“What attracts me is that feeling of freedom” (Karin Hermus)
Jeroen van Zuylen visits special locations on the route of the Walk of Wisdom on behalf of our Walk of Wisdom. Places where people have felt at home, feel at […]
Entries by Rob Van Sprang
Annual report 2020 and look ahead to 2021
Introduction Thomas Hontelez, Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Dear pilgrim, It is difficult not to begin this report with a clichéd opening. I don’t beat around the bush; 2020 was […]
More than €2,000 for the landscape and culture
After a temporary setback at the beginning of the corona crisis, registrations for the Walk of Wisdom have increased sharply. As of 1 May, an average of 6.9 new pilgrims […]
Nancy’s Walk of Wisdom, ‘Always with me’.
Someone asked me the question, “Is the Walk of Wisdom not for you?” After I mentioned somewhere that I had to attend another funeral, the umpteenth this year, and that […]
The Story of the Departure Ceremony (6): ‘Ranks of Travellers’
The Departure Ceremony/Pilgrim Lauden of the Walk of Walk of Wisdom on February 6 in the Stevenskerk in Nijmegen was unfortunately cancelled due to corona. As a result, the contribution […]
“I believe in simplicity, not uniformity” (pilgrim Francis Happe)
Jeroen van Zuylen visits special locations on the route of the Walk of Wisdom on behalf of our Walk of Wisdom. Places where people have felt at home, feel at […]
The story of the departure ceremony (5): ‘De Kweeste’.
The Departure Ceremony/Pilgrim Lauds of the Walk of Wisdom on December 5 in the Stevenskerk in Nijmegen was unfortunately cancelled due to corona. Thus, the contribution of pilgrim Jeroen van […]
All the clichés about pilgrimage turned out to be true
Something makes pilgrimage different from ‘just’ walking. But then what? Lonneke researched this. She went in search of the meaning of secular pilgrimage and ended up with the Walk of […]
Travelogue silent walk Ravenstein-Wijchen
Due to corona, September 26 was the last silent walk in the series ‘The Walk of Wisdom in a year around’. This group walk was some time ago, but is […]
The story of the departure ceremony (4): ‘Meeting’.
The Departure Ceremony/Pilgrim’s Lauds of the Walk of Wisdom on November 7 in the Stevenskerk in Nijmegen was unfortunately cancelled due to corona. As a result, the contribution of pilgrim […]