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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.7434,Lat: 60.478
Elevation	135 meter above sea level
Local time	8:12:51am
Name province/region	Hordaland
Name Subregion	Vaksdal

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Stanghelle	8.2 km	North
2 Haga	10.3 km	South
3 Dale	12.7 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Hausvik	13.9 km	West
5 Lonevåg	14.2 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	284 km	EastSouthEast
2 København	Denmark	665 km	SouthEast
3 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	691 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Vaksdal lies at the North Sea (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named West. The nearest bigger lake is Osterøyni (7.6 km² at a height of around 153 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 346.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 485 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 12%, hill: 33%, low mountains: 50%, moderate high mountains: 1%, 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
MIDTRE BYGDER PÅ VESTLANDET

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 36 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Stord Airport, Sørstokken (at a distance of 80 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22.9 km2

36.9%

Nature

36.3 km2

58.5%

Agriculture

1.9 km2

3.1%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.9%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vaksdal in country Norway

Vaksdal at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bryggen	Norway	25 km	WestSouthWest
2 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	126 km	NorthEast
3 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	172 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Vaksdal
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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 Tysse

Type of weather in Tysse	clear sky
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	16 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :	05:25 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:41 Europe/Amsterdam