Is Appingedam safe? Netherlands travel risk
Is Appingedam safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Appingedam scores 31/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Netherlands Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 18 Aug 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Appingedam scores 31/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Netherlands (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Appingedam: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and health and medical access (41/100).
A score of 31 is higher than the scores of 34% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Netherlands travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Appingedam belongs to Groningen (Netherlands), centered at coordinates 53.3167° N, 6.8667° E (2 m above sea level). Distance to Amsterdam is 168.8 km towards the SW.
Groningen
53.3167° N, 6.8667° E
2 m
Europe/Amsterdam
11,721
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Netherlands
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Appingedam happened in May and September (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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