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The 1,000 mile coastal history hike. For people with fear of heights and interest in 2,500 years of living on the sharp edge of land and sea - www.frisiacoasttrail.blog/blog
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When #Frisia was #pagan territory. Our blog post about why Frisians were (are?) obsessed with ditches and grooves: frisiacoasttrail.blog/2020/10/24/g...

Leaving Hansje Brinker and the Hero of Haarlem behind us

New album and show: OAK

Frisian men joining Viking raids and returning home:

"Offergave". Gewoon bij de sloop van het klooster op de grond gedonderd, het zeemleer vergaan en loodje overgebleven, het meest voor de hand liggend verhaal met je offergave (en Claercamp is gewoon Klaarkamp, hoeft niet op Funda). www.omropfryslan.nl/nl/nieuws/17... #omropfryslan

The early history of Scandinavia's oldest town

Where live the tallest, and happiest, people on the planet?

What share had #Frisia in the Crusades, and what to think of it?

More #hiking on the sea:

Thinking of a hike this summer, try hiking on the see! Walk from the mainland to the Wadden Sea island of Schiermonnikoog:

Spring is on its way and almost time for the first silt-sled races on the mudflats of the Wadden Sea:

What good came from poverty

Today in Nordfriesland

Spring is coming. Announced by the long-calls of the iconic sea bird of the shores:

The Frisia Coast Trail – an Eton Mess of speech

How Frisia handled migration

The heroic story of Tjede Peckes in Land Wursten: frisiacoasttrail.blog/2022/05/28/j...

Also part of the unique regional history of the Frisia Coast Trail

A blog post about the history of the (shakiness of the) article 5 principle. Valuable lessons: frisiacoasttrail.blog/2020/10/17/u...

It's the time of the year again – rolled-over pregnant sheep, and how to help them.

Charlton Heston confronting a bunch of Frisian raiders

How the psyche of the Frisians and the Ditmarsians was shaped:

This is the hamlet of Freswick in Scotland with its Castle. But what is the origin of its name? We have offer a theory in this blog post: frisiacoasttrail.blog/2022/04/23/d...

Watching the tariff-wars unfolding, what was again the idea behind a collective like NATO?

Today, the storm surge of 200 years ago, February 1825, is remembered. It hit the coasts of Flanders, the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark. Indeed, the Frisia Coast Trail. Dikes broke and it caused gigantic damage. About 800 people died. This storm surge, however, is only one out of many –

When you see beauty, there's danger

Our latest blogpost - hiking the Lycian Way in Turkey

frisiacoasttrail.blog/2020/10/18/b...

Fog at temperatures around freezing - #Harlingen #WaddenSea

Cape Leeuwin

Unique traffic sign | One of the Frisian Bastards hiked the coast of southwestern Australia, part of the Bibbulmun Track. Unbelievable scenic and pristine coastline, and full of (venomous) wildlife! Check the journal of the Bastard, illustrated with pics: www.facebook.com/share/p/18Eg...

Hiking the coastal sections of the Bibbulmun Track in SW Australia. Although not the litus Saxonicum, brought this excellent book to read.

Who were the founders of England?

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