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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.7368,Lat: 52.3766
Elevation	-3 meter above sea level
Local time	15:31:40pm
Name province/region	Noord-Holland
Name Subregion	Haarlemmermeer

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Zwanenburg	0.8 km	EastNorthEast
2 Boesingheliede	1.8 km	SouthWest
3 Lijnden	3 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Osdorp	3.4 km	EastSouthEast
5 Haarlemmerliede	3.5 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	11 km	East
2 Brussel	Belgium	172 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	323 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 13 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: Lek, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Noorder Buiten Spaarne (1.4 km² at a distance of 4.7 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 97 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 136 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, low location: 0%, 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
Reclamed lakes-polders - Flat Peaty meadows-area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 7.8 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Rotterdam The Hague Airport (at a distance of 51 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Wet nature

2.5 km2

3.1%

Agriculture

40.3 km2

51.3%

Urban area

19.6 km2

25%

Infrastructure

5.7 km2

7.2%

Water - Lakes

2.1 km2

2.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Halfweg in country Netherlands

Halfweg at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht	Netherlands	10 km	East
2 Dutch Water Defence Lines	Netherlands	20 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)	Netherlands	23 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Polder Westzaan	NL	7.1 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

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Current weather at Schalkwijk

Type of weather in Schalkwijk	broken clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	15 hour and 45 minutes
Sunrise :	05:45 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:29 Europe/Amsterdam