Walk of wisdom: what exactly is wisdom?

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About a yellow bike and a thick hoody Do you know the Walk of Wisdom? This is a long-distance walking path, a modern pilgrimage route of about 150 kilometers around Nijmegen. The route invites you to set your feet in motion and at the same…
Ooijpoort Nijmegen door Martine van Vliet

A story that touches – Sonia

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In the neighborhood newspaper I read a story that touched me deeply. It was written by Sonia Azatyar, who has been living in the Netherlands for four years now. She was born in Afghanistan and came to the Netherlands alone at theage of 27,…

Podcast tip: Laura van der Drift on her Walk of Wisdom

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Recently, a volunteer sent us a podcast episode in which Laura van Drift talks about her experience with the Walk of Wisdom. The episode is part of Wit-Rood, a podcast series by Wybo Vons, about long-distance walks in the Netherlands and…

While walking, only the here and now on my mind

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A beautiful story of Pilgrim Ben Bekkers who had completely prepared himself with rituals to walk the path. Below is his story. First of all, I have to go back to last year in May/June. I then walked a multi-day hike for the first time,…

Bernadette Kuiper the 20,000th pilgrim

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Bernadette Kuiper is our 20,000th pilgrim. To mark this special moment, we decided to put her in the spotlight: we gave her two nights as a gift. When I called Bernadette, she hesitantly told me that she is a writer, has quit her job and…

Saying yes to my path

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Every pilgrim walks his own path. Esther Duine made it a special journey by looking at both the outside and the inside of herself and examining it. Saying yes to my path - ten days alone in nature - In recent months, the restlessness in…

Really on the road together

Report of four days of group play From 22 to 25 July, 'From here to Glunder' organised a guided pilgrimage along the Walk of Wisdom. "With twelve beautiful people we walked the first part of the route. Four days, about 75 kilometers, but…

A miracle of trust

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What a beautiful experience Elke Keuterick shares with us in her beautiful pilgrim report. Very personally, she writes how fear can strike you when you lose or threaten to lose someone or something. And how from one moment to the next confidence…

A heart full of gratitude

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What a beautiful pilgrim report we received from Sabine Cocquyt at the end of her Walk of Wisdom that she walked in the past month of May. It expresses an experience of great richness, of joy and connection with everything that surrounded her.…