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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 10.0076,Lat: 59.486
Elevation	81 meter above sea level
Local time	5:24:01am
Name province/region	Buskerud
Name Subregion	Kongsberg

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hof	6.6 km	NorthEast
2 Sundbyfoss	7.4 km	EastNorthEast
3 Svarstad	9.8 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Gullhaug	14.1 km	East
5 Høyjord	14.7 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	63 km	NorthEast
2 København	Denmark	447 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	461 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Skagerrak is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 15 km (direction EastNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named West Bay. The nearest bigger lake is Eikeren (27.4 km² at a height of around 18 meter above sea level) at a distance of 11.8 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 96.1 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 135 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 51%, hill: 46%, low mountains: 4%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
LÅGLANDSDALFØRA I TELEMARK, BUSKERUD OG VESTFOLD

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (at a distance of 100 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sandefjord Airport, Torp (at a distance of 36 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

42.3 km2

53.8%

Nature

15.6 km2

19.9%

Agriculture

18.6 km2

23.7%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.7%

Water - Lakes

1.2 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hvittingfoss in country Norway

Hvittingfoss at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	91 km	WestNorthWest
2 Rock Carvings in Tanum	Sweden	116 km	SouthEast
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	250 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Hvittingfoss

Type of weather in Hvittingfoss	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.39 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	56 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	16 hour and 0 minutes
Sunrise :	05:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:16 Europe/Amsterdam