Oegstgeest

Oegstgeest is a town in , bordering the city of , perhaps best known as the birthplace of Dutch author Jan Wolkers and from the title of his autobiographical novel Return to Oegstgeest.
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  • Town with about 25,100 residents
  • Description: town and municipality in the Netherlands
  • Postal codes: 2341-2343
  • Neighbors

Places of Interest

Highlights include Naturalis Biodiversity Center and Wereldmuseum Leiden.
is a Rijksmuseum in the located in the university city of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leiden and Katwijk.
is easily one of the most enchanting cities in the .
is a town and municipality in …
is a town of 44,000 people in .
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Latitude
52.1854° or 52° 11′ 8″ north
Longitude
4.4739° or 4° 28′ 26″ east
UN/LOCODE
NL OGE
Open location code
9F465FPF+5H
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Zeeuws—“Oegstgeest” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Oegstgeest”
  • Arabic: “أوخستخيست”
  • Armenian: “Ուխստխեյստ”
  • Asturian: “Oegstgeest”
  • Balinese: “Oegstgeest”
  • Basque: “Oegstgeest”
  • Catalan: “Oegstgeest”
  • Cebuano: “Gemeente Oegstgeest”
  • Cebuano: “Oegstgeest”
  • Chinese: “乌赫斯特海斯特”
  • Chinese: “烏赫斯特海斯特”
  • Czech: “Oegstgeest”
  • Danish: “Oegstgeest”
  • Dutch: “Gemeente Oegstgeest”
  • Dutch: “Oegstgeest (gemeente)”
  • Dutch: “Oegstgeest”
  • Dutch: “Oestgeest”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اوخستخيست”
  • Esperanto: “Oegstgeest”
  • French: “Oegstgeest”
  • German: “Oegstgeest”
  • Hebrew: “אוחסטחאסט”
  • Hindi: “उग्स्टगेस्ट”
  • Hungarian: “Oegstgeest”
  • Indonesian: “Oegstgeest”
  • Irish: “Oegstgeest”
  • Italian: “Oegstgeest”
  • Japanese: “ウフストヘースト”
  • Javanese: “Oegstgeest”
  • Korean: “우흐스트헤이스트”
  • Kurdish: “Oegstgeest”
  • Ladin: “Oegstgeest”
  • Limburgan: “Oegstgeest”
  • Lithuanian: “Ugstgestas”
  • Low German: “Oegstgeest”
  • Luxembourgish: “Oegstgeest”
  • Malay: “Oegstgeest”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Oegstgeest”
  • Norwegian: “Oegstgeest”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Oegstgeest”
  • Persian: “اوخست‌خیست”
  • Polish: “Oegstgeest”
  • Portuguese: “Oegstgeest”
  • Romanian: “Oegstgeest”
  • Russian: “Угстгест”
  • Russian: “Эгстгеест”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Oegstgeest”
  • Slovenian: “Oegstgeest”
  • Spanish: “Oegstgeest”
  • Swedish: “Oegstgeest”
  • Turkish: “Oegstgeest”
  • Ukrainian: “Угстгест”
  • Ukrainian: “Угстґест”
  • Urdu: “اوگسٹگیسٹ”
  • Venetian: “Oegstgeest”
  • Vietnamese: “Oegstgeest”
  • Volapük: “Oegstgeest”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Oegstgeest”
  • Welsh: “Oegstgeest”
  • Western Armenian: “Օկսթկեսթ”
  • Western Frisian: “Oegstgeest”
  • Zeeuws: “Oegstgeest”

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