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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.5553,Lat: 60.8626
Elevation	679 meter above sea level
Local time	18:45:00pm
Name province/region	Buskerud
Name Subregion	Hemsedal

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Svøo	4.5 km	SouthEast
2 Torpo	23.6 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Ål	25.9 km	South
4 Gol	27.6 km	SouthEast
5 Hol	30.8 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	160 km	SouthEast
2 Stockholm	Sweden	561 km	EastSouthEast
3 København	Denmark	619 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Norwegian Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 61 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named West Bay. The nearest bigger lake is Gyrinosvatnet (16.2 km² at a height of around 1108 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.5 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Skogshorn with a height of 1728 meter (at a distance of 7.9 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 200.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 280 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 32%, moderate high mountains: 55%, high mountains: 13%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
ØVRE DAL- OG FJELLBYGDER I OPPLAND OG BUSKERUD

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (at a distance of 159 km and direction EastSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

23.7 km2

30.1%

Nature

27.1 km2

34.5%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

12.6 km2

16%

Urban area

1.3 km2

1.7%

Rock-Sand

8.8 km2

11.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hemsedal in country Norway

Hemsedal at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	82 km	NorthWest
2 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	109 km	South
3 West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord	Norway	158 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Hemsedal
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	Mapquest
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Hemsedal

Type of weather in Hemsedal	broken clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.1 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	63 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	16 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	05:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:38 Europe/Amsterdam