Germination: group playgrimage departed

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Last Saturday, co-coordinator Manja left as a volunteer with a group pilgrimage on the theme of "germination." As a guide and facilitator, she and six others walk the route in eight days. The stages are in silence, but there is good chatter…

Nice report by Francine Postma in the Libelle

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Nice article by Francine Postma about her Walk of Walk of Wisdom in the new issue of the Libelle: "Last year, I turned 50, and I had been kind of leaning towards that. Fifty sounds so serious and mature. I had thought I would feel the same…
Rob van Sprang

Rob van Sprang: the miracle of germination

Rob van Sprang was co-coordinator of the Walk of Wisdom for almost 3 years. He took his leave in early March to prepare for a long writing retreat. As a farewell, he walked the Walk of Wisdom and wrote a story about "germination". Germination…
Stevenskerk door Bart Kouwenberg

Landscape contribution: €750 for Stevens Church

We were able to transfer €750 to our starting and ending point as a contribution to the maintenance of the church.
Janneke van Dijk alias Goudreinet

Goudreinet writes new song for our pilgrimage tradition

How nice: we have an extra farewell song for our departure ceremony for pilgrims. It was written by Goudreinet, the alias of Janneke van Dijk. New music The Walk of Wisdom has only been around for eight years as a pilgrimage tradition.…
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Hooray: it’s the Walk of Wisdom birthday!

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Today, on 21 June, the Walk of Wisdom around Nijmegen celebrates its eighth anniversary. We are happy with it! Jan Willem van Opstal as one of our first pilgrims at the opening in 2015 We founded our foundation in 2011. We wanted to develop…

Tip for modern pilgrims: Museumpark Orientalis

Our 136-kilometre route around Nijmegen lacks one special place that we would like to point out to 'modern pilgrims': Museumpark Orientalis and the Holy Land Foundation. Just across the border from Nijmegen in Berg en Dal. The Holy Land…

Inspiration walk “Germination” – report

In April, Manja Bente and Lidia van Engeland organised an inspiration walk in the run-up to International Earth Day. The theme was 'germination'. Below is a report by Manja. Photos by Vivian Cremers. Manja is co-developer of the Walk of Wisdom…
Christiane Berkvens-Stevelinck

“I want to live out of love” – Christiane Berkvens- Stevelinck

"You can learn to trust the other person by being completely trusting yourself. For others and, for starters, for yourself.
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Report of our 13,538th pilgrim: Wendy Hermsen

Nijmegen - Kranenburg Day 1 I walked from Nijmegen to Kranenburg. It was 32 km. What a beautiful route this was. In the ooipolder I saw a deer and two hares ran behind each other. The birds whistled lustily. What a silence there was around…