Friesland Holland Farm Visit

Come along for a visit to a working dairy farm in Friesland Holland near the small town of Makkum. Owned by Auke and Teatske Anna you might be suprised to see just what we found in the fields.

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[Tijgerpapzak]

The kievit (Ljip in Frysian) is called Northern Lapwing in English.

The frisians have a long history and have their own history. The Frisii began settling in Frisia around 500 BC. According to Pliny the Elder, in Roman times, the Frisians (or their close neighbours, the Chauci) lived on terps, man-made hills. According to other sources, the Frisians lived along a broader expanse of the North Sea coast.

Frisia at this time comprised the present provinces of Friesland and North Holland.

[thall89553]

@Tijgerpapzak Thanks for much for sharing this information, it will be useful for a lot of people I'm sure.

[Nena6Lozara]

I'm doing a research paper on Friesland, because I'm currently studying in Twente, Netherlands. I would love to go to that farm and see it myself!! :)

[thall89553]

@Nena6Lozara The farm is owned by Teastke Ann & Auke Van Dijk (not sure of spelling). They are in Makkum and would probably welcome a visit.

[ReadeRomke]

Friesland is not Holland! They don´t like to be called Holland. Holland is a province in the Netherlands!

[thall89553]

@ReadeRomke Is Friesland in Holland? Then I was correct in saying this is a Friesland Holland farm visit.

[Tijgerpapzak]

@thall89553 Ure welcome. Its nice to share some culture becouse most people (even the dutch) know a little about the frisians. Im a frisian and i like the province. Theres some specials sports in friesland, one of them is searching eggs. Whoever finds the first Lapwing-egg gets a price and the honor ofcourse. Its harder as many people think and the lapwing is a master in bringing you on a wrong track. He pops up a big distance from its nest, letting you think the nest is were he is but its not.

[Hendrik1293]

neither are provinces. friesland is a region in the north that basically has its own way of doing things. there are 13 provinces i think in all of netherlands/holland. also Holland inst a province either. it is just another name for the country. stop arguing because half of you are not even dutch. i am. but i live in USA

[Hendrik1293]

@ReadeRomke excuse me. are you from holland???

[iorixs]

i think the name is pronounced "ell kuh" like elkuh.

i used to live in friesland for a short term very nice magical place

[nutbagticles]

I'm Australian, but my family came from Holland, and in particular Friesland. It's kind of freaky that a dutch person who saw my last name, new exactly which province/area my family came from, and it was Friesland. I was like wow.