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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.6306,Lat: 53.1411
Elevation	3 meter above sea level
Local time	18:10:41pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Groningen
Official website region	Official link Groningen
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Haren

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Onnen	2.1 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Felland	2.6 km	North
3 Noordlaren	3.3 km	SouthEast
4 Yde	3.9 km	SouthWest
5 Haren	4.1 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	145 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	299 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	395 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 33 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Zuidlaardermeer (5.4 km² at a distance of 3.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 36.7 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 51 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 96%, low location: 4%, 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
Higher soil grounds

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 156 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 4.2 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.1 km2

5.3%

Nature

3.7 km2

4.7%

Wet nature

1.6 km2

2.1%

Agriculture

52.3 km2

66.5%

Urban area

7.9 km2

10%

Infrastructure

1.6 km2

2.1%

Water - Lakes

6.2 km2

7.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Glimmen in country Netherlands

Glimmen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	19 km	WestSouthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	72 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	80 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Drentsche Aa-gebied	NL	1.3 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente Haren

Type of weather in Gemeente Haren	snow
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	991 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	08:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:30 Europe/Amsterdam