Vikhammer is a village in the municipality of Malvik

Malvik

Malvik is a village and a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Trondheim Region. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Hommelvik. Other villages in Malvik include Muruvika, Smiskaret, Sneisen, Vikhammer, and Hundhammeren.While "Malvik" refers...

 in Sør-Trøndelag

Sør-Trøndelag

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 county, Norway

Norway

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. The village is located along an arm of the Trondheimsfjord

Trondheimsfjord

The Trondheimsfjord , an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, is Norway's third longest fjord at long. It is located in the west central part of the country, and it stretches from Ørland in west to Steinkjer in north, passing the city of Trondheim on its way...

, about 1.5 kilometre (0.93205910497471 mi) east of Hundhammeren

Hundhammeren

Hundhammeren is a village in the municipality of Malvik in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along an arm of the Trondheimsfjord, about west of Vikhammer and about east of Ranheim. Hundhammeren, Vikhammer, and the village of Malvik together form an urban area which has a...

 and about 1.5 kilometre (0.93205910497471 mi) west of the village of Malvik

Malvik

Malvik is a village and a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Trondheim Region. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Hommelvik. Other villages in Malvik include Muruvika, Smiskaret, Sneisen, Vikhammer, and Hundhammeren.While "Malvik" refers...

. All three villages are part of the greater Malvik

Malvik

Malvik is a village and a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Trondheim Region. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Hommelvik. Other villages in Malvik include Muruvika, Smiskaret, Sneisen, Vikhammer, and Hundhammeren.While "Malvik" refers...

 urban area which has a population (2009) of 6,033. It is part of the most populous area in the municipality.

Vikhammer is a center of tourism

Tourism

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 each summer, with many German

Germans

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 and Swedish

Swedes

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 camping tourists who camp at Vikhammer Camping. Tourists come to see the fjord

Fjord

Geologically, a fjord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created in a valley carved by glacial activity.-Formation:A fjord is formed when a glacier cuts a U-shaped valley by abrasion of the surrounding bedrock. Glacial melting is accompanied by rebound of Earth's crust as the ice...

s for which Norway

Norway

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 is famous. Locally, the salmon

Salmon

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 fishing

Fishing

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 is also a popular tourist activity. The European route E6

European route E6

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 highway runs just south of the village. The Vikhammer Station

Vikhammer Station

Vikhammer Station is a railway station located in the village of Vikhammer in the municipality of Malvik in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The station is located about east of Trondheim....

 on the Nordlandsbanen

Nordlandsbanen

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 railway is located in the village.

The village is called "Vikhammer" because it was historically a Viking

Viking

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village. There is also a park in Vikhammer called "Vikhov park" which got its name because the Vikings had their houses in that area.