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It’s Time to Listen to Yourself – Interview

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The art of living is nothing other than taking advantage of the people we suffer from. Marcel Proust. Pain, suffering, adversity - those who experience it usually want to get rid of it as soon as possible. But you can also grow from it as…

“She is her feet, she is the railway” (Dineke sings The Pilgrim)

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Dineke de Velde Harsenhorst has sung her beautiful song The Pilgrim many times at ceremonies and other gatherings of the Walk of Wisdom. Leonie van den Schoor of Stuk Producties made a recording of it at a few beautiful places along the route.…

“Man walks the path he has to take in his life” (artists Huub and Adelheid Kortekaas)

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Every pilgrim who registers will receive a steel pin of the symbol of the route in the starter pack. It's called 'Pilgrim' and the artist duo Huub and Adelheid Kortekaas designed it. The special symbol is also used as a route marker. "The design…
Anja Strik

Connecting people who are contemplative on the road

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Een impressie van Anja Strik Aansluiting vinden met respect voor de eigen maat. Dat blijkt de rode draad te zijn van de zesde stiltewandeling in de reeks ‘De Walk of Wisdom in een jaar rond’. De wandeling was afgelopen weekend, op zondag…

First Storytelling Afternoon Walk of Wisdom surprises and moves

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Wat een fijne, eerste Verhalenmiddag was het zaterdag 28 oktober in Huize Wylerberg in Beek-Ubbergen. Pelgrims van de Walk of Wisdom deelden tijdens een wandeling hun ervaringen in tweetallen. Er kwamen prachtige, ontroerende, humoristische…

Pilgrimage in Nijmegen: looking with different eyes

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Our starting and ending point, the Stevenskerk, will be open again in the weekends in March (with the exception of 20/21 March) and from April also during the week. There is a good chance that you will meet volunteer Gijs Hoogenboom behind the…

Silently from Malden to Nederasselt

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How special: last Sunday, 22 pilgrims walked about fifteen kilometers together in complete silence from Malden to Nederasselt. It was a nice fifth walk in the series 'The Walk of Wisdom in a year around'. Patricia Akkermans and Lidy van Lie…

De Volkskrant on the road to repentance for everyone

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And another great story about the Walk of Walk of Wisdom: today in the Volkskrant. Journalist Mac van Dinther walks part of the route and lets pioneers Damiaan Messing and Manja Bente have their say. Click here for the article.
Susanisweg

More than 1,500 pilgrims for the Walk of Walk of Wisdom

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At the beginning of this month, the Walk of Wisdom passed the number of registered pilgrims. About two years after the opening of the contemporary route, more and more people are finding the 'path of your own wisdom'. In the first year, the…

‘My most important learning point: I was allowed to stop by myself’ (pilgrim Ans van de Leemkolk)

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On March 18, 2017 I departed from the Valkhof Chapel in Nijmegen. My goal: to walk The Walk of Wisdom in four days with a backpack in preparation for my hike from Porto to Santiago! What did this trip bring me: Warmth, stillness, among other…