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Voorschoten

Voorschoten

General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.4465,Lat: 52.126
Elevation	-1 meter above sea level
Local time	15:14:27pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Zuid-Holland
Official website region	Official link Zuid-Holland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Voorschoten

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Den Deijl	2.7 km	NorthWest
2 Maaldrift	3.2 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Zoeterwoude-Dorp	3.5 km	East
4 Stompwijk	3.6 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Wassenaar	3.6 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	41 km	NorthEast
2 Brussel	Belgium	143 km	South
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	304 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 8 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: Lek, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Vlietland (0.8 km² at a distance of 1.1 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 71.9 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 101 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 97%, low location: 3%, The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Reclamed lakes-polders - Flat Peaty meadows-area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 30 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Rotterdam The Hague Airport (at a distance of 19 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.7 km2

Agriculture

43.9 km2

55.9%

Urban area

23 km2

29.2%

Infrastructure

0.9 km2

1.1%

Water - Lakes

2.9 km2

3.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Voorschoten in country Netherlands

Voorschoten at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes	Germany,Netherlands	6.1 km	North
2 Van Nellefabriek	Netherlands	23 km	South
3 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout	Netherlands	30 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Meijendel & Berkheide	NL	4.5 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Voorschoten

Type of weather in Voorschoten	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	23 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 12 July 2025:	16 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	05:35 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:59 Europe/Amsterdam