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The Way as Truth

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As a pioneer of the Walk of Wisdom , I try not to put myself in the foreground. The route is not about me, I want to be of service to the route.  Yet something pinches in me. We've been around 16 months since the opening and I often feel…

Final result sponsor run Bijenboom

We have just transferred €370 to the Bees Closer Foundation for a new bee tree on our route, the result of our sponsored run in August. €21 had already been given on the day itself, bringing the end result to €391,-. A nice result and…

Walk of Wisdom with a coach

Ted van Rijt and René van Nieuwkuijk met at the 'taster day' this spring. René found in Ted the companion he was looking for to help enrich the content of his pilgrimage. It worked. Read their story.   René writes: This spring I participated…

Postcards of the Walk of Wisdom

As of today, you can buy postcards from the Walk of Wisdom. With the purchase, you also support the development of the pilgrimage route. You can choose from: - 5 maps with photos of the route by Bart Kouwenberg and our symbol Pilgrim by Huub…

Wilco and Janneke Kruijswijk

Two pilgrims in front of our statue in the Stevenskerk: pilgrim 652 and 653. Would you also like to share your photo for the image? Mail [email protected]

‘I walk and I love’ (Dineke de Velde Harsenhorst, pilgrim 933)

Dineke de Velde Harsenhorst has walked hundreds of times through the Ooijpolder near Nijmegen, on Saturday she walked there at the start of the Walk of Walk of Wisdom and it suddenly seemed like completely new territory. The first stage…

Song of a Departing Pilgrim

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Dineke de Velde Harsenhorst (pilgrim 933) will depart from the Valkhof Chapel on Saturday 15 October at 11.00 am for her first stage of the Walk of Walk of Wisdom. Come and listen to her song and wave her goodbye (Link ceremony). This recording…

New dates of departure ceremonies announced

The new dates of our departure ceremonies have been announced. The ceremonies are independent of any religion and are intended as a moment of reflection before walking the pilgrimage. A returned pilgrim who recounts his or her experience…

‘I peel a fruit, a smiley appears’ (René van Nieuwkuijk, pilgrim 612)

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"Peel off your grace, let go." Pilgrim René van Nieuwkuijk walked the Walk of Wisdom and it became a kind of 'spiritual composting', he says. René recently gave a 'Speech of the Pilgrim' on the occasion of his journey. That was at…