“God’s gift” for our start and end point

We are happy: our starting and ending point – the Stevens Church in Nijmegen – will receive the largest national contribution in the new subsidy round for national monuments. The 750-year-old building stands proudly on a hill and is the heart of the city. But such a large and old building has enormous maintenance costs.

The government has now promised to pay 75% of the periodic maintenance costs in the coming years. The rest has to come from other sources. As Walk of Wisdom , we make a modest contribution. We are “Stevenier” and symbolically pay the structural annual maintenance costs (€365) for one day every year. That day is June 21st, the day of our birthday.

Congratulations to the ‘grande dame’ of Nijmegen. It’s great that a large part of the periodic maintenance is now provided for and good luck finding the additional financing!

More about ‘The Stevens Church, 750 years of the mirror of Nijmegen’ in the recent book: link.
More about the government contribution in the Volkskrant article: link.