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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.7655,Lat: 53.292
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	19:22:02pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Friesland
Official website region	Official link Friesland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Leeuwarderadeel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Finkum	1.5 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Hallum	2.3 km	NorthEast
3 Oude Leije	2.5 km	West
4 Stiens	3.2 km	South
5 Oudebildtzijl	3.3 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	118 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	289 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	411 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 6 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 Groote Wielen (0.8 km² at a distance of 9.7 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 95.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 133 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 129 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

74.4 km2

94.6%

Urban area

4.2 km2

5.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hijum in country Netherlands

Hijum 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	50 km	South
2 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	50 km	SouthEast
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	73 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Waddenzee	NL	3.2 km	North

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Hallum

Type of weather in Hallum	snow
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	08:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:32 Europe/Amsterdam