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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.3563,Lat: 51.9596
Elevation	5 meter above sea level
Local time	18:34:27pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Gelderland
Official website region	Official link Gelderland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Buren
Other place with same name 1	Rijswijk Zuid-Holland - Rijswijk
Other place with same name 2	Rijswijk Noord-Brabant - Woudrichem

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ravenswaaij	1.9 km	WestSouthWest
2 Wijk bij Duurstede	2.1 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Zandberg	2.5 km	SouthWest
4 Broekweg	3.4 km	WestNorthWest
5 Zoelmond	3.6 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	56 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	142 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	267 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 71 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 Maarsseveensche Plassen (0.5 km² at a distance of 26.6 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 43.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 61 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 99%, low location: 1%, 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 river area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 56 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1 km2

1.2%

Nature

0.2 km2

0.2%

Agriculture

64.5 km2

82.2%

Urban area

5.1 km2

6.5%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

6.9 km2

8.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rijswijk in country Netherlands

Rijswijk at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House)	Netherlands	20 km	NorthWest
2 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout	Netherlands	49 km	West
3 Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht	Netherlands	55 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rijntakken	NL	0.1 km	NorthNorthWest

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Wijk bij Duurstede

Type of weather in Wijk bij Duurstede	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.86 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	994 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	08:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:40 Europe/Amsterdam