{"id":195,"date":"2021-03-20T22:32:37","date_gmt":"2021-03-21T06:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bainbridgetravel.com\/bainbridgetravel\/?page_id=195"},"modified":"2021-03-20T22:51:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-21T06:51:20","slug":"hurtigruten-norwegian-coastal-voyage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.bainbridgetravel.com\/bainbridgetravel\/hurtigruten-norwegian-coastal-voyage\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurtigruten – Norwegian Coastal Voyage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Map<\/a>
Map of Norwegian Coastal Voyage route.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The cruise itinerary of your journey begins in Bergen, a harbor town established by the Viking King Olav more than nine hundred years ago. It quickly became the center of Norway\u2019s vibrant commercial trade, especially in dried cod, with northern Europe and the British Isles. By the late Middle Ages, the Hanseatic League had set up a trading post on the Bryggen waterfront. Some of those buildings with seaward-facing gables you\u2019ll see along the wharf date back to the fourteenth century!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Bergen, your cruise itinerary has you sail north to Kirkenes, an arctic outpost near the Russian border, stopping at 34 uniquely picturesque ports along the way. The ship then turns around, and sails south back to Bergen. She\u2019ll call on the same ports, but those visited during the day on the northbound voyage will now be visited during the night on the southbound voyage. For passengers who seek immersion in the landscape and culture of Norway, this roundtrip voyage is a compelling choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Passengers with less time may choose to experience the cruise itinerary of a one-way voyage: the 7-day northbound journey embarking in Bergen and ending in Kirkenes, or the 6-day southbound return from Kirkenes to Bergen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regardless of your trip\u2019s length, you are guaranteed days filled with majestic scenery-spectacular fjords, snow-capped mountains, and an astonishing variety of flora and fauna. Make sure to pack your camera and binoculars for this \u201cThe World\u2019s Most Beautiful Voyage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Call now to reserve with Margreet Pettersen our Hurtigruten expert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome aboard!<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\"Bergen,
Bergen, view from the water.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Day 1: Bergen<\/strong> \u2013 Bergen is the bustling capital of Norway\u2019s fjord district. If you arrive a few hours before departure, stroll around the old wooden buildings in the Bryggen Wharf, remnants of its Hanseatic past. In travel\u2019s early days, it was easier to get from Bergen to the Continent by sea than it was to get to Oslo-a fact apparent in this city\u2019s architecture and culture. You board the Norwegian Coastal Voyage this evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day 2: Mal\u00f8y \u2013 Torvik \u2013 \u00c5lesund \u2013 Molde \u2013 Kristiansund<\/strong> \u2013 Today you\u2019ll stop in the beautiful Art Nouveau town of \u00c5lesund. (Between April 15 and September 14, all ships call at Geiranger in the Geirangerfjord, a UNESCO World Heritage site, to see the beautiful Brudesl\u00f8ret, Friaren, and the Seven Sisters waterfalls.) After a call at Molde\u2014its magnificent view of the Romsdal Alps made it a favorite vacation spot of Henrik Ibsen\u2014the ship will navigate the Hustadvika, a belt of islets and skerries, before docking at Kristiansund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Trondheim
Trondheim \u2013 buildings on the river.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Day 3: Trondheim \u2013 R\u00f8rvik<\/strong> \u2013 The ship arrives early this morning in ancient Trondheim, where you\u2019ll have time to explore this jewel of a city, Norway\u2019s first capital. Did you know that the first Viking sale of goods from \u201cthe new found land\u201d took place here about 1000 AD? Timber from Leif Eriksson\u2019s Vinland estate was sold to a Bremen merchant. Walk the charming streets, sit by the peaceful harbor, or cross the old city bridge to see the restored wooden buildings in Bakklandet and the great gothic cathedral of Nidaros, where the new kings of old Norway once received their official blessing. From Trondheim, the ship sails on to R\u00f8rvik, where the southbound and northbound coastal ships meet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day 4: \u00d8rnes \u2013 Bod\u00f8 \u2013 Stamsund \u2013 Svolvaer<\/strong> \u2013 Today you\u2019ll cross the Arctic Circle. After Bod\u00f8, the ship heads out to open sea for the Lofoten Islands with their picturesque cabins on stilts and weathered wooden racks with drying cod. In the evening, she\u2019ll navigate the narrow Raftsund Strait, passing the looming crags of the Trollfjord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day 5: Harstad \u2013 Finnsnes \u2013 Troms\u00f8 \u2013 Skjerv\u00f8y<\/strong> \u2013 This morning you\u2019ll pass the medieval Trondenes church before calling at Harstad for breakfast. Afterward, you\u2019ll sail across the Vagsfjord past the great island of Senja with its diverse countryside of farmland, pine trees, and plunging peaks. Later you\u2019ll stop at Troms\u00f8, the \u201cParis of the North.\u201d In the 19th century, Russian, British, Dutch, and German ships called here before heading off on Arctic expeditions for hunting whales, walruses and seals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day 6-7: Hammerfest \u2013 Hav\u00f8ysund \u2013 Honningsv\u00e5g \u2013 Kj\u00f8llefjord \u2013 Mehamn \u2013 Berlev\u00e5g \u2013 Kirkenes<\/strong> \u2013 Finnmark\u2019s landscape is austere in its beauty, teeming with wildlife. Watch for rookeries of puffins and gannets along the cliffs and pods of orca hunting for herring. After calling at Honningsv\u00e5g, the capital of the North Cape, the ship heads east toward the pretty fishing villages of Kj\u00f8llefjord, Mehamn, and Berlev\u00e5g. On the seventh day, you\u2019ll arrive at Kirkenes, the journey\u2019s northern terminus and turning point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day 7: Kirkenes \u2013 Vard\u00f8 \u2013 B\u00e5tsfjord \u2013 Berlev\u00e5g<\/strong> \u2013 After a few hours docked at Kirkenes, the ship will depart upon the southbound half of her voyage, calling during the day at ports passed at night on the trip northward. Crossing Varangerfjord, Norway\u2019s only east-facing fjord and a fabled bird-watching site, you\u2019ll arrive in Vard\u00f8, the easternmost point of the country. Next the ship will round the Varanger peninsula, where archaeologists excavated a community believed to date from 9000 BC. In the evening, the ship calls at B\u00e5tsfjord, which also boasts the remains of a Stone Age settlement, and Berlev\u00e5g.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day 8: Honningsv\u00e5g \u2013 Hav\u00f8ysund \u2013 Hammerfest \u2013 Oksfjord \u2013 Skjerv\u00f8y \u2013 Troms\u00f8<\/strong> \u2013 The ship arrives at Honningsv\u00e5g in the early morning. After calling at Hav\u00f8ysund, she will stop for 1 1\/2 hours in Hammerfest, the world\u2019s most northerly town. Despite its remote location, it was the first Norwegian town to have electric street lighting and its own power station. She then heads south to Oksfjord, whose glacier calves directly into the sea. After crossing open water, the ship calls at the old trading post of Skjerv\u00f8y. You\u2019ll dock in Troms\u00f8 just in time to savor its nightlife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Lofoten Islands<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Day 9: Harstad \u2013 Ris\u00f8yhamn \u2013 Sortland \u2013 Stokmarknes \u2013 Svolvaer \u2013 Stamsund<\/strong> \u2013 The island groups of Lofoten and Vester\u00e5len have some of the most stunning scenery on this journey. Before your arrival, you\u2019ll see the captain skillfully maneuver the ship through the shallow waters of the Risoyrenna Channel, where sand banks are visible through the green water on both sides of the channel. The ship will negotiate the narrow Raftsund Strait leading into the breathtaking Trollfjord, before arriving in Svolvaer and Stamsund. Later, the ship heads east across Vestfjord toward Bod\u00f8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day 10: \u00d8rnes \u2013 Nesna \u2013 Sandnessj\u00f8en \u2013 Br\u00f8nn\u00f8ysund \u2013 R\u00f8rvik<\/strong> \u2013 From \u00d8rnes, you\u2019ll travel through crystalline waters and go by lush agricultural fields. On the approach to Br\u00f8nn\u00f8ysund, which you reach this afternoon, you\u2019ll spy the mythical Seven Sisters Mountains. Make sure you\u2019re on deck when the ship departs Br\u00f8nn\u00f8ysund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day 11: Trondheim \u2013 Kristiansund \u2013 Molde<\/strong> \u2013 Arrive in Trondheim early, with time to visit Norway\u2019s largest medieval church, Nidaros Cathedral, and the restored Archbishop\u2019s Residence. You\u2019ll then sail out through the beautiful Trondheimsfjord, past Hitra, island of deer, and lonely Grip. At day\u2019s end, you\u2019ll call at Molde, before arriving in \u00c5lesund late in the evening in time for a stroll on shore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day 12: Torvik \u2013 M\u00e5l\u00f8y \u2013 Flor\u00f8 \u2013 Bergen<\/strong> \u2013 During the night, the ship will call at Torvik, M\u00e5l\u00f8y, and Flor\u00f8. The World\u2019s Most Beautiful Voyage is drawing to a close. Yet still ahead lies mile after mile of spectacular west Norway scenery: holly trees on Svan\u00f8y, the mouth of Sognefjord, and the beautiful archipelago on the approach to Bergen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information, or to make a reservation, please contact our Hurtigruten expert, Margreet Pettersen. Margreet may be reached at 206-780-5010 or click to email Margreet<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Itinerary
Itinerary map of Hurtigruten Norwegian Coastal Voyage.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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