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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.4556,Lat: 51.6134
Elevation	25 meter above sea level
Local time	22:30:06pm
Name province/region	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Name Subregion	Düsseldorf
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Wesel
Name	Alpen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Xanten:Birten	2.9 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Xanten:Unterbirten	3.1 km	EastNorthEast
3 Alpen:Bönninghardt	4.2 km	South
4 Alpen:Menzelerheide	4.4 km	EastSouthEast
5 Alpen:Bönning	4.9 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	137 km	NorthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	170 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	224 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 156 km (direction West).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Lower - Ruhr, Lippe, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Altrhein Xanten (1.9 km² at a height of around 14 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 20.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 28 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
NR-575

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Düsseldorf Airport (at a distance of 42 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Weeze Airport (at a distance of 22 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.9 km2

8.8%

Wet nature

0.2 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

66 km2

84.1%

Urban area

3.7 km2

4.6%

Water - Lakes

1.8 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Veen in country Germany

Veen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen	Germany	43 km	EastSouthEast
2 Cologne Cathedral	Germany	83 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	93 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
NSG Bislicher Insel, nur Teilfläche	DE	2.9 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Veen
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Veen

Type of weather in Veen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	15 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	05:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:03 Europe/Amsterdam