- Sandvika
Infobox Settlement
name =Sandvika
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other_name =
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settlement_type =Unincorporated city
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image_caption = Sandvika seen from Høvikodden
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pushpin_map_caption =Location within Norway
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name =Norway
subdivision_type1 = County
subdivision_name1 =Akershus
subdivision_type2 = District
subdivision_name2 =Viken
subdivision_type3 = Municipality
subdivision_name3 =Bærum
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established_title = City status
established_date =June 4 ,2004
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd= 59 |latm= 53 |lats= |latNS= N
longd= 10 |longm= 31 |longs= |longEW= E
elevation_m = 12
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footnotes =Audio|Sandvika.ogg|Sandvika is the administrative centre of the municipality of
Bærum inNorway , and declared itself a city on4 June ,2003 . [http://www.baerum.kommune.no/sandvika (in Norwegian)]Sandvika is situated approximately convert|15|km|mi|spell=us west of
Oslo and has a bus station and railway. Sandvika is also one of the stops along the route of the "Flytoget " Airport Express Train. It takes approx. 39 minutes to get to the airport from here. [http://www.flytoget.no/upload/ft_rutetabell_2006_2.pdf] Sandvika used to be home to the "Norwegian School of Management " business school, usually referred to by the Norwegian abbreviation "BI". This school moved to new surroundings inNydalen , Oslo in August 2005. [http://www.bi.no/templates/artikkel____11192.aspx (in Norwegian)] The high school called Sandvika Videregående Skole were established in the former BI building.The nearby island "Kalvøya" is a good place for recreation.Fact|date=February 2007 In summer it hosts numerous barbecue parties whilst during winter it forms the base for warmly-dressed fishermen who endure the cold weather and ice fish for cod and sea trout on the frozen waters around Sandvika.Fact|date=February 2007
A small islet in
Sandviksbukta outside Sandvika is called "Danmark". Danes who live in theOslo area join together every year onJune 5 ,Denmark 's national day to celebrate. [ [http://www.dansksamfund.info/grunnlovsdag.htm Danish Society in Oslo] Report from the 2002 ceremony. Invitation indicates such celebrations in previous years. ]References
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