In Hollum, At Ameland

Perhaps you never heard of the island of Ameland before. It is one of the Dutch “Waddeneilanden” (the Frisian Islands), 23 kilometers long an about 4 kilometers wide (5625 hectares), mostly sand but with a strip of clay close to the coastline. There are four villages, namely Hollum, Ballum, Nes and Buren. The inhabitants speak a dialect, made of a mixture of Dutch and the old Frisian language. Most of them are farmers. They have built a dam to protect their land against the sea, which in the...