Valkenburg can refer to either of two Dutch towns, and means falcon castle:
- Valkenburg aan de Geul - in the province of Limburg (Netherlands), the southern-most Dutch province. Valkenburg aan de Geul ( is a Municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. Limburg ( Dutch: (Nederlands Limburg is the southern-most of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands
- Valkenburg - in the province of South Holland, municipality of Katwijk an Zee, lying close to the North Sea, northeast of The Hague. For the other Valkenburg in Limburg see Valkenburg aan de Geul. South Holland ( Dutch:) is a province situated on the North Sea in the western part of the Netherlands. Katwijk (population 61292 is a coastal municipality and town in the province of South Holland in the western Netherlands. The North Sea is a marginal, Epeiric sea of the Atlantic Ocean on the European Continental shelf.
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