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Ik ben Marnix (1964), schrijver, langeafstandswandelaar en minimalist in hart en nieren. Na een loopbaan in de commerciële wereld, coaching en training, en jarenlange inzet in de vluchtelingenopvang, koos ik op mijn zestigste voor een radicale wending: ik gaf mezelf een sabbatical en trok de wereld in – te voet. Wat begon als een plan om 10.000 kilometer door Europa te wandelen, groeide uit tot iets veel groters: een nieuwe manier van leven. In negen maanden legde ik meer dan 5.500 kilometer af, met alleen mijn tent, schrijfboek, wandelkar (die ik liefdevol ‘Wheelie’ noem) en mijn barefoot schoenen. Al lopend ontdekte ik dat dit mijn pad is: een nomadisch bestaan, schrijvend onderweg. Ik geloof in het ritme van de voeten, in eenvoud, traagheid en aanwezigheid. Reizen zonder haast, leven met weinig, en onderweg de verhalen vangen die zich aandienen. Mijn missie? De schoonheid van vertraging, vrijheid en verbondenheid tastbaar maken in woorden. Ik bén onderweg. En daar voel ik me thuis.

Technical issues

Published on 19 July 202619 July 2026 by Marnix van der LijnLeave a comment

I’m doing well! I have been receiving questions because I haven’t published any posts for days, and some people are worried thinking that something might be wrong. I apologize for that. I am doing well,… Lees meer…

Nothing is required

Published on 14 July 2026 by Marnix van der LijnLeave a comment

Today is a rest day I had already decided this yesterday, and as soon as I wake up, I make a decision. Today is a rest day. I feel tired and don’t feel like walking… Lees meer…

Tags Sweden, Västra Götaland, Wildcamping, wildkamperen

Here, I have the honour to sleep

Published on 13 July 2026 by Marnix van der LijnLeave a comment

Who on earth goes camping under a highway? Sometimes I really don’t understand people. Well, actually, I often don’t, but that’s a different story. I had read something about the campsite I ended up at.… Lees meer…

Tags Sweden, Västra Götaland, Wildcamping, wildkamperen

Country number three

Published on 12 July 2026 by Marnix van der LijnLeave a comment

Writer’s happiness What a luxury, what a gift, my night in that little white house. In the early morning, when I am full of inspiration, I can simply slide from my mat to the table.… Lees meer…

Tags Norway, Sweden, Västra Götaland, wildkamperen

Sweden can wait another day

Published on 11 July 2026 by Marnix van der LijnLeave a comment

Will they do it or not? For the second morning, I wake up in my shelter in the clearing in the woods. I am calm again after yesterday’s day at the church. Exciting, because I… Lees meer…

Tags Borgleden, langeafstandswandeling, longdistancetrail, Norway, Wildcamping, wildkamperen

The loss of my safety net.

Published on 10 July 2026 by Marnix van der LijnLeave a comment

Fear and panic At night I lie awake sweating. Not because I’m warm. Not because something is happening outside my shelter. Fear is in my head. Old trauma of getting lost suddenly resurfaces. I feel… Lees meer…

Tags Borgleden, longdistancetrail, Norway, Wildcamping

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Marnix Footsteps of FreedomFrom May 2024 through January 2025, I hiked for nine months and 5,500 km across Sweden, Norway, Spain and Portugal. I came to the conclusion that this is how I want to live.

And so it happened… As of mid-May 2026, I am living a nomadic writing and hiking life in my tent, with my walking trailer and in barefoot shoes.

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