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Toast to life and to the special stage from Grave to Wijchen

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Pilgrim Nathalie Koumans literally gets job seekers moving through 'Walking to Work'. And during the network walks, she also walks parts of the Walk of Wisdom with them. What did they encounter on the sixth stage?     Text: Nathalie…

About the ups and downs of a homeless person, an ex-homeless person, a refugee and a pastor

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Paul Oosterhoff, chairman of the House of Compassion in Nijmegen, explains on the website of the house how they always walk a stage of the Walk of Wisdom with a changing group. We are happy to reproduce his story on the WoW site. What does…

Joke Verboon (pilgrim 321) walked a stage every month

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Joke Verboon (pilgrim 321) sent a few photos, one in the Stevenskerk in Nijmegen and one on the way.   "I took the photo with the Waal a year ago from the Ooijpoort bridge at the start of the Walk of Walk of Wisdom on November 14, 2015.…

‘I walk and I love’ (2) (Dineke de Velde Harsenhorst, pilgrim 933)

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A beautiful story by Dineke de Velde Harsenhorst   I'm going to walk for two days. With an overnight stay with Gabriëla and Ferdie in Kranenburg.  I pick up the tour where I left off last time. Although the tour didn't stop when I…

‘I walk and I love’ (Dineke de Velde Harsenhorst, pilgrim 933)

Dineke de Velde Harsenhorst has walked hundreds of times through the Ooijpolder near Nijmegen, on Saturday she walked there at the start of the Walk of Walk of Wisdom and it suddenly seemed like completely new territory. The first stage…

Song of a Departing Pilgrim

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Dineke de Velde Harsenhorst (pilgrim 933) will depart from the Valkhof Chapel on Saturday 15 October at 11.00 am for her first stage of the Walk of Walk of Wisdom. Come and listen to her song and wave her goodbye (Link ceremony). This recording…

‘I peel a fruit, a smiley appears’ (René van Nieuwkuijk, pilgrim 612)

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"Peel off your grace, let go." Pilgrim René van Nieuwkuijk walked the Walk of Wisdom and it became a kind of 'spiritual composting', he says. René recently gave a 'Speech of the Pilgrim' on the occasion of his journey. That was at…

‘The enormous diversity of the journey stays with me’ (Marina Ceelen, pilgrim 244)

Pilgrim Marina Ceelen about her Walk of Wisdom This year I completed the Walk of Wisdom in seven stages, during the days 8 to 12 and 15 and 17 August. My number is 244, but I understood that the number of hikers is already over 800. A fun,…

The deeper meaning of nettles – Wilma Gravemaker (pilgrim 543)

The Walk of Wisdom Nature is beautiful Naturally beautiful, so beautiful I wouldn't have it any other way My experience in a nutshell The silence between forest, heath and dike Water that makes a rippling sound The little bit of wind that…

The Crossing – by Elise van Riet (pilgrim 137)

Elise van Riet sent us this report of her pilgrimage If you walk the last stage of the Walk of Wisdom , you will cross the bridge the Crossing. It is beautiful and from the bridge you have a magnificent view over the river and the skyline…