Frisian people | frisia-coast-trail

Hans Faber

Nov 106 min read

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,...

Where are the corps and student associations? When do the Corpsbrüder and frats stand up?

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...

A Dutch king once yelled: “Je suis Frison, et je suis plus têtu que vous!”

Hans Faber

Aug 23, 20238 min read

A Dutch king once yelled: “Je suis Frison, et je suis plus têtu que vous!”

In our recent blog post Barbarians riding to the capital to claim rights on farmland , we told the famous story of the two Frisian kings...

Hans Faber

Aug 16, 202317 min read

Barbarians riding to the Capital to claim rights on farmland

This is not a blog post about the current agriculture and nitrogen debates between the government in Brussels and farmers in Flanders,...

The many faces of Friesland, that of a bastard included

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...

A severe case of inattentional blindness: the Frisian tribe’s name

Hans Faber

Aug 14, 202214 min read

A severe case of inattentional blindness: the Frisian tribe’s name

Ineke van Duinen The name Frisii for the people living on the southern coast of the North Sea is old. Very old. It dates from Late...

Joan of Arc an inspiration for Land Wursten

Hans Faber

May 28, 202211 min read

Joan of Arc an inspiration for Land Wursten

In the year 1500, a girl by the name Tjede Peckes was born in the hamlet of Padingbüttel in the region of Land Wursten on the eastern...

To the end where it all began: ribbon Ribe in Jutland

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

Apr 23, 20228 min read

Dissolute Elisabeth and Her Devil

In the Middle Age lived a once promiscuous girl named Elisabeth. She had come to repentance, found honorable employ as a maid, and had...

Filmstar Ben-Hur made peace with Frisian raiders

Hans Faber

Feb 19, 20227 min read

Filmstar Ben-Hur made peace with Frisian raiders

Who doesn't know the epic movie Ben-Hur released on the white screen in 1959? A movie in which masculine Hollywood actor, and civil...

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...

A Frontier known as Watery Mess: the Coast of Flanders

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...

Hans Faber

Jul 31, 20216 min read

The raider’s portrait from Appels

In the year 1934, while dredging upstream the River Scheldt near the village of Appels in the region of Flanders, an extraordinary ship’s...

Hans & Frans

Jul 10, 20218 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 Faber

May 29, 202110 min read

More Flying 'Dutchmen'

On the first of February 2020, one of the Frisian bastards of the Frisia Coast Trail tramped the trail section from the town of Bad...

Hans Faber

Apr 24, 202160 min read

Happy Hunting Grounds in the Arctic

If you want to find out who’s responsible for killing the whale, the Frisia Coast Trail area is the prime spot to look. When you stop...

Hans Faber

Apr 5, 202143 min read

Yet Another Wayward Archipelago

The peoples of islands and archipelagos don't let others dictate how to live their lives. One of those archipelagos that meets these...

With a Noose through the Norsemen’s Door

Hans Faber

Mar 21, 202113 min read

With a Noose through the Norsemen’s Door

Although the conversion of the Woden-devoted Frisians was a slow and cumbersome process that only succeeded in depth in the tenth...

Hans Faber

Feb 21, 20219 min read

Frisia, a Viking graveyard

When reading about the famous deeds of great Viking warriors, not much attention is given to the moments of failure. Not much is written...

History is written by the victors – a story of the credits

Hans Faber

Feb 10, 202134 min read

History is written by the victors – a story of the credits

New York City, the Capital of the World. Other names are Gotham, Modern Gomorrah, Big Apple, Empire City, and Baghdad-on-the-Subway. With...

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