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Den Burg

Den Burg

General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.7979,Lat: 53.0554
Elevation	3 meter above sea level
Local time	9:54:48am
At island	Texel
Name province/region (Provincie)	Noord-Holland
Official website region	Official link Noord-Holland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Texel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 De Waal	2.6 km	NorthEast
2 Oudeschild	3.9 km	EastSouthEast
3 Den Hoorn	4.4 km	SouthWest
4 Oosterend	4.8 km	EastNorthEast
5 De Koog	5.4 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	76 km	South
2 Brussel	Belgium	248 km	South
3 London	England	387 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: Lek, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Amstelmeer (6.2 km² at a distance of 19.5 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 137.3 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 192 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 89%, low location: 11%, 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
Flat marine clay area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 83 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.2 km2

5.6%

Nature

6.8 km2

9.1%

Wet nature

3.2 km2

4.3%

Agriculture

55.7 km2

74.9%

Urban area

3.1 km2

4.2%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Den Burg in country Netherlands

Den Burg at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dutch Water Defence Lines	Netherlands	56 km	South
2 Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)	Netherlands	57 km	South
3 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	64 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Duinen en Lage Land Texel	NL	2.3 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Den Burg

Type of weather in Den Burg	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 18 July 2025:	16 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	05:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:56 Europe/Amsterdam