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General information - Location

CountryNetherlands (Holland)
Location in country North
Location in EuropeWest Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: 5.7963,Lat: 53.2034 marker
Elevation1 meter above sea level
Local time16:32:32pm
Name province/regionFriesland
Name SubregionLeeuwarden

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Snakkerburen2.1 km NorthNorthEast
2 Goutum2.7 km South
3 Lekkum3.1 km NorthEast
4 Teerns3.5 km SouthEast
5 Jelsum3.7 km North

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 AmsterdamNetherlands111 km SouthWest
2 Brussel   Belgium280 km SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg   Luxembourg401 km South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 15 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 4.6 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 88.7 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 124 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, low location: 0%, The surroundings of the place is highly 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 122 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Forest   1.3 km2 
 1.7% 
 Nature   0.8 km2 
 1.1% 
 Agriculture   43 km2 
 54.8% 
 Urban area   25.6 km2 
 32.6% 
 Infrastructure   3.6 km2 
 4.6% 
 Water - Lakes   1.7 km2 
 2.1% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Leeuwarden in country Netherlands


Leeuwarden 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)Netherlands41 km SouthSouthWest
2 Colonies of BenevolenceBelgium,Netherlands44 km EastSouthEast
3 Schokland and SurroundingsNetherlands63 km South

Nearest Natura2000-area
Sitename Country Distance Direction
Groote WielenNL4.2 km EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)




Current weather at Hoek

Type of weather in Hoekovercast clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 8.94 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction: North West
Air pressure: 1003 mb
Humidity: 64 %
Daylength at 10 October 2024:10 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :07:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :18:52 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Hoek - NL (longitude: 5.7963, latitude: 53.2034)
Distance weather station to place (direction NNO): 0 Kilometers

17:00
12 degrees
1004 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
20:00
10 degrees
1006 mbar
light rainweericoon
23:00
8 degrees
1009 mbar
light rainweericoon
2:00
8 degrees
1011 mbar
light rainweericoon
5:00
8 degrees
1013 mbar
light rainweericoon
8:00
11 degrees
1014 mbar
light rainweericoon
11:00
13 degrees
1016 mbar
light rainweericoon
14:00
12 degrees
1017 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon










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