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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.4205,Lat: 53.1767
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	17:03:36pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Friesland
Official website region	Official link Friesland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Harlingen
Other place with same name 1	Harlingen Niedersachsen -
Other place with same name 2	Harlingen Saarland -

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Midlum	2 km	EastNorthEast
2 Wijnaldum	3.4 km	NorthEast
3 Kimswerd	4 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Achlum	5 km	SouthEast
5 Herbaijum	5.1 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	96 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	270 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	400 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Harlingen lies at the Wadden Sea (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 IJsselmeer (1134.7 km² at a distance of 10.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 106.1 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 148 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is 0.

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 106 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

36.9 km2

48.8%

Agriculture

31.3 km2

41.4%

Urban area

6.6 km2

8.8%

Infrastructure

0.8 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Harlingen in country Netherlands

Harlingen 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	41 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	64 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	67 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Waddenzee	NL	0.6 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente Harlingen

Type of weather in Gemeente Harlingen	snow
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	9.38 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	08:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:34 Europe/Amsterdam