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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.3777,Lat: 53.0274
Elevation	9 meter above sea level
Local time	20:58:16pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Drenthe
Official website region	Official link Drenthe
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Noordenveld
Other place with same name 1	Veenhuizen Noord-Holland - Heerhugowaard

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Haule	5.1 km	WestNorthWest
2 Fochteloo	5.3 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Haulerwijk	5.3 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Westervelde	5.3 km	EastNorthEast
5 Een	5.7 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	124 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	280 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	381 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 41 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Diependal (1.2 km² at a distance of 12.3 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 49.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 69 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 85%, low location: 15%, The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Higher soil grounds

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 135 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 17 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.8 km2

12.4%

Nature

1.1 km2

1.4%

Wet nature

14.3 km2

18.2%

Agriculture

51.4 km2

65.4%

Urban area

2 km2

2.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Veenhuizen in country Netherlands

Veenhuizen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	1.9 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	51 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	60 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Fochteloërveen	NL	0 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Een

Type of weather in Een	light rain
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	993 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	08:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:31 Europe/Amsterdam