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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.6624,Lat: 53.0352
Elevation	-1 meter above sea level
Local time	1:10:19am
Name province/region	Friesland
Name Subregion	Súdwest-Fryslân

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Loënga	2.1 km	NorthEast
2 IJsbrechtum	2.2 km	WestNorthWest
3 Offingawier	2.4 km	East
4 Goënga	3.1 km	NorthEast
5 Scharnegoutum	3.1 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	90 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	260 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	383 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 20 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Witte Brekken (1.1 km² at a distance of 2.8 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 83.9 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 117 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, The surroundings of the place is moderately 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 101 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

59.1 km2

75.1%

Urban area

15.5 km2

19.7%

Water - Lakes

3.3 km2

4.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sneek in country Netherlands

Sneek 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	21 km	South
2 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	45 km	South
3 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	49 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Witte en Zwarte Brekken	NL	2.6 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sneek

Type of weather in Sneek	broken clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.36 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	05:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:13 Europe/Amsterdam