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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.5656,Lat: 53.1589
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	20:23:45pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Friesland
Official website region	Official link Friesland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Franekeradeel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Welsrijp	3 km	EastNorthEast
2 Hitzum	3.2 km	WestNorthWest
3 Spannum	3.3 km	SouthEast
4 Franeker	3.5 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Lollum	4.3 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	98 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	270 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	397 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 9 km (direction WestNorthWest).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 14.7 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 97 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 136 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 109 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

72.3 km2

92.1%

Urban area

6.2 km2

7.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Tzum in country Netherlands

Tzum 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	36 km	South
2 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	57 km	EastSouthEast
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	60 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Waddenzee	NL	10 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Tzum

Type of weather in Tzum	light rain
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 3 December 2024:	7 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	08:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:23 Europe/Amsterdam