Recently, the regional newspaper Leeuwarder Courant published an article about how the town of Stavoren was tampering with the stones of the grave of King Aldgillis (Walinga 2024), a king of Frisia in the seventh century. This grave used to be the spot where the members of the Frisian student association D.S.S.F.S. Aldgillis of DelftContinue reading “Where Are the Corps and Student Associations? When Do the Corpsbrüder and Frats Rise Up?!”
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Harbours, Hookers, Heroines, and Women in Masquerade
Dockyards, quays, terminals, warehouses, wharves, anchorages, lighthouses, and beacons. Craftsmen, shipping companies, customs offices, pilot services, and other port authorities. Fish auctions, boarding houses, lodgings, packing sheds — you name it. Seaports exist to meet the needs of everything that arrives from the sea or sets out to it. But beyond commerce, ports have traditionallyContinue reading “Harbours, Hookers, Heroines, and Women in Masquerade”
Come to Rescue ‘The Rolling Sheep’
Hiking demands careful preparation, especially when it comes to personal safety. What is in your First Aid Kit? Do you have basic first aid skills to handle an accident? Unless you plan a solitary walk across the Wadden Sea mudflats, help is never far away on the Frisia Coast Trail. Provided you have a swimContinue reading “Come to Rescue ‘The Rolling Sheep’”
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 Vestdijk in the port town of Harlingen in 1988. We, the two Frisian bastards, were about sixteen years old and in the fifth grade of VWO, that is, pre-university education. TheContinue reading “Wa Bin Ik, Wa Bist Do en Wa Bin Wy?”
With the White Rabbit Down the Hole. The Spread and Legacy of a Coastal DNA
R1b/Hg1/Eu18; R-M213; R-M9; R1b-M45; R-M207; R-M173; R-M343; R-L278; R-L754; R-L389/R1b1a1; R-M415; R-P297/R1b1a1a; R-M269/R1b1a1a2; R-M520; R-L23; R-M412; R-L11; R-S21/U106/M405/R1b1a1a1a2a1a1… Knock Knock… Wake up Neo… Follow the White Rabbit… | These serial numbers, arranged in chronological order, represent groups and subgroups of people who genetically share a common ancestor. Pulling on these protein strands is like tumblingContinue reading “With the White Rabbit Down the Hole. The Spread and Legacy of a Coastal DNA”
Introducing the Frisia Coast Trail
Why did we create the Frisia Coast Trail in the first place? Do you know that feeling of having more hobbies than time? We do. We suffer from multiple areas of interest. Here are two examples. We both like hiking A lot. We did some cool hikes and visited all the continents, except Antarctica. WeContinue reading “Introducing the Frisia Coast Trail”
Freezing Frisians, Who Are These People?
For those never having met a native Frisian, here is a crash course. There are some remarkable things to mention and rules to live by. Before I start describing what makes the Frisians different, I have to apologize for my poor discrimination skills. I was raised in Cameroon, in Africa. All my friends were nativesContinue reading “Freezing Frisians, Who Are These People?”
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