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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.5456,Lat: 53.0376
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	20:24:06pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Friesland
Official website region	Official link Friesland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Súdwest-Fryslân

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Blauwhuis	1.7 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Westhem	2.2 km	South
3 Abbega	2.6 km	SouthEast
4 Greonterp	2.9 km	SouthWest
5 Tjerkwerd	3 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	86 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	257 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	384 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 13 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Oudegaasterbrekken (2.8 km² at a distance of 4.5 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 90.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 127 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 97 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

73.6 km2

93.7%

Urban area

3.7 km2

4.7%

Water - Lakes

1.2 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wolsum in country Netherlands

Wolsum 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	23 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	47 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	57 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Oudegaasterbrekken, Fluessen en omgeving	NL	2.9 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bolsward

Type of weather in Bolsward	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.44 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 3 December 2024:	7 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	08:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:23 Europe/Amsterdam