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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
Dec 23, 20236 min read
Surf on someone else’s Turf. Hiking the Rota Vicentina
Boxing Day 2022. The Frisian bastard woke up in the small village of Aljezur in the southwest of Portugal. It was day ten for him hiking...
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
Oct 25, 20227 min read
Late Little Prayers at the Lorelei Rock
On the west bank of the mighty River Rhine, halfway between the cities of Koblenz and Mainz, lies the town of Sankt Goar. Named after...
Hans Faber
Sep 30, 202229 min read
Don’t believe everything they say about sweet Cunera
Imagine. One day your husband brings home a young unmarried woman. A virgin even. He simply takes her into your house, openly shows...
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...
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
Dec 10, 202115 min read
Pagare il fio
Pagare il fio is Italian for ‘paying the penalty’. More literally, it means ‘paying the fee’. It is an expression the Italian language...
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...
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 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...
Hans Faber
Jan 6, 202110 min read
A Wadden Sea Guide and His Twelve Disciples
For those outdoor enthusiasts who consider hiking the mud flats of the Wadden Sea, it is essential to know that this is not just a...
Hans Faber
Jan 4, 20215 min read
Expelled from Regal Grounds
July 1987. The two Frisian bastards , both being sixteen years old at the time, went to the village of Wijnaldum, or Winaem in the...
Hans Faber
Nov 21, 202013 min read
The Killing Fields, of the Celts
About 2,000 years ago, a tragedy unfolded. A sixteen-year-old girl, who had suffered from scoliosis during her young life, was killed....
Hans Faber
Nov 20, 20203 min read
Oldest Vessel of the World - the Pesse Canoe
The Pesse Canoe. The oldest water vessel of the world was found near the village of Pesse in the province of Drenthe, the Netherlands. It...
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