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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.7567,Lat: 53.2797
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	23:18:26pm
Name province/region	Friesland
Name Subregion	Leeuwarderadeel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hijum	1.5 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Stiens	1.8 km	South
3 Oude Leije	2.2 km	NorthWest
4 Britsum	3.4 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Oudebildtzijl	3.5 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	116 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	287 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	409 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 7 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Groote Wielen (0.8 km² at a distance of 9.3 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 95.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 134 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, 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 127 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

75 km2

95.4%

Urban area

3.6 km2

4.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Finkum in country Netherlands

Finkum 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)	Netherlands	49 km	South
2 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	50 km	SouthEast
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	71 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Waddenzee	NL	4.5 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Stiens

Type of weather in Stiens	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	14 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	06:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:00 Europe/Amsterdam