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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.5786,Lat: 53.0748
Elevation	9 meter above sea level
Local time	17:34:30pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Drenthe
Official website region	Official link Drenthe
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Tynaarlo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tynaarlo	2.4 km	East
2 Donderen	3.3 km	NorthWest
3 Ubbena	3.5 km	South
4 Zeijen	3.6 km	SouthWest
5 De Punt	4.1 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	138 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	291 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	387 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 40 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Zuidlaardermeer (5.4 km² at a distance of 8.5 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 40.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 57 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 90%, low location: 10%, 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
Higher soil grounds

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 149 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 5 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.1 km2

2.7%

Nature

1.3 km2

1.6%

Agriculture

69.2 km2

88.1%

Urban area

3.8 km2

4.9%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vries in country Netherlands

Vries at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	13 km	WestSouthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	66 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	73 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Drentsche Aa-gebied	NL	3.4 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vries

Type of weather in Vries	snow
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	991 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	08:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:30 Europe/Amsterdam