Sandvika

Sandvika
City
Sandvika seen from Høvikodden
Sandvika seen from Høvikodden
Sandvika is located in Norway
Sandvika
Sandvika
Location within Norway
Coordinates: 59°53′N 10°31′E / 59.883°N 10.517°E / 59.883; 10.517
CountryNorway
CountyAkershus
MunicipalityBærum
City statusJune 4, 2004
Elevation
12 m (39 ft)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Sandvika (pronunciation) is the administrative centre of the municipality of Bærum in Norway. It was declared a city by the municipal council in Bærum on 4 June 2003.[1]

Sandvika is situated approximately 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) west of Oslo. It is the main transportation hub for Western Bærum, and has a combined bus and railway station. Sandvika is also one of the stops along the route of the Airport Express Train.[2] Sandvika also has Scandinavia's largest super mall, Sandvika Storsenter, with 190 stores and a total area of 60,000 square meters or 650,000 square feet. On 13 March 2013,[3] the previously pedestrianized main street was opened for car traffic and on-street parking. Sandvika used to be home to the BI Norwegian Business School, which moved to new surroundings in Nydalen, Oslo in August 2005.[4] The building was, after some refurbishing, converted into the home of Sandvika High School.

Another school in Sandvika is Norges Realfagsgymnas NRG (Norwegian school of maths and science), a combined secondary school and high school. It lies in Skytterdalen and offers education in maths and science.

The nearby island of Kalvøya is a place for recreation.[5] The Boat Sport House is located on Kalvøya, and is used by Bærum KK and Bærum RK. It also hosted one of the best known Norwegian music festivals Kalvøyafestivalen.

A small islet in Sandviksbukta, outside Sandvika, is called Danmark. Danes who live in the area join every year on 5 June Denmark's national day to celebrate.[6] It has been debate on the Danish flag on "Danmark", but currently it still is there.

  1. ^ http://www.baerum.kommune.no/sandvika (in Norwegian)
  2. ^ "Flytogstasjon Sandvika / Stasjoner / Flytoget - Flytoget". Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
  3. ^ "Nå er Bærum uten egen gågate. Det som var ei trivelig gågate er nå vanlig bilvei". Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  4. ^ "BIs historie år for år - BI". Archived from the original on 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2012-03-12. (in Norwegian)
  5. ^ ABguiden - local guide (in Norwegian)
  6. ^ Danish Society in Oslo Archived 2002-06-10 at the Wayback Machine Report from the 2002 ceremony