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Harssens

Located in Het Hogeland, Province of Groningen Coordinates: 53°15′51″ N 6°32′35″ E

Map showing the location of Harssens Harssens
Location in The Netherlands
Elevation
0 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Amsterdam · UTC+01:00
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
GRQ Groningen Airport Eelde16 km
FMO Münster Osnabrück Airport148 km

About Harssens

Harssens is a village. Location: Het Hogeland, Province of Groningen. Elevation: 0 m.

From Wikipedia

Groningen is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. Dubbed the "capital of the north", Groningen is the largest city as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of the country; as of January 2025, it had 244,807 inhabitants, making it the sixth largest city/municipality in the Netherlands and the second largest outside the Randstad. As of 2025, the Groningen metro area had a population of 557,369 inhabitants.

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Climate of Harssens

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 8° · Night 3° · Rain 86 mm

Hottest month
August (day 21°)
Coldest month
February (night -1°)
Wettest month
November (86 mm)
Driest month
April (44 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Harssens
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)4°5°8°12°16°19°21°21°18°13°8°6°
Average low (°C)-1°-1°1°3°7°10°12°12°10°6°3°1°
Precipitation (mm)684760445473776677758677

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Harssens

The nearest airport is Groningen Airport Eelde (GRQ), 16 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Groningen, 5 km to the south.

Airports

  • Groningen Airport Eelde (GRQ) Groningen 16 kmsouth
  • Münster Osnabrück Airport (FMO) Greven 148 kmsoutheast
  • Sea-Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz / Nordholz Naval Airbase (FCN) Wurster Nordseeküste 151 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

  • Groningen Population: 244.8K 5 kmsouth
  • Leeuwarden Population: 124.5K 49 kmwest
  • Zwolle Population: 129.8K 89 kmsouth
  • Oldenburg Population: 159.2K 113 kmeast
  • Enschede Population: 153.7K 119 kmsouth

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Harssens

Within 100 km: 80 historic and cultural sites, 303 natural sites, 222 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km9 places

  • Der Aa-kerk Attraction 5 kmS
  • Martinikerk Attraction 5 kmS
  • Nieuwe Kerk Attraction 5 kmS
  • Zwartendijksterschans Historic site 24 kmSW

25–60 km136 places

  • Borkum Island 37 kmN
  • Juist Island 55 kmNE
  • Nordstrand Beach 42 kmN
  • Badestrand Beach 56 kmNE

60–100 km460 places

  • East Frisian Islands Island 78 kmNE
  • Norderney Island 68 kmNE
  • Insel Spiekeroog Island 95 kmNE
  • Baltrum Island 77 kmNE

Straight-line distances.

Sources & licences

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