€150,- for Dutch conservation trust

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With joy we donated €150,- for the Dutch conservation trust to maintain the Palland Valley. The valley is kept to demonstrate the original Dutch landschape with braided and wooded hedges. The trust campaigns for funds to restore this landscape.…
Stevenskerk door Bart Kouwenberg

Tip: start early! (For example, with the pilgrim’s lauds)

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Tip with this warm weather, but also beyond: start your pilgrimage early. In the light of the early morning you see the world differently, especially in the summer when everyone is asleep at 06:00, while nature has already woken up. You have…

“My footsteps are becoming hesitant and slow as I walk in” (pilgrim Ricky Rieter on her Walk of Wisdom)

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The Labyrinth and Me End of my 'Walk of wisdom'. My footsteps are hesitant and slow Now that I walk in... My life, a labyrinth, of not seeing, and seeing, of doubt, and believing, of fear and trust, of sorrow and joy, of desire and fulfillment, Bumps…
Hatertse Vennen door Mark SchildersMark Schilders

3,000th pilgrim and the most idiosyncratic Dutchman

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In the first half of 2018, almost 750 pilgrims registered. This brought us to 3,000 registrations last week, just over a week after our third anniversary. Very very beautiful! To celebrate the success, we are organising an election for the…
Hatertse Vennen door Mark SchildersMark Schilders

Walk of Wisdom is in the top-5 of the Wandelvrouw

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How nice to read. The Walk of Wisdom is in the top 5 of Bregje Schipper's favorite walks of Wandelvrouw.nl. 'The extra charge that such a contemplation route entails really appeals to me,' she writes in magazine Wandel.nl. She has written…
Hatertse Vennen door Mark SchildersMark Schilders

Diversion in Reichswald due to fallen trees

In the Reichswald (route map 11) there are still many fallen trees at the Freudenberg. The trees have been there since the beginning of this year, but we do not expect them to be cleared away any time soon. Follow the detour below if you don't…
Hatertse Vennen door Mark SchildersMark Schilders

“Who are you when you go back to your source?” (an impression of the silent walk of 8 July)

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Return Again Return again Return to the land of your soul Return to what you are Return to who you are Return to where you were born and reborn again During the silent walk on the route of the Walk of Wisdom last Sunday, July 8, this song (sung…
Hatertse Vennen door Mark SchildersMark Schilders

Hatertse Vennen, by Mark Schilders

One of our loyal musicians at goodbye ceremonies Mark Schilders stayed for two days on the pilgrimage and made this aquarel.
Hatertse Vennen door Mark SchildersMark Schilders

€365,- for Stevenskerk

With pleasure and pride we transferred €365 to the Stevenskerk, our starting and ending point. With this we take care of the ongoing maintenance of the church, which is considered the spiritual living room of Nijmegen and the monumental heart…