Tag Archive for: pilgrimage

My Walk of Wisdom (report by pilgrim Jacco Evers)

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Jacco Evers walked the Walk of Wisdom in June 2020 and really made it his journey. Below is his report and beautiful photos. The Walk of Wisdom, a beautiful route! After the early departure ceremony, I hit the road. Slowly, one by one, my…

Walk of Wisdom is in the top-5 of the Wandelvrouw

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How nice to read. The Walk of Wisdom is in the top 5 of Bregje Schipper's favorite walks of Wandelvrouw.nl. 'The extra charge that such a contemplation route entails really appeals to me,' she writes in magazine Wandel.nl. She has written…

The Walk of Wisdom solo non-stop: pilgrimage on a bed of ice crystals

By Jan Fokke Oosterhof Ever since its launch on June 21, 2015, it has been in my bucket book, the non-stop running of the Walk of Wisdom, a 136-kilometer pilgrimage route. A pilgrimage route based on my own city of Nijmegen, which is independent…

“I feel the love of mother nature, the joy and appreciation” (pilgrim Joke Timmermans)

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'It's the 'place' where you feel like you're going with the flow of Mother Nature's life' Hello, my name is Joke living in Limburg and born and raised in Apeldoorn. My hobby is hiking. All my life I have been an active hiker. Being one with…

‘Walking to wisdom’: story about the Walk of Walk of Wisdom in the magazine Naar Buiten

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'This age of globalisation calls for something that connects us, because we are increasingly aware that we are part of the same world.' That is what pioneer Damiaan Messing says in the beautiful article about the Walk of Wisdom that has been…

Beautiful article in magazine full sentence about ‘Modern pilgrimage route without destination’

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"The word 'pilgrim' comes from 'peregrinus' which means stranger. As a pilgrim, you consciously put yourself in a position where you are not at home, you distance yourself from the fixed structure in your life. And then you discover that the…

A good preparation… – 21st century Lent

Walking can be healing in many ways, but as a hiker you have to be open to that. Sometimes it's better to be strict and not accept half measures, other times it seems best to admit to your weakness, so that that recognition forms a basis from…