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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.7963,Lat: 53.2034
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	18:37:29pm
Name province/region	Friesland
Name Subregion	Leeuwarden

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Snakkerburen	2.1 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Goutum	2.7 km	South
3 Lekkum	3.1 km	NorthEast
4 Teerns	3.5 km	SouthEast
5 Jelsum	3.7 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	111 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	280 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	401 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)	Netherlands	41 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	44 km	EastSouthEast
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	63 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Groote Wielen	NL	4.2 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Leeuwarden
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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 Hoek	broken clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	74 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	15 hour and 18 minutes
Sunrise :	05:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:12 Europe/Amsterdam