General advice

Warm clothes, a hat and wool underwear are needed all year round. Even a nice summer day at sea can be chilly in Norway. Wind and waterproof clothing will come in handy and good and solid shoes for excursions ashore are also necessary. 

Binoculars to perceive the nature experiences even closer are a useful travel tool. The same goes for the camera so you can immortalize the memories and share the experience with others when you get home. 

You should have medicines and other necessary items in your hand luggage since other luggage may arrive at the cabin later than you.

The trip along the Norwegian coast differs from season to season, so when you should travel, depends on what you want to experience. 

The summer is bright and lively with many travellers and opportunities for the midnight sun. 

In the winter, there are fewer people traveling, it is dark all day in the north - but then you can also experience the northern lights and Arctic conditions. 

In the spring you can experience the starting of summer days in the south and ending up in the winter in the north. 

And in the autumn, the green landscape of the summer will have changed to yellow, orange and red. 

And with Norway's changing weather conditions, you can experience all seasons no matter what time of year you travel!

We stop at 34 ports on northbound journeys and 33 on southbound journeys. You can basically go ashore in all ports, but in some places, we stop in the middle of the night and in other ports there are only short stops. In many ports, however, the ship stays for a while, so you have time to look around and participate in our excursions. See the sailing schedule here.