Terp in only 12 Steps

This is your DIY manual for enlarging or creating your own terp – your artificial settlement mound or house platform to be protected...

Hans Faber

Apr 21, 20178 min read

How to recognize the Frisians by name?

This is one of the simplest things there is, once you've got the hang of it. 'A child can do the laundry' they say in Dutch. Which has...

Hans Faber

Apr 17, 20179 min read

How to bury your mother-in-law

Your mother-in-law probably chased your tail during life. When she dies, do not think you are free at last. If you're looking for advice...

Frans Riemersma

Apr 11, 20175 min read

Freezing Frisians, who are these people?

For those never having met a native Frisian, here is a crash course. There are some remarkable things to mention and rules to live by....

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