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General information - Location

CountryNetherlands (Holland)
Location in country North
Location in EuropeWest Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: 5.5271,Lat: 53.0661 marker
Elevation0 meter above sea level
Local time1:44:35am
Name province/regionFriesland
Name SubregionSúdwest-Fryslân

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Hichtum1.9 km North
2 Hartwerd2.7 km East
3 Burgwerd2.9 km NorthNorthEast
4 Tjerkwerd3 km SouthWest
5 Longerhouw3.3 km West

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 AmsterdamNetherlands88 km SouthSouthWest
2 Brussel   Belgium260 km SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg   Luxembourg387 km South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 10 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Oudegaasterbrekken (2.8 km2 at a distance of 7.6 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 93.4 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 131 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)
Name
Flat marine clay area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 99 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Agriculture   74.7 km2 
 95.2% 
 Urban area   3.7 km2 
 4.8% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Bolsward in country Netherlands


Bolsward at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)Netherlands27 km SouthSouthEast
2 Schokland and SurroundingsNetherlands50 km SouthSouthEast
3 Colonies of BenevolenceBelgium,Netherlands58 km East

Nearest Natura2000-area
Sitename Country Distance Direction
Oudegaasterbrekken, Fluessen en omgevingNL6.2 km South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bolsward

Type of weather in Bolswardovercast clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 3.13 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction: EastcNorth East
Air pressure: 1001 mb
Humidity: 89 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:15 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :06:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :21:07 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Bolsward - NL (longitude: 5.5271, latitude: 53.0661)
Distance weather station to place (direction NNO): 0 Kilometers

2:00
16 degrees
1001 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon		5:00
15 degrees
1001 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon		8:00
18 degrees
1001 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon		11:00
20 degrees
1001 mbar
few cloudsweericoon
14:00
21 degrees
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scattered cloudsweericoon		17:00
18 degrees
1001 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon		20:00
12 degrees
1003 mbar
light rainweericoon		23:00
12 degrees
1004 mbar
light rainweericoon

5 days Weather forecast: Temperature - Pressure and Precipitation

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