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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.3604,Lat: 52.765
Elevation	8 meter above sea level
Local time	4:08:35am
Name province/region	Drenthe
Name Subregion	De Wolden

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oldenhave	1.8 km	SouthWest
2 Hees	2.4 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Ansen	2.6 km	NorthWest
4 Gijsselte	3.5 km	EastSouthEast
5 Ruinerweide	4.1 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	109 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	254 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	352 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 70 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Bovenwijde (1.4 km² at a distance of 17.3 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 28.1 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 39 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 79%, low location: 21%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Higher soil grounds

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 120 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 42 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.7 km2

16.2%

Nature

9.3 km2

11.9%

Agriculture

54.8 km2

69.8%

Urban area

1.1 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ruinen in country Netherlands

Ruinen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	31 km	North
2 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	42 km	WestSouthWest
3 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	47 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dwingelderveld	NL	1.8 km	North

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Ruinen
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ruinen

Type of weather in Ruinen	broken clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.33 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 20 May 2024:	16 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :	05:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:32 Europe/Amsterdam