Hotels at Wapse booking.com

Wapse

Booking.com

Wapse

General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.2669,Lat: 52.8606
Elevation	7 meter above sea level
Local time	8:48:33am
Name province/region	Drenthe
Name Subregion	Westerveld

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kalteren	2.1 km	EastSouthEast
2 Doldersum	3.3 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Diever	3.5 km	EastSouthEast
4 Oldendiever	3.6 km	EastSouthEast
5 Vledder	3.8 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	108 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	260 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	362 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 60 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 Diependal (1.2 km² at a distance of 14.3 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 39.6 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 55 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 74%, low location: 26%, 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 119 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 36 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.5 km2

24.8%

Nature

7.2 km2

9.1%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

49.3 km2

62.8%

Urban area

2.3 km2

2.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wapse in country Netherlands

Wapse at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	22 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	40 km	West
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	42 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Drents-Friese Wold & Leggelderveld	NL	0.4 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Wapse
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Wapse
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Dwingeloo

Type of weather in Dwingeloo	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	15 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	05:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:07 Europe/Amsterdam