Valkenburg
Located in Katwijk Municipalty, South Holland Coordinates: 52°10′48″ N 4°25′55″ E
- Population
- 3,925
- 3.9K
- Elevation
- 2 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Amsterdam · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- RTM Rotterdam The Hague Airport25 km
- AMS Amsterdam Airport Schiphol27 km
About Valkenburg
Valkenburg is a village. Location: Katwijk Municipalty, South Holland. Population: 3,925. Elevation: 2 m.
Valkenburg (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈvɑlkə(m)bʏr(ə)x] ) is a village and former municipality in the province of South Holland, in the western Netherlands. Valkenburg is now part of the municipality Katwijk and had a population of 3,900 in 2006. On 1 January 2006, Valkenburg and Rijnsburg were merged into the municipality of Katwijk. The former municipality of Valkenburg had about 3878 inhabitants (1 June 2005) and a surface area of 15.74 km2 (6.08 sq mi) of which 0.23 km2 (0.09 sq mi) is water.
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Photos of Valkenburg
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Oud Poelgeest Wikifrits · CC BY-SA 3.0 -
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden Goodness Shamrock · CC BY-SA 3.0 -
SieboldHuis Niels from Amsterdam, NL · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Museum Boerhaave Jvhertum · Public domain
Climate of Valkenburg
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 10° · Night 4° · Rain 95 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 21°)
- Coldest month
- February (night 1°)
- Wettest month
- November (95 mm)
- Driest month
- April (45 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | 6° | 6° | 9° | 12° | 16° | 18° | 20° | 21° | 18° | 14° | 10° | 7° |
| Average low (°C) | 1° | 1° | 2° | 4° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 13° | 11° | 8° | 4° | 2° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 68 | 48 | 62 | 45 | 46 | 66 | 67 | 62 | 88 | 90 | 95 | 79 |
How to get to Valkenburg
The nearest airport is Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM), 25 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Leiden, 5 km to the southeast.
Airports
- Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM) Rotterdam 25 kmsouth
- Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) Amsterdam 27 kmnortheast
- Eindhoven Airport (EIN) Eindhoven 104 kmsoutheast
Nearby large cities
- Leiden Population: 119.7K 5 kmsoutheast
- Zoetermeer Population: 115.8K 14 kmsouth
- The Hague Population: 474.3K 15 kmsouthwest
- Hoofddorp Population: 132.7K 22 kmnortheast
- Haarlem Population: 162.5K 26 kmnortheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Valkenburg
Within 100 km: 148 historic and cultural sites, 74 natural sites, 49 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km10 places
- Habana Beach Beach 19 kmSW
- Vogelpark Avifauna Attraction 16 kmE
- Den Haag Concentration Camp Historic site 15 kmSW
- Oud Poelgeest Historic site 4 kmE
25–60 km102 places
- IJsselmonde Island 35 kmS
- Ouddorp Beach Beach 54 kmSW
- Badstrand Rockanje Beach 43 kmSW
- Eiland van Brienenoord Island 32 kmS
60–100 km159 places
- Putse Moer Lake 89 kmS
- Stappensven Lake 86 kmS
- Groot Gat Lake 99 kmS
- Wolvenbos Natural site 94 kmS
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Oud Poelgeest Historic site, Oegstgeest Municipality3.6 km E
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Rijksmuseum van Oudheden Museum, Leiden Municipality4.4 km SE
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SieboldHuis Museum, Leiden Municipality4.3 km SE
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Museum Boerhaave Museum, Leiden Municipality4.4 km SE
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Escher Museum Museum, Gemeente Den Haag13 km SW -
Museon Museum, Gemeente Den Haag15 km SW
Sources & licences
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