Hotels at Alster booking.com

Alster

Booking.com

Alster

General information - Location

Country	Sweden
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 13.6102,Lat: 59.3972
Elevation	53 meter above sea level
Local time	15:49:31pm
Name province/region	Värmlands län
Name Subregion	Karlstad

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Skattkärr	3.8 km	EastNorthEast
2 Karlstad	4.1 km	West
3 Skoghall	8.6 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Vallargärdet	8.9 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Vidöåsen	10.9 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	172 km	WestNorthWest
2 Stockholm	Sweden	256 km	East
3 København	Denmark	414 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Kattegat is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 130 km (direction WestSouthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Norway.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Gota main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Skagerrak and Kattegat. The nearest bigger lake is Vänern (5572 km² at a height of around 43 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.3 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 95.6 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 134 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Värmland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (at a distance of 167 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Karlstad Airport (at a distance of 16 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

31.3 km2

39.8%

Nature

1.3 km2

1.7%

Wet nature

4.2 km2

5.3%

Agriculture

6.4 km2

8.2%

Urban area

12.6 km2

16.1%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

0.8%

Water - Lakes

20.8 km2

26.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alster in country Sweden

Alster at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Engelsberg Ironworks	Sweden	149 km	EastNorthEast
2 Rock Carvings in Tanum	Sweden	152 km	WestSouthWest
3 Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun	Sweden	175 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Kaplansholmen	SE	1.9 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Alster

Type of weather in Alster	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	25 %
Daylength at 20 April 2024:	14 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	05:35 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:33 Europe/Amsterdam