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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.5672,Lat: 53.2196
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	17:34:06pm
Population	235000 (6th largest city in country)
Name province/region (Provincie)	Groningen
Official website region	Official link Groningen
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Groningen
Official website subregion	Official link Groningen
Other place with same name 1	Groningen Sachsen-Anhalt -
Other place with same name 2	Groningen Baden-Württemberg - Stuttgart

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Noorderhoogebrug	2.8 km	North
2 Hoogkerk	4.4 km	West
3 Peizermade	4.5 km	WestSouthWest
4 Middelbert	4.7 km	East
5 Ruischerbrug	4.8 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	147 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	305 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	403 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 24 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Paterswoldermeer (2.8 km² at a distance of 3.7 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 41.9 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 59 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 98%, low location: 2%, The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

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 158 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 11 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.7 km2

0.9%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

26.7 km2

34%

Urban area

43.3 km2

55.1%

Water - Lakes

2.4 km2

3.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Groningen in country Netherlands

Groningen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	23 km	SouthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	73 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	84 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Leekstermeergebied	NL	5.3 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Groningen

Type of weather in Groningen	heavy snow
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	991 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	08:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:30 Europe/Amsterdam