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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.8401,Lat: 53.096
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	2:50:52am
Name province/region (Provincie)	Friesland
Official website region	Official link Friesland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Leeuwarden

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Friens	2.6 km	WestNorthWest
2 Idaard	3.1 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Goëngahuizen	3.3 km	EastSouthEast
4 Irnsum	3.6 km	WestSouthWest
5 Aegum	4 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	103 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	270 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	389 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 28 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 Wijde Ee (2.4 km² at a distance of 0.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 78.4 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 110 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, 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
Flat marine clay area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 114 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

1.3 km2

1.7%

Agriculture

69.6 km2

88.6%

Urban area

4.3 km2

5.5%

Water - Lakes

3.3 km2

4.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Grouw in country Netherlands

Grouw at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	30 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	37 km	EastSouthEast
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	51 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Alde Feanen	NL	3.1 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Grou

Type of weather in Grou	broken clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.75 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	08:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:19 Europe/Amsterdam