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Redbot, digital museums and the Web 2.0 In a world where individualisation is the name of the game, how do we still find that nostalgic sense of community? In ‘ye olden days’, ones world was confined to the borders of his village or the lineage of his family, whereas now there are a few Namibian people in Newfoundland, a few Somalians in Slovakia and perhaps even some Friulians in Finland. How do these people stay in touch with their history? The internet offers a great podium for this, with digital renditions of landmarks from your area of origin sometimes thousands of kilometers away, yet ‘reachable’ with a few mouse clicks. An example of the potential the internet has to offer regarding cultural heritage, is Redbot . This site functions as a hub for all Frisian digital heritage, with the name being a play on the legendary king Redbad , who led the Frisian people in their golden age. This pun is quite relevant, because the aim of the site is to spread Frisian culture, or at