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Tailor-made: a reminder of what you have experienced

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People want a memory of what they have experienced on their journey. Nowadays it is mainly photos and videos, but it can also be small things, for example a stone, a statue or a feather. People like to hold on to what they have experienced…

Everything becomes more beautiful when you look differently – by Marit Polman (e.a.)

In November we organized the photo and writing workshop 'details of life'. Participants walked slowly and silently part of our route. The assignment was to take a photo of a detail along the way that struck them, touched them or inspired them.…

“Wisdom is the ability to open up” – farewell interview Jan Alers as board member

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By Damiaan, co-coordinator and pioneer of the Walk of Wisdom. Jan Alers "'This is what I want', I knew when I opened your website. A dear friend was staying with us because she was walking the Walk of Wisdom . What she told me about it stimulated…

The winter closure of a popular guest address

Machteld Meij and Ronald Baksteen have a guest address in the Hatertste Vennen, almost halfway along the route. A place where pilgrims have a house in the middle of nature for a small fee. With art by Machteld on the wall. Machteld sent in…

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…

“There are places I can’t pass without a smile…” – report silence walk by Gert Bos

Gert Bos participates as a volunteer in our annual series of 10 silent walks 'The Walk of Wisdom in a year around'. Report of the Malden-Nederasselt silent walk, 2 June 2024 Photo: Marja Hakkoer There are fifteen of us when we leave at the…

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:…

“We will miss you, dear pilgrims” – farewell to a welcome host

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Annet Kooijmans For years, her husband and she offered hospitality to hundreds of pilgrims on one of the most beautiful parts of the Walk of Wisdom. In Groesbeek, near our Philosopher's Bench and a road that, despite its heavenly surroundings,…

Become a co-creator of the world – Huub and Adelheid Kortekaas

The artists behind our symbol Pilgrim - Huub and Adelheid Kortekaas - were on TV this week at a beautiful broadcast of Binnenste Buiten. Co-coordinator Damiaan wrote the column below. Huub and Adelheid Kortekaas in the Tempelhof "Nature…
Fiets- en wandelbeurs

At the campsite during the Fiets en Wandelbeurs – report

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Last February we were again at the annual cycling and walking fair in Utrecht. On a special pilgrim square, sponsored by the organization. A report by Manja, co-coordinator of our route. Photo: Bicycle and walking fair by Stephan de Goede I…