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Horten

Horten

General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 10.4838,Lat: 59.4155
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	15:01:21pm
Name province/region (Fylke)	Vestfold
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommune)	Horten

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Borre	4.2 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Skoppum	5.4 km	SouthWest
3 Nykirke	5.7 km	West
4 Åsgårdstrand	7.8 km	South
5 Rønningåsen	8.5 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	57 km	NorthNorthEast
2 København	Denmark	430 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	434 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Horten lies at the Skagerrak (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named West Bay. The nearest bigger lake is Vansjø (38.3 km² at a height of around 24 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.5 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 71.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 100 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 15%, low location: 85%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
OSLOFJORDEN

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (at a distance of 93 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.4 km2

27.7%

Nature

3.1 km2

9.1%

Agriculture

9.4 km2

27.6%

Urban area

7.9 km2

23.3%

Infrastructure

0.7 km2

Water - Lakes

1.8 km2

5.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Horten in country Norway

Horten at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rock Carvings in Tanum	Sweden	93 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	119 km	WestNorthWest
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	272 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Horten

Type of weather in Horten	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	999 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 11 March 2026:	11 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	06:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:09 Europe/Amsterdam