Høvik Church
Høvik Church is a cruciform church in Bærum in Akershus county, Norway. The building is in brick and has 500 seats.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: church in Bærum, Akershus, Norway
- Also known as: “Hovik” and “Høvik”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Høvik Station and Oslo Airport.
Høvik Station
Railway station
Photo: Vinguru, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Høvik Station is a railway station of the Drammen Line situated at Høvik in Bærum, Norway. Located 10.72 kilometers from Oslo Central Station, it is served by line L1 of the Oslo Commuter Rail. Høvik Station is situated 350 metres northeast of Høvik Church.
Oslo Airport
Historic site
Photo: Anders Beer Wilse, Public domain.
Oslo Airport, Fornebu was the primary international airport serving Oslo and Eastern Norway from 1 June 1939 to 7 October 1998. It was then replaced by Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, and the area has since been redeveloped. Oslo Airport is situated 1½ km southeast of Høvik Church.
Henie Onstad Kunstsenter
Museum
Photo: Leifern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Henie Onstad Kunstsenter is an art museum located at Høvikodden in Bærum municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is situated on a headland jutting into the Oslofjord, approximately 10 kilometres southwest of Oslo. Henie Onstad Kunstsenter is situated 2 km southwest of Høvik Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Høvik and Blommenholm.
Høvik
Suburb
Photo: Alexander Ottesen, CC BY 2.0.
Høvik is a suburban area in the municipality of Bærum, Akershus, Norway, within the Oslo metropolitan area. Primarily a residential area, its population was 4,311 in 2005.
Blommenholm
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Blommenholm is a district in the municipality of Bærum, Norway. Its population is 2,936. It is served by the train station Blommenholm on the Drammen Line. The station is located 12.23 kilometres from Oslo Central Station.
Oksenøen
Locality
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oksenøen, also spelled Oxenøen and Oksenøyen, and sometimes referred to as Oksenøen Bruk, is an office complex on the peninsula of Fornebu in Bærum Municipality, Norway.
Høvik Church
- Categories: cultural property, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Bærum, Akershus, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
59.89908° or 59° 53′ 57″ northLongitude
10.57708° or 10° 34′ 38″ eastElevation
31 metres (102 feet)Inception
1898Operator
Bærum kirkelige fellesrådOpen location code
9FFGVHXG+JROpenStreetMap ID
way 237600492OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheran
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Høvik Church” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Høvik Kirke”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه هوفيك”
- Finnish: “Høvikin kirkko”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Høvik kirke”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Høvik kyrkje”
- Norwegian: “Høvik kirke”
- Swedish: “Høvik kyrka”
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