Walk

Hartje Eckartse Bos

Eindhoven city 15 Route

Date

09.03.2025

Type

road

Distance

15km

Elevation

Start

08:00 am — 09:00 am

Walkers

Collector

Eindhoven’s light for Gaza

Eindhoven residents show their hearts during this first Heart for Gaza event, with bike rides in and around the city, followed by a gathering at the exhibition ‘If I Must Die, You Must Live’ in Art Space AUTO VITESSE by Henk Visch & Irene Veenstra.

An organisation by Henk Visch and Irene Veenstra, Jos van der Sommen, Faten Abushab, Rutger and Madelon from Cyklist, Walter van Hulst from Get Running, and Anton de Haan, Maurits de Preter, Alex De Broe from Koersklub Rood-Wit (B).

Donate

€2,541 raised

Info walk

Type: road
Distance: 15km
Date: 09.03.2025
Start: 08:00 am — 09:00 am
Start location: CYKLIST (Gasfabriek 3, Eindhoven, NL)
End location: Art Space “Auto Vitesse” Huis Henk Visch (Voorterweg 128, Eindhoven, NL)

75 percent paved, 25 percent unpaved

Start he 15 km heart walk at Café Cyklist with a warm welcome from Rutger and Madelon and a free coffee or tea.

The route will go along the Dommel river, through the Silly Walks tunnel and all the way around the TU Eindhoven to the roundabout Berenkuil with nice Graffiti Walls: Step In The Arena. Sharply turn back here to the park and lake Karpendonkse Plas. Follow the left lakeside, cross the street and go for some kilometers into the forest Eckartse Bos. Some spots can be a bit muddy in here. Back on the road you will pass a traffic light, go through a residential area, cross a railway and end up at a little foot and bike bridge across the Eindhovens Kanaal. From here you follow the canal back into town, through residential areas until Café Cyklist.

From there it is about one kilometer to arrive at Artspace AUTO VITESSE, the home of sculptor Henk Visch and Irene Veenstra, On show is the exhibition ‘If I Must Die, You Must Live’ featuring poetry, posters, and artworks by Mosab Abu Toha, Refaat Alareer, Sliman Mansour, Yoshitomo Nara, and Henk Visch (curator).

At this location we will be warmly welcomed as hospitality is the central theme of this event, inspired by Palestinian culture, where community and generosity are deeply valued. You can enjoy a delicious Syrian meal, prepared under the guidance of Faten Abushab, and connect in a relaxed atmosphere with Belgian, Dutch, and Palestinian cyclists, runners, walkers and supporters, including Mohammed Abu Asfour from the Gaza Sunbirds. Here as well as at the start in Café Cyklist T-shirts, caps, and pins are on sale by the inspiring Palestinian paracycling club and ngo Gaza Sunbirds.

Included

At the start: Coffee and tea offered by Café Cyklist.

After the ride: Syrian meal with coffee or tea, offered by Huis Henk Visch and prepared under the direction of Faten Abushab.

Visit exhibition ‘If I Must Die, You Must Live’, an exhibition curated by Henk Visch with poetry, posters, and artworks by Mosab Abu Toha, Refaat Alareer, Sliman Mansour, Yoshitomo Nara, Henk Visch.

Route

Eindhoven city 15

75 percent paved, 25 percent unpaved
The route will go along the Dommel river, through the Silly Walks tunnel and all the way around the TU Eindhoven to the roundabout Berenkuil with nice Graffiti Walls: Step In The Arena. Sharply turn back here to the park and lake Karpendonkse Plas. Follow the left lakeside, cross the street and go for some kilometers into the forest Eckartse Bos. Some spots can be a bit muddy in here. Back on the road you will pass a traffic light, go through a residential area, cross a railway and end up at a little foot and bike bridge across the Eindhovens Kanaal.

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Corresponding event

‘If I Must Die, You Must Live’ Huis Henk Visch

After-ride event with food & drinks at the finissage of the exhibition If I Must Die, You Must Live.

Palestinians are known for their hospitality and sense of community. This is reflected in our event, where artist Henk Visch and Irene Veenstra warmly welcome us. Their hospitality symbolizes Palestinian values of warmth and connection, emphasizing the importance of solidarity.

After the ride, we are warmly welcomed at Huis Henk Visch, where you can visit the exhibition If I Must Die, You Must Live, featuring poetry, posters, and artworks by Mosab Abu Toha, Refaat Alareer, Sliman Mansour, Yoshitomo Nara, and Henk Visch.

The exhibition offers a glimpse into the lives of Palestinians, whose existence is being destroyed as they suffer under Israel’s brutal, genocidal apartheid policies.

The title of the exhibition comes from the first two lines of the last poem published on Instagram by poet Refaat Alareer.

GetRunning

Get Running is a small, friendly running club (around 60 members) with the motto 'performance is allowed, fun is a must'. It has a walking group and two groups for running: one for beginners and advanced (up to 10 km) and one for more advanced (from 10 km to half and full marathon). In addition to training twice a week, there are regular endurance runs (on Sundays) and members participate together in walks, runs and trails in the area and sometimes elsewhere in the Netherlands or abroad (including the Ardennes).

Organiser

Huis Henk Visch

The Stichting HuisHenkVisch – an active cultural platform for the visual arts since 2016 – expresses its disapproval and deep abhorrence of the devastating war being waged in plain sight of the world in Palestine and Lebanon.
www.huishenkvisch.eu

Henk Visch (Eindhoven, 1950) is a renowned Dutch sculptor, graphic artist, and draftsman. He studied at the Royal Academy of Art and Design in ’s-Hertogenbosch and worked in various locations including New York and France. Visch gained recognition for his sculptures and exhibitions at venues like De Fabriek and The Livingroom. He taught at several prestigious institutions, including the Rijksakademie and the Jan van Eyck Academy. Visch represented the Netherlands at the 1988 Venice Biennale and received numerous awards, including the Jeanne Oosting Prize (2018) and the Wilhelminaring (2023).
www.henkvisch.nl