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Vik (other)
Vik or VIK may refer to: Places Finland * Viikki, a neighbourhood of Helsinki, known as Vik in Swedish Iceland *Vík í Mýrdal, a village in southern Iceland Iran *Vik, Iran, a village in Zanjan Province, Iran Norway *Vik, Buskerud, a village in Hole municipality, Buskerud county *Vik, Grimstad, a village in Grimstad municipality, Aust-Agder county * Vik, Rogaland, a village in Karmøy municipality, Rogaland county *Vik, Sortland, a village in Sortland municipality, Nordland county *Vik, Sømna, a village in Sømna municipality, Nordland county *Vik, Sunnfjord, a village in Sunnfjord municipality, Vestland county * Vik, Sogn, a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. *Vik, Trøndelag, a village in Flatanger municipality, Trøndelag county *Vik, Vestnes, a village in Vestnes municipality, Møre og Romsdal county *Vik Church, a church in Vik municipality, Vestland county *Vik Church (Flatanger), a church in Flatanger municipality, Trøndelag county *Viken (region) (Old Norse: V� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viikki
Viikki ( sv, Vik) is a neighbourhood of about 15,000 inhabitants in Helsinki, Finland. It is located at the bottom of ''Vanhankaupunginlahti'' bay, some 7–10 km from the city centre. The district hosts the Viikki Campus with four of the faculties of the University of Helsinki (biosciences, pharmacy, veterinary medicine, and agriculture and forestry) as well as other university units such as research centres, science library and teacher training school. Viikki is known for its natural environment. The conservation area of ''Vanhankaupunginlahti'' is an important place of nesting and migration for birds. Large fields and farmlands are cultivated by a teaching farm that is part of the university's agricultural faculty. Southernmost part of the Latokartano residential zone is known as an "ecological housing" area. Many apartment buildings there have, for instance, experimental solar and wind energy systems installed. Viikki is divided into the sub-areas of ''Viikki science ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vik Church
Vik Church ( no, Vik kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vik Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vikøyri. It is the church for the Vik parish which is part of the Sogn prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1877 using plans drawn up by the architect Haakon Thorsen. The church seats about 450 people. History In the 1870s, the old Hove Church and Hopperstad Stave Church parishes were both in need of new churches. The issue was first raised by the local parish priest Jørgen Christian Andreas Grøner who complained about the size of the two churches. Both churches were old and small and due to their age, they were in dire need of improvements. The local villagers believed he was exaggerating and the private owners of the church did not want to spend money on the churches. Soon after, the local priest decided to no longer hold services at the Hopperstad Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stalag VI-K
Stalag VI-K Senne (also known as Stalag 326) was a former German World War II prisoner-of-war camp. Though named after the nearby village of Senne, it was actually closer to the town of Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. During the war the camp held mostly Soviet prisoners of war, but also some French, Polish and Italians. The camp was overrun by the rapidly-advancing 2nd Armored Division on 2 April 1945, with troops of the U.S. 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, subsequently taking control. Close to the camp there are 36 mass graves of Soviet POW, and in addition around 400 graves of other men who died in the camp. In the mid-1960s a monument was erected to commemorate the approximately 65,000 men interred there. From October 1946 to December 1947 the camp was operated by the British occupation authorities as , holding party and government officials. Early the following year the camp became - a camp through which 150,000 refugees and displac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vik Records
Vik Records was a subsidiary of RCA Victor Records established in April 1953. In the ''Billboard'' issue of the 11th of that month, it was announced that RCA was launching, namelessly, a new label that was the company's first to be distributed independently. ''Billboard'' opted to use the name Label "X" for the new company. The name was kept, as the label began to hire a series of staffers and decide on a direction. Label X was officially formed on April 20, 1953. Though wholly owned and operated by RCA, it had its own independent distribution. Joe Carlton was the head of the new company. RCA spent the rest of the year trying to establish an identity for "X", eventually settling on cover records of R&B hits and quasi-R&B sides by artists such as The Three Chuckles, Eddie Fontaine, and Louis Jordan. Other artists who released material on "X" included Betty Clooney, Terry Fell, Helen Grayco, Gordon Jenkins, Richard Maltby Sr., Norman Petty, and Andy Williams, whose first solo rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vik (surname)
Vik is a surname. People with the surname include: * Anne Petrea Vik (born 1933), Norwegian politician * Arnfinn Vik (1901–1990), Norwegian politician * Bjarte Engen Vik (born 1971), Nordic combined skier *Bjørg Vik (1935–2018), Norwegian writer * Frithjov Meier Vik (1902–1986), Norwegian politician * Ingebrigt Vik (1867–1927), Norwegian sculptor * Jakob Nilsson Vik (1882–1960), Norwegian politician * Knut Severin Jakobsen Vik (1892–1972), Norwegian politician * Maya Vik, Norwegian musician * Oddmund Vik (1858–1930), Norwegian politician * Ragnar Vik (1893–1941), Norwegian sailor *Robin Vik Robin Vik (born 5 February 1980 in Hradec Králové) is a Czech professional tennis player. Vik turned professional in 1995 and he reached a career high ranking of World No. 57 in January 2006. Career highlight runs are reaching the semifinal ... (born 1980), Czech tennis player See also * Vic (name) {{surnames Norwegian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vik (name)
Vic and Vik are short forms of the given names Victor and Viktor. Notable people and characters with these names include: * Vik Adhopia, Canadian radio reporter * Vic Aldridge (1893–1973), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Vik Armen, (born 1937) stage name of Canadian country music singer and songwriter Bryan Fustukian * Vik Barn (born 1995), better known as Vikkstar123, English YouTuber and Internet personality (Vik is not short for Viktor but Vikram) * Vic Bellamy (born 1963), American football player * Vic Chesnutt (1964–2009), American singer-songwriter * Vic Chou (born 1981), Taiwanese actor, singer and commercial model * Vic Cianca (1918–2010), American police officer * Vic Damone (1928–2018), American singer and entertainer * Vic Dana (born 1940), American actor and singer * Vic Davalillo (born 1936), Venezuelan baseball player * Vic Dhillon (born 1969), Canadian politician * Vic Dickenson (1906–1984), African-American jazz trombonist * Vic Duggan (1910� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vik Castle
Vik Castle (''Viks slott'') is situated in Uppsala municipality and Balingsta district in Uppsala County, in the historical province of Uppland, Sweden. The name of the castle is sometimes spelled Wik or Wijk, which is a spelling according to older Swedish spelling rules. History The castle was constructed in the 15th century, in the manner of a large tower house, near the community of Balingsta. Historically, it was part of the Hagunda hundred (''härad''), which spanned part of the territory of today's Enköping Municipality and Uppsala Municipality (''kommun''), both of which lie in the modern day Uppsala County (''län''). The castle's principal building materials were stone and brick. The castle grounds include several other historically valuable structures. The castle underwent several renovation efforts during the 19th century, some of which were based on plans prepared by Swedish architect Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander (1816-1881). Vik Castle was declared a Swedish nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vik, Sweden
Vik is a locality situated in Simrishamn Municipality, Skåne County Skåne County ( sv, Skåne län, link=no ), sometimes referred to as Scania County in English, is the most southern county, or , of Sweden, basically corresponding to the traditional province Scania. It borders the counties of Halland, Kron ..., Sweden with 319 inhabitants in 2010. References Populated places in Skåne County Populated places in Simrishamn Municipality {{Skåne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vikøyri
Vikøyri is the administrative center of the municipality of Vik in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located at the mouth of the Vikja river on the south shore of the Sognefjorden, roughly near the midpoint of Norway's longest fjord. The village lies along Norwegian National Road 13 which leads north to the ferry to Balestrand and south to the village of Vossevangen. The village has a population (2019) of 1,245 and a population density of . Vikøyri sits about south of the village of Balestrand (across the fjord), about northeast of the village of Arnafjord. To the north and west of Vikøyri lie the villages of Vangsnes, Feios, and Fresvik. Vikøyri is northwest of the Fresvikbreen glacier and about northeast of the big lake Holskardvatnet. Vikøyri is the site of one of the Tine cheese factories. It is the only factory in the world that produces gammelost, a unique Norwegian cheese. The village also has the only prison in Sogn og Fjordane. There are also t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viken (region)
Viken (Old Norse: Vík or Víkin), or Vika, was the historical name during the Viking Age and the High Middle Ages for an area of Scandinavia that originally surrounded the Oslofjord and included the coast of Bohuslän. Its definition changed over time, and from the Middle Ages, Viken included only Bohuslän. During the Viking Age, Viken was defined as the strait running between Norway and the southwest coast of Sweden and the Jutland peninsula of Denmark. It is located in what is now southeastern Norway and the southwestern Swedish province of Bohuslän. During the Viking Age, Viken was the northernmost Danish province. Control over Viken shifted between Danish and Norwegian kings in the Middle Ages, and Denmark continued to claim Viken until 1241. ''Viken'' was also controversially chosen as a neologistic name for the administrative region consisting of a merger of the counties of Akershus, Buskerud, and Østfold. History The cultural hub is centred in Oslo, but the capital of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vik Church (Flatanger)
Vik Church ( no, Vik kirke) or Flatanger Church ( no, Flatanger kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Flatanger municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vik. It is the main church for the Flatanger parish which is part of the Namdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1873 using plans drawn up by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 300 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1468, but it was not new that year. The old church was likely a stave church that was built in the 14th century. The church was located on the island of Halmøya, about north of the present church site. The church stood on the southeast coast of the island, about from the beach. The church underwent repairs in 1687, 1703, and 1724. In 1732, the church was considerably expanded in connection with some renovations and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vik, Vestnes
Vik is a village in Vestnes Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located along the Tomrefjorden, just north of the village of Tomra and about west-southwest of the village of Vestnes. It is connected with the Tomra area in the inner Tomrefjord. Vik has an MC club and the society house ''Idahall''–where there is located a football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ... field as well. Down by the shore there is a beach known as "Vikstranda" (literally meaning Vik beach), and a small-boat marina. During the late 1990s to early 2010s there also used to be a fast-food restaurant in the village. North of the Vik village there is a light industrial area known as Trohaugen which is the location of many local businesses and companies. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
