Land van Valkenburg Where stories become reality
A story bank by and for Valkenburgers. We keep what you remember — and sometimes it becomes an image, a song or an evening in the dark.
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Where stories become reality
Stories
Memories of Valkenburgers, recorded and preserved for those who come after us.
Creatures
Bats, ghosts and the people who, according to the stories, live in the corridors.
Crafts
Marl sawyers, block breakers and the hands that shaped this landscape.
Construction works
Castle, gates and corridors — stone that continues to hold a story.
Featured story
The water on the windowsill
I will never forget that evening in July 2021.During the day it had already rained for hours. Not one of those summer showers where you wait until it's over, but rain that just kept coming. In Valkenburg we talked about it as if everything would not be so bad. The Geul was high, perhaps much too high, but we had seen s...
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