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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.747,Lat: 52.381
Elevation	-2 meter above sea level
Local time	4:04:38am
Name province/region	Noord-Holland
Name Subregion	Haarlemmermeer

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Halfweg	0.8 km	WestSouthWest
2 Boesingheliede	2.6 km	SouthWest
3 Osdorp	2.9 km	SouthEast
4 Lijnden	3.2 km	South
5 Ruigoord	3.3 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	10 km	East
2 Brussel	Belgium	173 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	323 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 14 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 Sloterplas (0.8 km² at a distance of 4.8 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 97.5 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 137 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, low location: 0%, 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
Reclamed lakes-polders - Flat Peaty meadows-area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 8.1 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Rotterdam The Hague Airport (at a distance of 52 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.1 km2

0.1%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Wet nature

2.6 km2

3.3%

Agriculture

35.6 km2

45.3%

Urban area

20.6 km2

26.2%

Infrastructure

7.9 km2

10%

Water - Lakes

3 km2

3.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Zwanenburg in country Netherlands

Zwanenburg at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht	Netherlands	9.7 km	EastSouthEast
2 Dutch Water Defence Lines	Netherlands	20 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)	Netherlands	22 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Polder Westzaan	NL	6.5 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Schalkwijk

Type of weather in Schalkwijk	light intensity drizzle
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1025 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	15 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	05:56 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:18 Europe/Amsterdam