Windraak
in Gemeente Sittard-Geleen of Limburg, Netherlands
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Geilenkirchen Airport (7 mi) -
Maastricht Aachen Airport (7 mi) - Aachen-Merzbrück Airport (17 mi)
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Hasselt Airport (22 mi) - Liège Airport (30 mi)
- Mönchengladbach Airport (32 mi)
- Eindhoven Airport (40 mi)
- Düsseldorf International Airport (44 mi)
- Niederrhein Airport (45 mi)
- Cologne Bonn Airport (55 mi)
- Aachen Cathedral (Unesco heritage, 16 mi)
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl (Unesco heritage, 46 mi)
- Cologne Cathedral (Unesco heritage, 46 mi)
- Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen (Unesco heritage, 61 mi)
- Flemish Béguinages (Unesco heritage, 62 mi)
- Stoclet House (Unesco heritage, 65 mi)
- Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex (Unesco heritage, 67 mi)
- Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House) (Unesco heritage, 83 mi)
- Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier (Unesco heritage, 91 mi)
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City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications (Unesco heritage, 95 mi) - Golf Club Mergelhof (Golf course, 16 mi)
- Golf & Country Club Henri-Chapelle (Golf course, 21 mi)
- Golf Blue Green Durbuy (Golf course, 24 mi)
- Pro1Golf Golf Liege (Golf course, 27 mi)
- Spiegelven Golf Club (Golf course, 27 mi)
- Golf Du Haras (Golf course, 28 mi)
- Royal Golf Club Sart Tilman (Golf course, 30 mi)
- International Gomz (Golf course, 31 mi)
- De Valkenier (amusement park, (8 mi)
- GaiaZoo (zoo, (10 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 50.973 and 5.890 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 50° 58' 23" and E 5° 53' 25"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Euro - EUR
- Spoken languages:
- Dutch, Western Frisian
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 06:16 PM (Friday)
- Timezone: Europe/Amsterdam
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:17 am and 8:51 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -44.033 and -176.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ouwenga - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,3 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to Netherlands.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Netherlands. Last Update: 2024-04-26 08:02:42
Touring Windraak
Windraak in Gemeente Sittard-Geleen (Limburg) is a town located in Netherlands about 106 mi (or 170 km) south-east of Amsterdam, the country's capital place.
Time in Windraak is now 06:16 PM (Friday). The local timezone is named Europe / Amsterdam with an UTC offset of 2 hours. We know of 10 airports nearby Windraak, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest is airport we know is Geilenkirchen Airport in Germany in a distance of 7 mi (or 11 km). The closest airport in Netherlands is Maastricht Aachen Airport in a distance of 7 mi (or 11 km), East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site is Aachen Cathedral in Germany at a distance of 16 mi (or 26 km). The closest in Netherlands is Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House) in a distance of 83 mi (or 26 km), South-East. Also, if you like the game of golf, there are several options within driving distance. We collected 2 points of interest near this location. Need some hints on where to stay? We compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Being here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Selfkant, Gangelt, Waldfeucht, Heinsberg and Maastricht. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 11°C / 52 °F
| Morning Temperature | 5°C / 42 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 12°C / 53 °F |
| Night Temperature | 7°C / 45 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 70% |
| Air Pressure | 1005 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 10 km/h (6 mph) from North-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 94% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
16°C (61 °F)
14°C (57 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
15°C (59 °F)
11°C (51 °F)
Broken clouds, fresh breeze.
Monday, 29th of April 2024
13°C (56 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Hotel Kasteel Doenrade
City Resort Hotel Sittard
Hotel Restaurant Schinvelder Hoeve
Amrâth Hotel & Thermen Born-Sittard
Kasteel Terworm
Van der Valk Hotel Heerlen
De Limbourg
Oranje
Hotel De Prins
Bastion Geleen
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
MTB Sittard Geleen 29 06 2014
MTB Sittard Geleen 29 06 2014.
Enecotour 2014. Doorkomst Oirsbeek (Schatsberg)
Doorkomst Enecotour op de Schatsberg Oirsbeek.
Nat. straatspeeldag Oirsbeek 2008
Brandweer Schinnen assisteert nat. straatspeeldag Oirsbeek 2008.
Nat. straatspeeldag Oirsbeek 2008
Brandweer Schinnen assisteert nat. straatspeeldag Oirsbeek 2008.
Waterbuffer Oirsbeek opgeleverd
Het waterschap heeft dit jaar al 35 regenwaterbuffers aangelegd of vergroot. Twee buffers liggen niet ver van basisschool De Verrekijker in Amstenrade. Leerlingen van de groepen 7 en 8 hebben...
Afscheidsmis Pastoor Cordewener
De parochies van Oirsbeek en Doenrade hebben zondag afscheid genomen van hun pastoor. De 69-jarige pastoor Louis Cordewener ging, zoals dat in kerkelijk vaktermen heet, met emeritaat. In een...
Mahadi Abdi Ali wint 10 mijl Rusmanloop
Mahadi Abdi Ali uit Stein heeft tweede Paasdag in Oirsbeek de Peter Rusmanloop gewonnen. De Unitas-atleet liep de 16 kilometer in een tijd van 51 minuten en 46 seconden. Roel Wijmenga werd...
Wensbus Schinnen gepresenteerd
Schinnen heeft sinds vrijdag een wensbus op proef. Omdat grote bussen niet altijd efficiënt zijn, wil de provincie maatwerk. Dat betekent kleine busjes voor maximaal acht personen waarvan...
Watersley Cross
Mijn eerste cross, ik verwachtte er niet heel veel van want ik heb pas 1x getraind op de crossfiets.
Middelbrand voetbal kantine Doenrade 08-06-'08
Middelbrand Valderensweg Doenrade, voetbalkantine. 08-06-2008.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Schinnen
Schinnen is a municipality and a town in the province of Limburg, the Netherlands. It is home to US Army Garrison Schinnen, a support base for US personnel assigned to nearby Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum. It is also the location of Alfa Brewery, the only brewery in the Netherlands that uses an officially certified underground spring.
Sittard
Sittard is a city in the Dutch province of Limburg, which is the southernmost province of the Netherlands. On the east Sittard borders on Germany. It has some 48,400 inhabitants (including those of neighbouring villages Munstergeleen, Limbricht, Einighausen and Guttecoven). Sittard is part of the municipality of Sittard-Geleen. The city centre is located at 45 m above sea level.
Oirsbeek
Oirsbeek is a village in the southeast of the Netherlands, part of the municipality of Schinnen. Between 1839 and 1982, Oirsbeek was a separate municipality. Oirsbeek has about 4000 inhabitants. The Sint Lambertuskerk, a Roman Catholic Church, was built in 1951 by Frits Peutz on the remains of two older churches: the original church built in 1514 and a second church built in 1830. It is unknown where the name Oirsbeek originates from.
Alfa Brewery
Alfa Brewery (Alfa Brouwerij) is a family-owned independent brewery located in Schinnen, the Netherlands. Alfa was started in 1870 by Joseph Meens and is one of the few independent breweries left in the Province of Limburg.
Doenrade
Doenrade is a town in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Schinnen, and lies about 4 km southeast of Sittard. In 2001, Doenrade had 828 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.19 km², and contained 311 residences.
De Baandert
De Baandert was a multi-use stadium in Sittard-Geleen, Netherlands. It was used mostly for football matches and hosted the home matches of Fortuna Sittard. The stadium was able to hold 22,000 people. It was closed in 1999 when Wagner & Partners Stadion opened. The stadium hosted one international match of the Dutch national football team: a friendly played on May 27, 1992 against Austria (3-2).
Broeksittard
Broeksittard is a former village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is now a neighbourhood of the town Sittard, and part of the municipality of Sittard-Geleen. It has partly kept its village character. Broeksittard was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1942, when it was merged with Sittard by the German occupier. From 24 March to 28 March 1543 Broeksittard was almost completely destroyed during the battle for the Kemperkoul.
Munstergeleen
Munstergeleen is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Sittard-Geleen, and it lies in the Western Mine Region (Westelijke Mijnstreek in Dutch).
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Windraak.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Windraak
