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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.5459,Lat: 52.0775
Elevation	-5 meter above sea level
Local time	22:41:29pm
Name province/region	Zuid-Holland
Name Subregion	Alphen aan den Rijn

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gelderswoude	2.1 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Hogeveen	2.4 km	East
3 Kruisweg	3.7 km	South
4 Zoetermeer	4 km	WestSouthWest
5 Hazerswoude-Dorp	4.1 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	41 km	NorthEast
2 Brussel	Belgium	138 km	South
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	296 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 17 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: Lek, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Zoetermeerse Plas (0.7 km² at a distance of 1.9 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 65.6 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 92 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Reclamed lakes-polders - Flat Peaty meadows-area
Groene Hart

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 30 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Rotterdam The Hague Airport (at a distance of 15 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

0.7 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

57.7 km2

73.4%

Urban area

17.4 km2

22.1%

Water - Lakes

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Benthuizen in country Netherlands

Benthuizen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes	Germany,Netherlands	14 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Van Nellefabriek	Netherlands	19 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout	Netherlands	23 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
De Wilck	NL	3.5 km	North

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Benthuizen
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Benthuizen

Type of weather in Benthuizen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 10 May 2024:	15 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	05:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:21 Europe/Amsterdam