Latest news and developments

On the road with the mayor of Wijchen: Renske Helmer

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The mayor of Wijchen - Renske Helmer - has become an ambassador of the Walk of Wisdom. Co-coordinator Damiaan walked with her the detour that the municipality developed especially for the pilgrims and wrote the report below. Today I get…

Annual Report 2023: Our Eighth – Beautiful – Year as a Modern Pilgrimage

Every year, we take a moment to reflect on our development by means of an annual report. We have now determined that of 2023 with the board of our foundation. Read it here, including a foreword by our chairman Monica. Summary group game…
Markering Walk of WIsdom door Wandelvrouw

Attention! Latest route news

Attention! We have updated our latest route news again. Including: - map 33 and 34 - railway bridge until mid-Aug CLOSED due to maintenance. We describe alternatives. - map 8: from mid-Aug - mid-Oct nature reserve Bronnenbos closed. We describe…

Landscape contribution: new bench for Duivelsberg

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Thanks to the donations for our starter packs, we were able to donate a bench to the Duivelsberg nature reserve. Nice to give something back to this beautiful area. We have put up a sign with an anonymous statement from one of our pilgrims:…

Walk of Wisdom in ‘pilgrim podcast’ Café Saint Jacques

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After the sudden death of her sister-in-law, Anneke Scholten walked the Walk of Wisdom in the fall of 2022. She wrote a beautiful report and was recently a guest in a special 'pilgrim podcast': Café Saint Jacques (link). A podcast in which…

A healing, enriching journey – report by Marianne

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Marianne from Alphen aan de Rijn was the 15,256th pilgrim the Walk of Wisdom. She made an important decision during her journey and wrote the report below. Thank you for your soulful journey Marianne, what you write is moving. You make us…

Day care Andere Koek Wijchen helps with packing starter packs

The other Koek day care foundation is going to help us. Every year we send almost 3,000 starter packs to new pilgrims. Quite a job! Our co-coordinator Manja Bente is therefore happy with these warm helpers from Wijchen. A report from the…
Onterechte portokosten

Please note: unjustified postage costs by Postnl

Please note: there are reports that Postnl charges extra postage to pilgrims who received a starter pack delivered to their home. These postage charges are unjustified and we have already complained about them. Postnl has switched to new…
Koekoeksgaard

Little owl box for the Cuckoo Orchard

It was with great pleasure that we donated a little owl box to Alberthe and Paul van de Koekoeksgaard in the Ooijpolder. As a thank you, we received a beautiful box with 6 red wine bottles from their ecological vineyard. Paul Spierings (Koekoeksgaard)…

Pilgrimage in a group on the Walk of Wisdom

In our almost 9 years of existence, coaches often go on pilgrimages with a group. Often small groups of 4 to 12 participants around a theme under the guidance of one or two coaches. When participants are registered as pilgrims for a starter…