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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.8745,Lat: 59.7329
Elevation	42 meter above sea level
Local time	17:33:23pm
Name province/region (Fylke)	Buskerud
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommune)	Øvre Eiker

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ormåsen	3.8 km	NorthWest
2 Darbu	5.8 km	SouthWest
3 Skotselv	12.6 km	North
4 Kongsberg	14.4 km	WestSouthWest
5 Skollenborg	16.2 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	52 km	EastNorthEast
2 Stockholm	Sweden	469 km	East
3 København	Denmark	475 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Skagerrak is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 19 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named West Bay. The nearest bigger lake is Eikeren (27.4 km² at a height of around 18 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Jonsknuten with a height of 904 meter (at a distance of 21 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 103.9 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 145 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 77%, hill: 22%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
LÅGLANDSDALFØRA I TELEMARK, BUSKERUD OG VESTFOLD

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (at a distance of 86 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Notodden Airport (at a distance of 42 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

29.9 km2

38.1%

Nature

4.1 km2

5.3%

Wet nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

31.5 km2

40.1%

Urban area

6.8 km2

8.7%

Water - Lakes

5.8 km2

7.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vestfossen in country Norway

Vestfossen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	74 km	WestNorthWest
2 Rock Carvings in Tanum	Sweden	142 km	SouthEast
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	223 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Hokksund

Type of weather in Hokksund	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.15 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	991 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	08:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:41 Europe/Amsterdam