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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.5216,Lat: 52.9895
Elevation	-2 meter above sea level
Local time	20:38:39pm
Name province/region	Friesland
Name Subregion	Súdwest-Fryslân

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oudega	2.4 km	EastNorthEast
2 Idzega	2.4 km	EastSouthEast
3 Nijhuizum	2.6 km	WestSouthWest
4 Gaastmeer	3 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Greonterp	3 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	81 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	252 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	379 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 15 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Oudegaasterbrekken (2.8 km² at a distance of 0.2 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 89.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 125 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, 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 92 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

67.2 km2

85.5%

Urban area

0.9 km2

1.2%

Water - Lakes

10.4 km2

13.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sandfirden in country Netherlands

Sandfirden 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	19 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	43 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	59 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Oudegaasterbrekken, Fluessen en omgeving	NL	0.2 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Workum

Type of weather in Workum	few clouds
Current temperature:	21 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.88 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 13 May 2024:	15 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	05:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:26 Europe/Amsterdam