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Hans Faber

Nov 1, 20207 min read

Legend of Esonstad

When, on a moon-clear night, on top of the dyke at Lake Lauwersmeer, you look out over the water, you just might see in the distance the...

Frans Riemersma

May 5, 202013 min read

Atlantis found! Wait, there is another one, or 7, wait 12 in total... No, 19!

Frisia could easily claim the title: land of Atlantis. 19 inhabited islands and 244 villages drowned along the old Frisian coast trail...

Hans Faber

Mar 25, 202033 min read

Out of averting the inevitable a community was born

On March 25, 2020, the coronavirus pandemic was climbing towards its second peak. There was uncertainty about how destructive the...

Frans Riemersma

Jan 13, 20186 min read

Half a million deaths. A forgotten North Sea disaster...

Did you know that between 328,770 and 502,190 people lost their lives around the North Sea? On the flip side: millions of possible...

Hans Faber

May 7, 201716 min read

How a town drowned overnight. The case of Rungholt

Rungholt. A thriving and wealthy town that disappeared overnight in the year 1362. For six centuries only legends told us about what...

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