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Norway cruise, Arctic coast. Photo: Rita de Lange/Fjord Travel Norway

 

 

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Photo: Early morning at the Helgeland coast

AUTHENTIC NORWAY CRUISES

See Fjords, Arctic coast, amazing Northern Lights & exotic Midnight Sun!

Enjoy the unforgettable Norwegian Coast with amazing Fjords, the Arctic Circle & the Lofoten islands, Lapland & the North Cape, dramatic Arctic scenery and scattered  Fishing settlements!  Enjoy a relaxing, authentic cruise onboard one of the Hurtigruten -
Norwegian Coastal Voyage ships. Read more
      


Spring & Summer
 


Norwegian fjords, Arctic coast, the Lofoten Islands & the Trollfjord:

Bergen Norway, the UNESCO Bryggen wharf. Photo: Rita de Lange/Fjord Travel Norway

The Exclusive Grand Tour of Norway


Departures:
Daily, 30.04-10.09
Duration:
12 nights, 6 nights cruise
Tour details, prices & booking

Experience the real highlights of Norway! -the beautiful 6 nights coastal cruise from Bergen to Kirkenes with the Golden Route and North Cape excursions -the famous  Flam railway -scenic cruises on the Sognefjord -glacier visit -the main sights of Oslo and Bergen
Photo: The old Bryggen wharf in Bergen

     
Trollfjord, Arctic Norway. Photo: Rita de Lange/Fjord Travel Norway
Arctic Fjords & Coastal Highlights


Departures:

Daily, 01.05 - 31.08
Duration:
5 nights, 3 nights cruise
Tour details, prices & booking

Experience the breathtaking highlights of the Arctic Fjords & coast - like the narrow Risoyrenna, Raftsund & the amazing Trollfjord, the dramatic Lofoten Islands & the unforgettable Helgeland coast.  Start & finish in Oslo, 3 nights cruise from Tromso to Trondheim.
Photo: The dramatic, narrow Trollfjord

     

The North Cape @Fritjof Fure/Hurtigruten

Cruise Arctic coast & North Cape


Departures:
Daily, 01.04 - 30.09
Duration:
7 nights, 4 nights cruise
Tour details, prices & booking

Enjoy the scenic mountain rail trip from Oslo to the picturesque historic city of Trondheim before you board the Coastal Steamer for a 4 nights cruise along the amazing Arctic Norwegian coast - with the Arctic Circle & the Lofoten Islands. Includes the exotic North Cape excursion. Return to Oslo by flight from Kirkenes
Photo: The North Cape Cliff

     

Lofoten Islands@Frithjof Fure/Innovation Norway

Bergen-Kirkenes-Oslo Cruise Package


Departures:
Daily, all year
Duration:
10 nights package, 6 nights cruise
Tour details, prices & booking

Starting with overnight stays in Bergen before you
enjoy the beautiful northbound cruise from Bergen to Kirkenes, with spectacular Norwegian coastal and fjord scenery, the Arctic Circle, the Lofoten Islands and the  North Cape. Optional shore excursions

     

Norway cruises - Arctic cruise @Hurtigruten

Oslo-Kirkenes-Bergen Cruise Package


Departures:
Daily, all year
Duration:
8 nights package, 5 nights cruise
Tour details, prices & booking

Starting in Oslo with flight to Kirkenes before you
enjoy the beautiful southbound cruise from Kirkenes to Bergen, with beautiful Norwegian coastal and fjord scenery, the Arctic Circle, the Lofoten Islands and the  spectacular Helgeland coast. Optional shore excursions

     

North Norway@Fritjof Fure/Innovation Norway

Norwegian Coast: Bergen-Bergen 11 nights


Departures:
Daily, all year
Duration:
11 nights cruise (or shorter: 6, 5, 4)
Tour details, prices & booking

The Norwegian Coastal Voyage offers you an authentic,  relaxing cruise along the amazing Norwegian coast from Bergen to Kirkenes and return, with breathtaking scenery and different ports of call on the northbound and the southbound journey.
Optional shore excursions
Photo: Midnight sun at Helgeland coast

     

Lofoten Islands@Frithjof Fure/Innovation Norway

Lofoten Islands, Trollfjord & Sognefjord

Departures: Summer season
Daily 22.04-21.09
Duration:
Option 1 - 8 nights:
Tour details, prices & booking
Option 2 - 12 nights:
Tour details, prices & booking
 

Enjoy 2 days at the Lofoten Islands, cruise on the dramatic Trollfjord, 3 nights beautiful cruise to Bergen, Fjord cruise on the Sognefjord & the Flam Railway.
This tour comes in 2 options:
8 nights with flight to Bodo
12 nights with trains Oslo-Trondheim-Bodo

     
Geirangerfjord@Fred Jonny, Destinasjon Geiranger Trollstigen

Norwegian Fjords & Mountain Highlights

Departures:
Daily 01.05-11.09
Duration:
7 nights, 2 nights cruise
Tour details, prices & booking

Train from Oslo to Myrdal - the Flam Railway - Fjord Cruise from Flam to Bergen - 2 nights cruise from Bergen to Trondheim - Land excursion to the Golden Route & the Trollstigen hairpin road - Train from Trondheim to Oslo- Guided sightseeing in Oslo
Individual round trip

     
The Geirangerfjord@Per Eide/Fjord Norway
Geirangerfjord Highlights


Departures:

Daily 15.04 - 13.09
Duration:
5 nights
Tour details, prices & booking

Overnight cruise from Bergen to Alesund with a full day Fjords cruise to the scenic Geirangerfjord. Overnight stays in the picturesque coastal city of Alesund - The spectacular Rauma train line to Dombas - Train from Dombas to Oslo 
Individual round trip


Northern Lights -
Winter & Christmas


Northern Lights & Winter cruise packages, traditional Christmas Cruises:
Northern Lights@Eiliv Leren/Destinasjon Tromso
Northern Lights Cruise Trip & Dog sledding


Departures:

01.11-30.03
Duration:
6 nights - 2 nights onboard
Tour details, prices & booking

Enjoy the winter in Norway, with a scenic train ride, an exotic 2 nights Northern Lights cruise from Trondheim to Tromso & an adventurous Northern Lights trip with dog sledding in Tromso. Overnight stays in Oslo, Trondheim & Tromso. 
Individual round trip

     
The bar at the Snow Hotel Kirkenes@Radius Kirkenes
Northern Lights Cruise, Snow Hotel & Arctic Winter Adventures


Departures:

16.12-30.03
Duration:
6 nights - 2 nights onboard
Tour details, prices & booking

1 night in Oslo, 1 night in Tromso, Northern Lights safari w. Dog sledding in Tromso, 2 nights Northern Lights Cruise w. North Cape excursion & Snow Mobile Safari, 1 night & dinner in the exotic Kirkenes Snow Hotel, last night in Oslo.  Individual round trip

     
Northern Lights@Stockshots.no/Innovation Norway
Northern Lights Adventure Cruise


Departures:

01.11-30.03
Duration:
7 nights - 4 nights onboard
Tour details, prices & booking

With a scenic train ride, an adventurous 4 nights Northern Lights cruise from Trondheim along the Arctic coast to Kirkenes, an exiting Dog sledding trip & an exotic North Cape excursion!  Optional: add a night & a Snow mobile Safari in Kirkenes
Individual round trip

     
Northern Lights@Bard Loken/Innovation Norway

Norwegian Winter Cruise & Northern Lights


Departures:

Daily, 01.01-15.03
Duration:
7 nights - 4 nights onboard
Tour details, prices & booking

Enjoy a relaxing winter cruise onboard one of the Norwegian Coastal Steamer ships - visiting the coastal towns of Bergen, Alesund, Trondheim, Bodo and Tromso along with the Lofoten Islands. Finishes with overnight in Oslo. Add nights & activities in Tromso!
Individual round trip
Bergen-Tromso-Oslo

     

Northern Lights Tromso@Bjorn Jorgensen/Innovation Norway

Norway Christmas Cruise 12 nights


Departures:
December 20, 22 or 23
Duration:
12 nights cruise only
Tour details, prices & booking

Enjoy a relaxing, traditional Norwegian Christmas and New Years Eve onboard one of the Norwegian Coastal Steamer ships, with traditional Christmas meals and activities. Optional shore excursions


Northern Lights over Tromso

     

Christmas Cruise package - 8 nights




Departures:

December 21 or 22
Duration:
8 nights - 5 nights onboard
Tour details, prices & booking

1 night in Bergen, then an authentic 5 nights cruise to Tromso, celebrating a traditional Norwegian Christmas onboard one of the Norwegian Coastal Steamer ships, with traditional Christmas meals and activities. 1 night in Tromso, then flight to Oslo with an overnight stay. Optional: add nights & exciting activities in Tromso.
Individual round trip
Photo: The beautiful winter twilight in Tromso & the Arctic Cathedral


All year

Norwegian coastal cruise & Norwegian coast Cruise packages:

Norway cruise, helgeland coast. Photo: Rita de Lange/Fjord Travel Norway

Norway cruise Bergen-Bergen 11 nights


Departures:
Daily, all year
Duration:
11 nights cruise (or shorter: 6, 5, 4)
Tour details, prices & booking

The Norwegian Coastal Voyage - the relaxing round trip cruise from Bergen to Kirkenes (close to the Russian border) and return, offers you a maximum of sights, with different ports of call on the northbound and the southbound journey. Optional shore excursions

     

Lofoten Islands @Andreas Mihatch/Hurtigruten

Cruise package Bergen-Kirkenes-Oslo


Departures:
Daily, all year
Duration:
10 nights package, 6 nights cruise
Tour details, prices & booking

Starting with overnight stays in Bergen before you
enjoy the beautiful northbound cruise from Bergen to Kirkenes, with spectacular Norwegian coastal and fjord scenery, the Arctic Circle, the Lofoten Islands and the  North Cape. Optional shore excursions

     

Hurtigruten cruise@Simen G Fangen/Hurtigruten

Cruise package Oslo-Kirkenes-Bergen


Departures:
Daily, all year
Duration:
8 nights package, 5 nights cruise
Tour details, prices & booking

Starting in Oslo with flight to Kirkenes before you
enjoy the spectacular southbound cruise from Kirkenes to Bergen, with beautiful Norwegian coastal and fjord scenery, the Arctic Circle, the Lofoten Islands and the  spectacular Helgeland coast. Optional shore excursions

 

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The Norwegian Coastal Voyage - Norway cruises

The Norwegian Coastal Voyage (called Hurtigruten in Norwegian) has been cruising the Norwegian coast for more than 100 years! Today it offers a fascinating mixture of first-class passenger vessels and local working ships.

In the home waters of the Norwegian coast, the Norwegian Coastal Voyage ships have been part of the country’s very lifeline for over a century. Beneath the Midnight Sun or the mystical Northern Lights, daily departures across the Arctic Circle from Bergen to Kirkenes, take you right to the heart of coastal Norway. Calling at 34 ports, most never visited by commercial cruise liners, the ships deliver freight, post and passengers to remote communities, some of which are home to just a few hundred people. Sailing along this beautiful coastline, through magical fjords to enchanted islands, you enjoy a genuine, friendly and unpretentious voyage which is truly Norwegian.

History of the Norwegian Coastal Voyage - Hurtigruten

In 1891, August Kriegsman Gran, the national steamship advisor, came up with the idea of providing an express boat service between Trondheim and Hammerfest. Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab, a relatively young steamship company based in Stokmarknes, took up the challenge. For some time, Captain Richard With and his pilots had been keeping accurate notes on courses, speeds and times taken to sail the route and felt that the service would be viable. A compass and a clock were the only navigational aids necessary in the Polar Night. In 1893, the government entered into a 4-year contract with Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab, providing the company with the backing for a weekly sailing between Trondheim and Hammerfest
during the summer and, Trondheim and Tromso during the winter. There were nine ports of call on the route.

On the morning of 2 July 1893, the steamship ‘Vesteraalen’ left Trondheim for Hammerfest. This started a communications revolution, giving industry and coastal inhabitants better access to the outside world. Letters from Trondheim, which had previously taken up to three weeks to reach Hammerfest during the summer, and five months during the winter, could now be delivered in just a few days.

Once Richard With and Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab had shown the way, several shipping companies followed. In 1894, Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab and Det Nordenfjeldske Dampskibsselskab were granted permission to operate ships on the route. The number of ships serving the route constantly increased. In 1898, Bergen became the southernmost port on the Coastal Express’ route. Vadso was included on the route in 1907 and Kirkenes in 1914. For a short period, there were weekly sailings from Stavanger but, from 1936 to the present day a ship has left Bergen daily heading north. This service was only interrupted by the war.

From its conception, it was believed that tourism would form the basis of the Norwegian Coastal Steamers’ operations. Early on, brochures were printed in several languages promoting the Norwegian Coastal Steamer and the wild and beautiful Norwegian coastline. These were distributed to travel agents and individual customers abroad.

Exotic and unique destinations such as the Lofoten Islands, Troll Fjord, Skjervoy Island, Hammerfest and the North Cape became accessible to international travellers who wanted to visit the Land of the Midnight Sun. Tourists came in their thousands, making the Coastal Express one of Europe’s biggest attractions.

Today, the route is internationally known as “The world’s most beautiful voyage”.

Northern Lights in Norway

The Northern Lights - nature's own light show - are solar winds that meet the atmosphere in a zone around the magnetic North Pole, forming arches, waves and curls of light moving across the sky, with sudden rays of light shooting down from space.

The Northern Lights are visible between November and March when the sky is clear, depending on the Northern Lights activity.

The best place to see the Northern Lights is in the Northern parts of Norway, and the area around the Arctic city of Tromso offers a maximum of Northern Lights activity. Read more about the Northern Lights

 

The Midnight Sun in Norway

is a phenomenon occurring in latitudes north to the Arctic Circle and south and nearby to the north of the Antarctic Circle where the sun remains visible at the local midnight. Given fair weather, the sun is visible for a continuous 24 hours. The number of days per year with potential midnight sun increases the further north of the Arctic Circle or south of the Antarctic Circle one goes.
The Arctic Circle in North Norway is located close to the Arctic town of Bodo and south of the Lofoten Islands.
South of the Arctic Circle in Norway the nights are bright ("white") as well during spring/early summer due to the altitude, although the sun is not visible all night

 

The Midnight Sun is visible:

North Cape:

14 May - 29 July

Hammerfest:

16 May - 27 July

Tromso:

20 May - 22 July

Narvik:

25 May - 18 July

Bodo:

4 June - 8 July

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