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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.1728,Lat: 52.0646
Elevation	2 meter above sea level
Local time	21:32:23pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Utrecht
Official website region	Official link Utrecht
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Bunnik
Official website subregion	Official link Bunnik

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bunnik	2 km	East
2 Oud-Wulven	2.7 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Houten	4.1 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Odijk	4.3 km	EastSouthEast
5 De Bilt	4.6 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	39 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	147 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	281 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 54 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 9.6 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 59.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 83 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 98%, low location: 2%, The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 39 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.9 km2

2.5%

Agriculture

36.8 km2

46.9%

Urban area

32 km2

40.7%

Infrastructure

2.5 km2

3.1%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vechten in country Netherlands

Vechten at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House)	Netherlands	2.9 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht	Netherlands	39 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout	Netherlands	41 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Oostelijke Vechtplassen	NL	9.8 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Vechten
	TikTok
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bunnik

Type of weather in Bunnik	clear sky
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.39 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	995 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	08:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:40 Europe/Amsterdam