🇳🇱 Valkenburgse Meer

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Shallow flat lake between Katwijk and Leiden, South Holland, with a wooden jetty. The pin is at the surf school on the south-east shore, near the swimming beach. Note: in April 2025 about 200 m of the south bank slid into the lake, taking a footpath and a fishing jetty with it, and the lake was closed under an emergency order. It reopened at the end of June 2025 and surveys in November 2025 found the remaining banks safe — but the collapsed stretch itself is still closed to the public, so check before you go. Nearest free public parking is about 700 m south; the parking around the north and east shores is customers-only or private.