De Punt
in Gemeente Tynaarlo of Provincie Drenthe, Netherlands
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Eelde Airport (1 mi) -
Emden Airport (32 mi) - Borkum Airport (33 mi)
- Juist Airport (43 mi)
- Norden-Norddeich Airport (43 mi)
- Norderney Airport (48 mi)
- Nordhorn-Lingen Airport (52 mi)
- Twenthe Airport (60 mi)
- Münster Osnabrück Airport (82 mi)
- Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (95 mi)
- Dortmund Airport (118 mi)
- Düsseldorf International Airport (126 mi)
- Eindhoven Airport (126 mi)
- Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station) (Unesco heritage, 43 mi)
- Schokland and Surroundings (Unesco heritage, 48 mi)
- Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder) (Unesco heritage, 81 mi)
- Defence Line of Amsterdam (Unesco heritage, 88 mi)
- Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht (Unesco heritage, 89 mi)
- Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House) (Unesco heritage, 94 mi)
- Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen (Unesco heritage, 114 mi)
- Noorder Dierenpark (zoo, (26 mi)
- Drouwenerzand (amusement park, (13 mi)
- Kabouterland (amusement park, (20 mi)
- Duinen Zathe (amusement park, (16 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 53.117 and 6.603 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 53° 7' 0" and E 6° 36' 10"
- 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: 06:57 PM (Thursday)
- Timezone: Europe/Amsterdam
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 8:10 am and 4:29 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -44.033 and -176.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ouwenga - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- 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: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Discover De Punt
De Punt in Gemeente Tynaarlo (Provincie Drenthe) with it's 200 citizens is a place in Netherlands about 88 mi (or 142 km) north-east of Amsterdam, the country's capital city.
Current time in De Punt is now 06:57 PM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Europe / Amsterdam with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 13 airports near De Punt, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in Netherlands is Eelde Airport in a distance of 1 mi (or 2 km), West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Netherlands is Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station) in a distance of 43 mi (or 69 km), South-West. We encountered 4 points of interest in the vicinity of this place. If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Groningen, Assen, Kollum, Drachten and Laar. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 2°C / 36 °F
| Morning Temperature | 1°C / 33 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 2°C / 36 °F |
| Night Temperature | 1°C / 34 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 3% |
| Air Humidity | 85% |
| Air Pressure | 994 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 11 km/h (7 mph) from East |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 83% of sky |
| General Conditions | Rain and snow |
Friday, 22nd of November 2024
4°C (40 °F)
1°C (33 °F)
Heavy intensity rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Saturday, 23rd of November 2024
3°C (37 °F)
4°C (39 °F)
Moderate rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 24th of November 2024
11°C (51 °F)
12°C (53 °F)
Moderate rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Fletcher Familiehotel Paterswolde
Fletcher Hotel De Zeegser Duinen
van der Valk Westerbroek
Apollo Hotel Groningen
Mercure Hotel Groningen Martiniplaza
Postillion Hotel Haren
Hampshire Hotel Plaza Groningen
Videos from this area
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BMI Regional ERJ op Groningen Airport Eelde
BMI Regional vloog een aantal jaren van Aberdeen(Dyce) naar Groningen(Eelde). Hier ziet u aankomst en vertrek van één van hun Embraer ERJ 135's.
British Airways ► Embraer ERJ170 ► Landing ✈ Groningen Airport Eelde
A British Airways Embraer ERJ170 arriving from London City Airport [EGLC], United Kingdom, at Groningen Airport Eelde [EHGG], the Netherlands. INFO: ------------------------------- Airline:...
Learjet 35A ► Landing ✈ Groningen Airport Eelde
Owner: Air Alliance Aircraft: Gates Learjet 35A Registration: D-CITY From: Köln-Bonn [EDDK] Flight: AYY116 Airport: Groningen Airport Eelde [EHGG] Date: November 8, 2013 Comment: Darn, I forgot...
Douglas DC-3 Dakota 'Prinses Amalia' ► Takeoff ✈ Groningen Airport Eelde
This Dakota DC-3 visited Groningen Airport Eelde (the Netherlands) today for a fuelstop prior to a 3-day trip in Norway and Denmark. She is the most important piece of Dutch Aviation History...
Douglas DC-3 Dakota 'Prinses Amalia' ► Landing ✈ Groningen Airport Eelde
This Dakota DC-3 visited Groningen Airport Eelde (the Netherlands) today for a fuelstop prior to a 3-day trip in Norway and Denmark. She is the most important piece of Dutch Aviation History...
Lifeliner 4 ► Eurocopter EC135 P2+ ► Departure ✈ Groningen Airport Eelde
One of my favorite helicopters, the Eurocopter EC135 P2+, departing from Groningen Airport Eelde [EHGG], the Netherlands. This helicopter is one of the four Dutch air ambulances, called Lifeliners,...
2X *EXTREME LOW PASS JET PLANE*
Very low approach Groningen Airport Eelde.
Beech A100 King Air ► Takeoff ✈ Groningen Airport Eelde
Aircraft: Beech A100 King Air Registration: LN-AWA Airport: Groningen Airport Eelde [EHGG/GRQ] Date: November 11, 2014 Like AviationNLNZ on Facebook ツ http://www.facebook.com/AviationNLNZ.
Ryanair ► Boeing 737-800 ► Landing - Taxi - Takeoff ✈ Groningen Airport Eelde
A Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS arriving from, and departing to, Milan, Italy [LIME], at Groningen Airport Eelde, the Netherlands [EHGG]. INFO: ------------------------------- Airline: Ryanair Aircraft:...
Dassault Falcon 2000LX ► Landing ✈ Groningen Airport Eelde
A beautiful Dassault Falcon 2000LX landing from Olbia [LIEO], Sardinia, landing at Groningen Airport Eelde [EHGG], the Netherlands. INFO: ------------------------------- Aircraft: Dassault...
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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.
Groningen Airport Eelde
Groningen Airport Eelde is a civilian airport near Eelde, in the northeastern Netherlands. It is 4.8 NM south of the city of Groningen. Though there are several scheduled services operating from the airport the majority of operations at the airport mostly comprise charter flights to holiday destinations in Greece, Portugal, Spain and Turkey. In 2012, the airport handled 208,660 passengers.
Yde Girl
Yde Girl listen [ ɪdə ] is a bog body found in the Stijfveen peat bog near the village of Yde, Netherlands. She was found on 12 May 1897 and was reputedly uncannily well-preserved when discovered, but by the time the body was turned over to the authorities a fortnight later it had been severely damaged and deteriorated. Carbon-14 tests have indicated that Yde Girl died between 54 BCE and 128 CE at an approximate age of 16 years.
De Punt
De Punt is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Tynaarlo, and lies about 11 km south of Groningen. The statistical area "De Punt", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 240. De Punt was the site for the 1977 Dutch train hostage crisis.
Oosterbroek, Groningen
Oosterbroek is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Groningen. It was created in a merger of Noordbroek and Zuidbroek in 1965. In 1990, the municipalities of Meeden and Muntendam were also added to Oosterbroek, which was renamed to Menterwolde a year later.
Glimmen
Glimmen is a village that is part of the municipality of Haren, which lies in the province Groningen in the Netherlands. It is 10 kilometres to the city of Groningen and 5 kilometre to Haren. Glimmen has about 1700 inhabitants. The river Drentsche Aa flows past the village, nearby the Huis te Glimmen ('House in Glimmen), a stately home on the site of a mediaeval castle. The Appèlbergen is a wood to the east of the village.
Appèlbergen
The Appèlbergen is a wood to the east of the village of Glimmen. It's located in the province of Groningen. In the Second World War, the Germans buried 34 people secretly after they had killed them. Of the 34 people, 15 have never been recovered. Between 1949 and 2004, there were several attempts to find the buried people. In 2004, there has been placed a monument for the victims.
1977 Dutch train hostage crisis
On May 23, 1977 a train hijacking took place close to Drentsche Aa river bridge at de Punt (in the village of Glimmen) on the provincial border between Groningen and Drenthe, northeastern Netherlands. Nine armed Moluccans pulled the emergency brake around 9 AM and took about 50 people as hostages. The hijacking lasted for 482 hours (20 days); two hostages and six hijackers were killed.
De Punt fire
On May 9 2008, three Dutch firefighters lost their lives tackling a blaze at a large commercial building situated in a shipyard in the village of De Punt in the Dutch province of Drenthe. The firefighters, Anne Kregel, Raymond Soyer and Egbert Ubels entered the building not knowing that a layer of highly combustible smoke and gas had built up under the roof. This ignited, resulting in a sudden spread of the fire accompanied by a major explosion that resulted in their deaths.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of De Punt.
Paterswolde: Watersports Association The Two Provinces − Paterswoldsemeer, Paterswolde (source)
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