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General information - Location

Country	Sweden
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 18.3344,Lat: 59.4043
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	18:43:50pm
At island	Vaxholm
Name province/region (Län)	Stockholms län
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommun)	Vaxholm

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kullö	2.1 km	WestNorthWest
2 Resarö	3.2 km	North
3 Svinninge	4.9 km	NorthWest
4 Oskar-Fredriksborg	5.8 km	East
5 Norra Lagnö	7 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Stockholm	Sweden	20 km	SouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	361 km	East
3 Helsinki	Finland	380 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Vaxholm lies at the Baltic Sea (direction NorthNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Mälaren (1039.8 km² at a height of around 0 meter above sea level) at a distance of 17.6 km in SouthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Vaxholm. The distance to the mainland is 0 km.

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 337.6 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 473 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 16%, low location: 84%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Uppland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (at a distance of 36 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Stockholm-Bromma Airport (at a distance of 23 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.1 km2

47.1%

Agriculture

4 km2

11.8%

Urban area

11.9 km2

34.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vaxholm in country Sweden

Vaxholm at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Skogskyrkogården	Sweden	20 km	SouthWest
2 Royal Domain of Drottningholm	Sweden	27 km	WestSouthWest
3 Birka and Hovgården	Sweden	46 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Eke fjrd	SE	2.5 km	West

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vaxholm

Type of weather in Vaxholm	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.32 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	982 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	07:56 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:09 Europe/Amsterdam