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Earliest proof of Frisian merchants, or kāpmon  in the Old Frisian language, trading in slaves dates from the first half of the seventh...

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

“Is seaport Maasvlakte the gateway of north-western Europe? No? Is it Europoort then? No? Is it the Botlek port area? Is it Vlaardingen?...

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

Halfway through the ninth century, Vikings had established a more or less permanent presence in Frisia, in the pagus  'territory' called...

Brooklyn. Named after the charming village of Breukelen in the Netherlands. Its original Frisian name was Attingahem. With only a twist...

Rex illiteratus est quasi asinus coronatus , ‘an illiterate king is like a crowned donkey’. Or, if you prefer the alternative...

Tidal marshlands and Frisians. A dual entity. The Chauci and the Frisians ( Frisii  or Fresones ) had learned to adapt to this...

Master blacksmith Wayland is well-known from mythology. The blacksmith was kept captive on a small island in the sea and escaped from it...

Kierin Magenta Kirby The hearth was, in pre- and early-medieval times, the Holy of Holies. The heart of the family. Where you would lay...

According to medieval legends, around the year 800, Charlemagne and Pope Leo came into conflict with the citizens of Rome. The Pope was...

In the year 516, King Hygelac of the Geats, a tribe in (probably) the southeast of Sweden, raided Frisia. Back then, this part of the...

Who hasn't dined at least once in an '80s Chinese restaurant that carried the name 万里长城 'Great Wall of China'? Certainly you've been at...

Monk Ecgberht of Ripon was the driving force behind the Christianization of the headstrong heathens of Frisia. From the influential...

We retrace our steps back to the sixteenth century. A time the potato was exotic. Nowadays children eat pastas, pizzas, burgers,...

In the series Myths of Nations, we disclose to you this time that the Frisians, in fact, didn't come from India, as the old legends tell...

How to settle the scores in medieval Frisia when you killed someone: the function of a weregeld.

This blog is a virtual hike. Grab a coffee and go 200 kilometers per hour. When ploughing through piles of research on where the Frisians...

Liudger succeeded where other evangelists failed. He finally managed to convert the pagan Frisians to Christianity, because he “spoke...