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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.994,Lat: 59.9663
Elevation	74 meter above sea level
Local time	20:27:17pm
Name province/region	Buskerud
Name Subregion	Modum

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sysle	5.4 km	NorthWest
2 Åmot/Geithus	7.9 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Nakkerud	9.7 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Tyristrand	14.4 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Skotselv	14.7 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	42 km	East
2 Stockholm	Sweden	464 km	East
3 København	Denmark	497 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Skagerrak is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 28 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named West Bay. The nearest bigger lake is Tyrifjorden (137.6 km² at a height of around 62 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.2 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 103.8 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 145 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 71%, hill: 16%, low mountains: 13%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
LÅGLANDSDALFØRA I TELEMARK, BUSKERUD OG VESTFOLD

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (at a distance of 67 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Notodden Airport (at a distance of 63 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

41.8 km2

53.2%

Nature

1.9 km2

2.4%

Agriculture

25.3 km2

32.1%

Urban area

3.7 km2

4.6%

Water - Lakes

6 km2

7.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vikersund in country Norway

Vikersund at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	79 km	West
2 Rock Carvings in Tanum	Sweden	160 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	208 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Vikersund
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vikersund

Type of weather in Vikersund	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1023 mb
Humidity:	56 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	15 hour and 60 minutes
Sunrise :	05:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:16 Europe/Amsterdam