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Between Leffinge and Misthusum: Understanding the Basics of Terps

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...

“Ich mag Ihre Pelzer- und Schustertöchter nicht!” - a kiss of death

Hans Faber

Jul 289 min read

“Ich mag Ihre Pelzer- und Schustertöchter nicht!” - a kiss of death

Like everywhere along the Wadden Sea shores in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the small republics of the tidal marshlands had to...

The Deer Hunter of Fallward, and his Throne of the Marsh

Hans Faber

Dec 3, 202313 min read

The Deer Hunter of Fallward, and his Throne of the Marsh

Close to a terp named Fallward near the village of Wremen in the region of Land Wursten, archaeologists discovered a unique site...

Golden Calves, or bursting udders on bony legs?

Hans Faber

Oct 1, 202341 min read

Golden Calves, or bursting udders on bony legs?

Beauty is the best guarantee for quality and success. At least, this is how farmers in the province of Friesland thought of dairy cattle...

A Croaking Ode to the Haubarg by the Eiderstedter Nachtigall

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...

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...

Hans Faber

Oct 31, 202110 min read

♫ They want you as a new recruit ♫

'In the navy', is a song of village people. Of the small villages along the southern coast of the North Sea. A water people once united...

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...

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...

A Wadden Sea Guide and His Twelve Disciples

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

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...

Hans Faber

Sep 5, 202012 min read

Women of Anjum, or One Night in Anjum

Late in the afternoon. December 28, 2018. One of the Frisian bastards arrives at the village of Anjum after a hike that started in...

Hans Faber

Jul 6, 202017 min read

Rats with Wings, or Masters of the Sky

Over the last few years, we've written about the tall and weird-looking people living in the twilight zone of sea and land: the coastal...

Hans Faber

Jun 17, 202020 min read

Make way for the homesick dead!

High up in the Swiss Alps, in the region of Bernese Oberland, many men, women, and children have experienced the great horror of dead...

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

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...

Our civilization - It all began with piracy

Hans Faber

Apr 26, 202042 min read

Our civilization - It all began with piracy

The arrival of the Romans in the northwest of Europe at the beginning of the era, with the River Rhine as a frontier, was the starting...

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