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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.6625,Lat: 52.3466
Elevation	-4 meter above sea level
Local time	23:22:49pm
Name province/region	Noord-Holland
Name Subregion	Haarlem

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Zuid-Schalkwijk	1.3 km	West
2 Cruquius-Oost	2.1 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Cruquius	2.2 km	WestSouthWest
4 Nieuwebrug	3.2 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Heemstede	4.1 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	16 km	East
2 Brussel	Belgium	168 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	321 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 10 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 Toolenburg (0.6 km² at a distance of 4.7 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 94 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 132 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 94%, low location: 6%, The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

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

Name
Reclamed lakes-polders - Flat Peaty meadows-area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 8.1 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Rotterdam The Hague Airport (at a distance of 46 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.4 km2

4.4%

Agriculture

31.6 km2

40.2%

Urban area

32.5 km2

41.4%

Infrastructure

2.9 km2

3.7%

Water - Lakes

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vijfhuizen in country Netherlands

Vijfhuizen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht	Netherlands	15 km	East
2 Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes	Germany,Netherlands	24 km	SouthWest
3 Dutch Water Defence Lines	Netherlands	25 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Kennemerland-Zuid	NL	4.2 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Schalkwijk

Type of weather in Schalkwijk	clear sky
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1025 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 9 May 2024:	15 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :	05:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:20 Europe/Amsterdam