Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Valkenburg, Netherlands

The Oude Molen or Banmolen is a watermill that used the water of a branch of the river Geul and is located in the middle of Valkenburg in the Dutch province of Limburg. Today, the Francis turbine is still running, but it is driven by an electric motor. The water from the mill is transported to the watermill by the Walramweir via the mill branch.

Wikipedia: Oude Molen (Valkenburg) (NL), Website

The Nicolaas-perroen is a platform in the Dutch municipality of Valkenburg aan de Geul. The chapel is located next to the H.H. Nicholas and Barbara Church in the center of Valkenburg, near the Geul and the Geulpoort.

Wikipedia: Nicolaas-perroen (NL)

The church of the H.H. Nicolaas and Barbara, or Oude Kerk, is a Roman Catholic parish church in the center of the Dutch-Limburg town of Valkenburg. The partly Romanesque, partly Gothic and partly neo -Gothic building is a national monument. To the north of the church, the river Geul flows on the other side of the street.

Wikipedia: H.H. Nicolaas en Barbarakerk (NL)

The Loisel Burial Vault or Loisel Quarry is a burial vault and marl quarry in the Dutch province of Limburg. The underground quarry is located on the west side of Valkenburg on the Plenkertstraat in Plenkert on the northern edge of the Margraten Plateau in the transition to the Geul valley. On site, the plateau plunges steeply down for a few meters.

Wikipedia: Grafkelder Loisel (NL)

The Roman Catacombs are an underground tunnel system in Valkenburg in Dutch South Limburg. It is an extremely careful replica of parts of the catacombs in Rome. At the beginning of the 20th century, under the direction of architect Pierre Cuypers, parts of the most important catacombs in Rome were carved with great precision into the limestone of Valkenburg in the Heidegroeve. The entrance to the Roman Catacombs is on the Plenkertstraat near the De Leeuw beer brewery, the flint mines of Valkenburg and the Geological monument Groeve Einde Plenkertweg. Above the quarry is the Polferbos.

Wikipedia: Romeinse Katakomben (Valkenburg) (NL), Website

The Open Air Theatre Valkenburg is an open-air theatre in Valkenburg in the Dutch province of Limburg. The theatre from 1916 was designed by Pierre Cuypers.

Wikipedia: Openluchttheater Valkenburg (NL), Website

The Provincial Resistance Monument on the Cauberg near Valkenburg in the Dutch South Limburg municipality of Valkenburg aan de Geul is a memorial chapel in honour of the Limburg resistance in the Second World War.

Wikipedia: Provinciaal verzetsmonument Limburg (NL), Url

The Lourdes Grotto is a religious monument located on the Cauberg in Valkenburg in the Dutch province of Limburg.

Wikipedia: Lourdesgrot (Valkenburg) (NL)

Valkenburg Castle is a ruined castle in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands. It is unique in the Netherlands in that it is the only castle in the country built on a hill. The castle is listed in the top hundred of Dutch cultural monuments.

Wikipedia: Valkenburg Castle (EN)

The Grendelpoort is one of the three medieval city gates of the Dutch fortified town of Valkenburg. The heavily restored Limburg marl gate has been protected as a national monument since 1967.

Wikipedia: Grendelpoort (NL)

Museum Valkenburg, formerly Streekmuseum Land van Valkenburg, is a museum in the center of Valkenburg, in the Dutch province of Limburg. The museum is located in the former town hall and post office of Valkenburg, which is a national monument. The permanent collection includes diverse collections in the fields of geology, Roman and medieval archaeology and local history. In addition, the museum collects Limburg art and organizes changing exhibitions. The organization is entirely in the hands of volunteers.

Wikipedia: Museum Valkenburg (NL), Website

The Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help is a church building in Valkenburg in the municipality of Valkenburg aan de Geul in the Dutch province of Limburg. The church is located on the north side of the Walramplein on the Sint Pieterstraat, just after the Geul has split into two branches at the Walramweir. About 200 meters to the west is the H.H. Nicholas and Barbara Church.

Wikipedia: Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Altijddurende Bijstandkerk (Valkenburg) (NL)

Kasteel Oost is a castle-like country house, located on the Oosterweg in a bend of the river Geul east of the town of Valkenburg in Dutch Limburg. The castle, which is surrounded by a formal garden and a landscape garden, is a national monument and is also part of the Geul & Maas estate.

Wikipedia: Kasteel Oost (Valkenburg) (NL)