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Every step is one step and we walk

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Pilgrims Irene and Max from Veenendaal walked the Walk of Wisdom at the end of July. Max put some impressions on paper.

Silently around the Walk of Wisdom

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The monthly silent walk 'The Walk of Wisdom in a year round' is a nice and popular way to walk the complete route in ten stages with a group. Also these months there is another group on the road. Volunteer Hans Peerden wrote a piece about…

Walking until the next step shows itself

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We received a special message from Sandra Lensink. She wanted to walk the Walk of Wisdom, but not alone. You can walk with her for a day or part of the day. She has nicely described why she wants that in her story below. As a little girl…

I searched and found – Janneke

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Janneke Dijke (pilgrim 21.027) walked the Walk of Wisdom and that inspired her to write the following poems: 'I searched and found' and 'On the Walk of Wisdom we follow the same route'. Beautiful texts that we are happy to share. I SEARCHED…

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…