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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.5163,Lat: 53.3324
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	4:59:37am
Name province/region	Groningen
Name Subregion	Winsum

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tinallinge	3.1 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Groot Wetsinge	3.1 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Garnwerd	3.3 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Aduarderzijl	3.5 km	WestSouthWest
5 Baflo	3.5 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	153 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	314 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	415 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 11 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 Lauwersmeer (24.4 km² at a distance of 14.5 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 45.1 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 63 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 164 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 24 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

74.9 km2

95.4%

Urban area

3.7 km2

4.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Winsum in country Netherlands

Winsum at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	33 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	78 km	SouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	92 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Waddenzee	NL	10 km	North

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Winsum

Type of weather in Winsum	light rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.41 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	15 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	05:51 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:09 Europe/Amsterdam