Vik, Vestnes
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Vik is a village in
Vestnes Municipality Vestnes is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Vestnes is part of the traditional district of Romsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vestnes. Other villages in the municipality include Vikebukt ...
in
Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; en, Møre and Romsdal) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the town of Molde, while Ålesund is the ...
county,
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. It is located along the Tomrefjorden, just north of the village of
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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
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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.


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Villages in Møre og Romsdal Vestnes {{MøreRomsdal-geo-stub