From August, all students attending primary and secondary school in Friesland will “actively” use the Frisian language, according to new educational guidelines. The measure setting out new core ...

The Frisian Islands, also called Wadden Sea Islands, form an archipelago in the North Sea, stretching all the way from the Netherlands to Denmark. They are divided into West, North, and East Frisian ...

Good news for those who struggle to understand people in the Netherlands’ northwest province of Friesland: from Thursday, Google Translate will add Frisian to its online translation service. According ...

Drinking tea is a beloved tradition in East Frisia (Credit: Bünting Tea Museum) The world's most prolific tea drinkers are not in the UK or in Ireland, but in a little-known German region that has ...

I heard this on my favorite Dutch radio show a while back, and when I discovered today that it’s on YouTube, I could not but share. It’s the Leonard Cohen song “Dance me to the end of love,” sung by ...

When this discussion focuses on the Netherlands and Belgium we easily tend to forget the other official language spoken in the Northern section of The Netherlands: Frysk (or 'Frisian' in English), ...

On Good Friday (April 18), crime fiction fans can look forward to a special TV treat: The film adaptation of Klaus-Peter Wolf's (71, 'Ein mörderisches Paar - Der Sturz') novel 'Ostfriesenhölle' will ...