
Travelogue of the adventurous five-day hiking week
selection, Stories from pilgrimsThe first week of August there was a special walking week on the Walk of Wisdom. Co-developer of the route Manja Bente and board member Thomas Hontelez came up with this special tour with the theme of reflection on the relationship with the…

“In the Reichswald I feel like Little Red Riding Hood among the tall trees” (pilgrim Corrie Kelders in Content Magazine)
selection, Stories from pilgrims, The media about usPilgrim Corrie Kelders walked the Walk of Wisdom and wrote a Foot and Good Walking story about it for Content Magazine:
Photography: Susan Peeters

Some images of a special walking week on the pilgrimage route
selection, Stories from our editorsIn recent days, there was a special walking week on the route of the Walk of Wisdom for those who wanted to reflect on their relationship with the earth. Co-developer of the route Manja Bente and board member Thomas Hontelez guided the group.…

Homo sapiens – or homo stupido??
selection, Stories from our editors
This week, a group of pilgrims walked the Walk of Wisdom to reflect on their relationship to the earth. In doing so, they dealt with one of the great questions of our time. A reflection by Damiaan Messing, pioneer of the route.
According to…

Pilgrim’s lauds August 5: “When you go outside…”
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This morning, a little after sunrise, editor-in-chief and copywriter Lucy Holl read a page from Seasons of Life: a contemporary book of hours and pilgrims in the Stevenskerk.It was the fourth pilgrim's lauds, a moment of reflection at sunrise,…

€150,- for Dutch conservation trust
News, selectionWith 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.…

“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…

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…

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…

“Who are you when you go back to your source?” (an impression of the silent walk of 8 July)
selection, Stories from our editorsReturn 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…
