Vikøyri is the administrative center of the municipality of Vik

Vik

Vik is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center of Vik is the village of Vikøyri.-General information:...

 in Sogn og Fjordane

Sogn og Fjordane

is a county in Norway, bordering Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland. The county administration is in the town of Hermansverk in Leikanger municipality while the largest town is Førde....

 county, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. It is located at the mouth of the Vikja river on the south shore of the Sognefjord

Sognefjord

The Sognefjord is the largest fjord in Norway, and the second longest in the world. Located in Sogn og Fjordane county, it stretches inland to the small village of Skjolden...

, about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) south of the village of Balestrand

Balestrand

Balestrand is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center is the village of Balestrand....

 and about 20 kilometres (12.4 mi) west of Fresvik

Fresvik

Fresvik is a village and parish in the municipality of Vik in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located on the southern shore of the Sognefjord, about south of Leikanger-Hermansverk and about east of the municipal center of Vikøyri...

. Vikøyri is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northwest of the Fresvikbreen

Fresvikbreen

Fresvikbreen is a glacier on the south side of the Sognefjord in the municipality of Vik in Sogn og Fjordane, county, Norway. It lies between the Seljedal valley in the west, and the Storedal valley in the east. It is southwest of the village of Fresvik and southeast of the municipal center of...

 glacier

Glacier

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 and about 26 kilometres (16.2 mi) northeast of the big lake Holskardvatnet

Holskardvatnet

Holskardvatnet is a lake in the municipality Vik in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located just north of the border with Modalen in Hordaland county. The lake is south of Ortnevik in Høyanger, southwest of Arnafjord, and southwest of the municipal center of Vikøyri. The lake is...

. The 1.37 square kilometres (338.5 acre) village has a population (2009) of 1,083.

Vikøyri has a Tine

Tine (company)

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 cheese factory, which is the only one in the world that produces gammelost

Gamalost

Gamalost , which translates as "old cheese", is a pungent traditional Norwegian cheese, which was once a staple of the Norwegian diet...

. The village also has the only prison

Prison

A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...

 in Sogn og Fjordane

Sogn og Fjordane

is a county in Norway, bordering Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland. The county administration is in the town of Hermansverk in Leikanger municipality while the largest town is Førde....

 county. There are also two medieval churches on the south side of the village: Hove Stone Church (built c. 1170) and the Hopperstad stave church

Hopperstad stave church

Hopperstad Stave Church is a stave church near Vikøyri in the municipality of Vik in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The stave church is assumed to have been built around 1130 and still stands at its original location...

(built c. 1140).