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General information - Location

Country	Sweden
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 12.5786,Lat: 56.15
Elevation	7 meter above sea level
Local time	19:27:43pm
Name province/region	Skåne län
Name Subregion	Höganäs

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Domsten	3.9 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Ingelsträde	5.3 km	NorthEast
3 Höganäs	5.5 km	North
4 Mjöhult	7.3 km	EastNorthEast
5 Hittarp	8 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 København	Denmark	48 km	South
2 Berlin	Germany	407 km	South
3 Oslo	Norway	433 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Viken lies at the Baltic Sea (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Gota coastal: Viskan, Nissan, part of the larger catchment area Skagerrak and Kattegat. The nearest bigger lake is Gurre Sø (2.4 km² at a distance of 13.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is UNK with a height of 41 meter (at a distance of 15.1 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Danish-German border with a straight distance of 247.4 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 346 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 75%, low location: 25%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Skåne

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Copenhagen Kastrup Airport (at a distance of 59 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Ängelholm-Helsingborg Airport (at a distance of 23 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.7 km2

1.7%

Agriculture

34.3 km2

84.4%

Urban area

4.7 km2

11.5%

Infrastructure

0.2 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Viken in country Sweden

Viken at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Kronborg Castle	Denmark	13 km	SouthSouthEast
2 The par force hunting landscape in North Zealand	Denmark	30 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Roskilde Cathedral	Denmark	65 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Nordvstra Sknes havsomrde	SE	1.2 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Viken
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Viken

Type of weather in Viken	broken clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.98 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	05:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:53 Europe/Amsterdam