A trail of bronze through Asten
These bronze plaques together form a path through Asten with Museum Klok & Peel as starting point. These plaques bear the Jan die Smet logo as a reminder of this historical figure. The trail is a tribute to the bell-making village of Asten; the bronze tiles and plaques were cast by the Royal Eijsbouts Bell Foundry in Asten.
The starting point and end point of the route is Museum Klok & Peel. You can visit the museum after your walk and / or break in the cozy museum café or on the outdoor terrace in the museum gardens. The museum café is freely accessible.
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Locations on this route
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Museum Klok & Peel
Museum Klok & Peel
Museum Klok & Peel
Ostaderstraat 23
5721 WC Asten
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Asten Tourist Office opening hours
Asten Tourist Office opening hours
Toeristisch Asten
Kerkstraat 10
5721 GV Asten
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Church of the Presentation of Mary
Church of the Presentation of Mary
Maria Presentatie Kerk
Wilhelminastraat 1
5721 KG Asten
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Museum Klok & Peel
Museum Klok & Peel
Museum Klok & Peel
Ostaderstraat 23
5721 WC Asten
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Directions
Museum Klok & Peel
Museum Klok & PeelOstaderstraat 23
5721 WC Asten
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Tiles with small bronze bells, called nails, indicate the direction in which to walk. The crowns on top of the bells show the direction (ref. to picture). The path takes you from the museum via a beautiful, green route, the Bell Casting Path, to the centre of Asten. Via a loop past some historic buildings and through old streets, you walk past the statue of Jan die Smet. After St Mary's Presentation Church and two cloisters, the route leads you back to the museum. The path is wheelchair accessible.
The proverbs:
1. After a long and resounding life, we are elevated to art status
2. Good work takes time
3. He who hears only one clock hears but a single sound
4. With diligence and patience, time was gilded here
5. He who spends his youth working with wood is sure to lead a good life
6. It’s not about running fast, but about arriving on time
7. Good advice is tailor-made, hits the nail on the head and rings out like a bell
8. Time is money and can be calculated; time is precious, but cannot be insured
9. It’s time – high time for the final round
10. The clock is a marvellous invention to remind us when it’s time to eat
11. ASTEN... sounds like a BELL!
12. Food without drink is like a bell without a chime
13. There are clocks everywhere, but time is nowhere to be found
14. Our transport has long been a race against the clock; it began a century ago with the driver at the wheel
15. One recognises the bell by its chime
16. With money and time, you can go far
17. When the bells of Asten chime, you’re left staring in amazement
18. In the printing trade, it’s often a race against the clock
19. With respect for the past, we are building the present for a new future
20. Time is a strange thing – nobody has it, but we create it for our customers
21. Never ask for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for you
22. Here, people know where the clapper hangs and have been keeping up with the times for years… true men of the bell
23. Bells from this village and voices from this monastery have been heard worldwide
24. Bells, the sound of infinity: a call to service, worldwide
25. The spoken word fades with time; the written word endures
26. Beans need not be planted any deeper than they can hear the bells ringing
27. He who fires with bells will not win the war
Museum Klok & Peel
Museum Klok & PeelOstaderstraat 23
5721 WC Asten
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