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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.4015,Lat: 52.1437
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	20:00:49pm
Name province/region	Zuid-Holland
Name Subregion	Wassenaar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Den Deijl	1 km	SouthEast
2 Maaldrift	2.1 km	EastNorthEast
3 Voorschoten	3.6 km	SouthEast
4 Valkenburg	4.7 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Katwijk a/d Rijn	5.8 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	42 km	EastNorthEast
2 Brussel	Belgium	144 km	South
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	307 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 4 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 4.8 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 74.2 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 104 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 75%, low location: 25%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. 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
Dunes

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 31 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Rotterdam The Hague Airport (at a distance of 21 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.4 km2

11%

Nature

15.6 km2

20.4%

Agriculture

25.4 km2

33.3%

Urban area

17.6 km2

23.1%

Infrastructure

2.1 km2

2.8%

Rock-Sand

0.9 km2

1.1%

Water - Lakes

2 km2

2.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wassenaar in country Netherlands

Wassenaar 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	4.6 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Van Nellefabriek	Netherlands	25 km	South
3 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout	Netherlands	34 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Meijendel & Berkheide	NL	1.2 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Wassenaar

Type of weather in Wassenaar	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	15 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	06:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:12 Europe/Amsterdam