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Finland

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Viikki Viikki () 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 ...
, a neighbourhood of Helsinki, known as Vik in Swedish


Iceland

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Vík í Mýrdal The village of Vík (), known as Vík í Mýrdal (, ) in full, is the southernmost village in Iceland. It is located on the main ring road around the island, and is around southeast of Reykjavík by road. Despite its small size (750 inhabitan ...
, a village in southern Iceland


Iran

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Vik, Iran Vik () is a village in Sonbolabad Rural District of the Central District in Soltaniyeh County, Zanjan province, Iran. Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 559 in 126 households, whe ...
, a village in Zanjan Province, Iran


Norway

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Vik, Buskerud Vik is a village and the administrative center of Hole, Norway, Hole in Buskerud, Norway. Vik is situated on the northeastern arm of Steinsfjorden, a branch of the Tyrifjorden. It is located on European route E16, E16 between Sundvollen an ...
, a village in Hole municipality, Buskerud county *
Vik, Grimstad Vik is a village in Grimstad municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located at the northern end of the ''Kilen'' bay that flows past the town of Grimstad. The village sits at the junction of Norwegian County Road 420 and Norwegian ...
, a village in Grimstad municipality, Aust-Agder county * Vik, Rogaland, a village in Karmøy municipality, Rogaland county *
Vik, Sortland Vik is a village in Sortland Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located on the island of Langøya, about north of the town of Sortland. The Vik farm previously comprised an area completely from the isthmus Vikeid in the w ...
, a village in Sortland municipality, Nordland county *
Vik, Sømna Vik (also Vik i Helgeland) is the administrative centre of Sømna Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village lies along the Norwegian County Road 17, about south of the village of Berg. The local church, Sømna Church, was built in ...
, a village in Sømna municipality, Nordland county *
Vik, Sunnfjord Vik (also ''Vikja'' or ''Viken'') is a village in Sunnfjord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the north shore of the river Gaula, on the eastern end of the lake Viksdalsvatnet. The village was formerly located i ...
, a village in Sunnfjord municipality, Vestland county *
Vik, Sogn Vik is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is located on the southern shore of the Sognefjorden in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center of ...
, a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. *
Vik, Trøndelag Vik is a village in Flatanger Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located about west of the municipal center of Lauvsnes. The village has a school, a shop, and Vik Church Vik Church () is a parish church of the Church ...
, a village in Flatanger municipality, Trøndelag county *
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 Tomrefjord and about west-southwest of the village of Vestnes. Vik and Tomrefjord villages have gro ...
, a village in Vestnes municipality, Møre og Romsdal county *
Vik Church Vik Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vik, Sogn, 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 Di ...
, a church in Vik municipality, Vestland county *
Vik Church (Flatanger) Vik Church () or Flatanger Church () 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 Namd ...
, a church in Flatanger municipality, Trøndelag county *
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 ove ...
(Old Norse: Vík), historical district in southern Norway *
Vikøyri Vikøyri is the administrative center An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located. In countries with French as the ...
, a village in Vik municipality, Vestland county


Sweden

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Vik, Sweden Vik is a locality situated in Simrishamn Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the we ...
, a village in Simrishamn Municipality in southernmost Sweden *
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 o ...
, a castle in Uppland, Sweden *
Vikbolandet Vikbolandet is a large peninsula east of Norrköping city in Östergötland, Sweden. The area is limited by Bråviken to the north, Slätbaken to the south and the Baltic Sea to the east. The biggest population center is Östra Husby with a pop ...
, a region and peninsula in Östergötland, Sweden.


People

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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 * Vic Althouse ...
, people with the first name of Vik or Vic *
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 wri ...
, people with the surname Vik


Other

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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 in ...
, an American record label set up in 1953 as a subsidiary of RCA * ViK. Recordings, a Canadian record label established in 1998 *
Stalag VI-K Stalag VI-K Senne (also known as Stalag 326) was a German World War II prisoner-of-war (POW) camp. It was named after the natural region Senne, mainly a heath landscape, where the camp was located, near to the town of Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock, ...
, a German World War II prisoner of war camp at Stuckenbrock


See also

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Wick (disambiguation) Wick most often refers to: * Capillary action ("wicking") ** Candle wick, the cord used in a candle or oil lamp ** Solder wick, a copper-braided wire used to desolder electronic contacts Wick or WICK may also refer to: Places and placename ...
, the anglicisation of 'Vik' *
Vic (disambiguation) Vic, vic or VIC may refer to: People and fictional characters * Vic (name), a list of people, fictional characters and mascots with the given name * V.I.C. (rapper) (born 1987), stage name of an American rapper Places * Vic, Spain, a town and ...
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