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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.998,Lat: 53.3271
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	18:06:59pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Friesland
Official website region	Official link Friesland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Dongeradeel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Aalsum	1.6 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Hiaure	3 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Bornwird	3 km	WestNorthWest
4 Wetsens	3.4 km	NorthEast
5 Raard	3.5 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	130 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	298 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	414 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 8 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Lauwersmeer (24.4 km² at a distance of 11.4 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 79.6 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 111 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
Flat marine clay area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 141 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.4 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

69.9 km2

89%

Urban area

7.8 km2

10%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Dokkum in country Netherlands

Dokkum at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	41 km	SouthEast
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	58 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	78 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Waddenzee	NL	7.5 km	North

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Dokkum

Type of weather in Dokkum	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	08:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:31 Europe/Amsterdam