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A Note from Pilgrim 958
Stories from pilgrims
Marjolein Pieks walked the Walk of Wisdom a while ago. Marjolein is a poet and, among other things, village poet of Heumen, one of the eleven municipalities where you pick up a bird ring on the tour. Marjolein not only wrote a song about…

There’s something for you on the route
Stories from our editors, Stories from pilgrims
Damiaan Messing, pioneer of the Walk of Wisdom, also walks the walk himself once a year. In June, during the departure ceremony in the Valkhof Chapel, he told about an experience he had in 2017.
"There's something for you on the route."…

Maria and Walk of Wisdom
Stories from pilgrims
(Without pictures)
Inspired by a woman from our circle of acquaintances, who walked the Walk of Wisdom last August, together with one of her daughters, I had the wish to walk the Walk of Wisdom for 2019, together with my partner Robert. Was…

Walk of Wisdom photo pilgrimage
Stories from pilgrimsPhotographer Ricardo Hernandez walked the Walk of Wisdom in September 2018. All photos: Ricardoclicks.com

Impressions from the big detour (by pilgrim Simon Wijma)
selection, Stories from pilgrims
A week on the Walk of Wisdom
that footstep
that moment in time
liquefies
with a history in the country
And you, me
Then be quiet
The words gone
A dog is missing in Weurt. That can't be missed, because everyone we meet questions…

Chance on the Walk of Walk of Wisdom – an account of Antoinette (pilgrim 1900)
News, selection, Stories from pilgrims"To the organization of Walk of Wisdom,
I hereby send you a story/poem of what I experienced during my walk of wisdom. I have been in contact with the person in question (Mr. M.) and it may be shared.
On the occasion of my 65th birthday, I…

“I was always stopped” (report by Hinde Joldersma)
News, Stories from pilgrimsI came for the Walk of Wisdom
was surprised by the English Choir Vespers
was suddenly the third doe in the Stevenskerk
Happy and fulfilled, I then left for the hiking trail
but didn't move forward
was always stopped
stopped at every terrace
thoroughly…

‘Yet I cried’ (Koos Duivesteijn-Ockeloen, pilgrim 1583)
selection, Stories from pilgrimsKoos Duivesteijn-Ockeloen walked the Walk of Wisdom and route map 4 (dots 5 and 11) in mid-August, inspired him to write the following text:
At Persingen, I was Charon
Who ferried me across the river
I wanted my dead loved one back
I…

Travelogue of the adventurous five-day hiking week
selection, Stories from pilgrimsThe first week of August there was a special walking week on the Walk of Wisdom. Co-developer of the route Manja Bente and board member Thomas Hontelez came up with this special tour with the theme of reflection on the relationship with the…
