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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.8937,Lat: 53.243
Elevation	-1 meter above sea level
Local time	20:23:08pm
Name province/region	Friesland
Name Subregion	Tytsjerksteradiel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oenkerk	1.4 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Molenend	2.2 km	EastNorthEast
3 Rijperkerk	2.5 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Oudkerk	2.6 km	North
5 Roodkerk	3.1 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	118 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	287 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	405 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 14 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Groote Wielen (0.8 km² at a distance of 1.8 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 86.7 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 121 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Higher soil grounds

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 129 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

0.5 km2

0.7%

Wet nature

4.3 km2

5.4%

Agriculture

63.5 km2

80.8%

Urban area

4.4 km2

5.7%

Water - Lakes

3.2 km2

4.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Giekerk in country Netherlands

Giekerk at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	40 km	SouthEast
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	47 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	68 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Groote Wielen	NL	0.9 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gytsjerk

Type of weather in Gytsjerk	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 10 May 2024:	15 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	05:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:20 Europe/Amsterdam