Norwegian Coastal Voyage

Cruise Highlights

• 7-day/6-night cruise on Hurtigruten Bergen—Kirkenes, accommodations in selected cabin category
• Daily breakfast [B], 5 lunches [L] and 6 dinners [D]
• Cruise information kit including Brekke Tours flight bag, luggage tags and document holder

Norwegian Coastal Voyage tour map

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Choose from three different journeys aboard Hurtigruten’s classic Norwegian Coastal Voyage. Sail north from Bergen to Kirkenes on their 7-day northbound voyage, relax aboard your ship from Kirkenes to Bergen on their 6-day southbound sailing, or see the full extent of Norway’s beauty on their 12-day roundtrip sailing from Bergen to Kirkenes back to Bergen. However long you choose to spend aboard, Hurtigruten will fill your days and nights with majestic scenery of coastal Norway.

Tour Dates

Various dates, 2010

Tour Prices

Following rates apply to daily June and July 2010 departures. For additional departures and rates, contact our office.

• I (Inside cabin): $2267*
• H (Ocean view / handicap accessible): $2879*
• N (Ocean view / lower deck): $2879*
• P (Ocean view / lower deck): $3165*
• U (Ocean view): $3478*
• QJ (Mini-suite / limited view): $4567*
• Q (Mini-suite): $5292*
• M (Suite): $5975*

*Rates are based on double occupancy and are the starting rates only.

*Price does not include optional shore excursions, or cruise fuel surcharges. All taxes and fees subject to change in the event of rising fuel costs, security fees, and other surcharges beyond our control.

For single occupancy and additional cabin categories rates; shore excursions and additional discounts, please contact our office.

Tour Itinerary

• Day 1:
  Bergen
  [D]
  Bergen is the bustling capital of Norway's fjord district. If you arrive a few hours before your Norwegian cruise's departure, stroll around the old wooden buildings in the Bryggen Wharf, remnants of its Hanseatic past. You begin your Norway travel expedition this evening as you embark on your Norwegian cruise.
• Day 2:
  Måløy — Torvik — Ålesund — Molde — Kristiansund
  [B, L, D]
  Wake up to the breathtaking beauty of Norway as your ship crosses the open Stadthavet and heads for Torvik. Along the way your Norway travel will be enhanced with a stop in the beautiful Art Nouveau town of Ålesund. After a call at Molde with its magnificent view of the Romsdal Alps, your ship will carefully navigate the Hustadvika, a belt of islets and skerries, before docking at Kristiansund. Many shore excursions are available.
• Day 3:
  Trondheim — Rørvik
  [B, L, D]
  The ship arrives early this morning in ancient Trondheim, where you'll have time to explore this jewel of a city, Norway's first capital. Don't miss the great gothic cathedral of Nidaros, where the new kings of old Norway once received their official blessing. After boarding your ship, it's on to Rørvik, where the southbound and northbound coastal ships meet. A number of enriching optional shore excursions are available.
• Day 4:
  Ornes — Bodø — Stamsund — Svølvær
  [B, L, D]
  Today you'll cross the Arctic Circle. Prepare yourself for spectacular sites ahead including islands and skerries filled with majestic rock formations, whose origins are the stuff of legend. After Bodø, 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, your Norwegian cruise takes you through the narrow Raftsund Strait, passing the looming crags of the Trollfjord. Optional shore excursions are available.
• Day 5:
  Harstad — Finnsnes — Tromsø — Skjervøy
  B, L, D]
  This morning you'll pass the medieval Trondenes church before calling at Harstad for breakfast. Afterward, you'll sail across the Vagsfjord past the great island of Senja with its diverse countryside of farmland, pine trees, and plunging peaks. Later you'll stop at Tromsø, the "Paris of the North." In the 19th century, Russian, British, Dutch, and German ships stopped here before heading off on Arctic hunting expeditions for whales, walruses and seals. Optional shore excursions are available.
• Day 6:
  Hammerfest — Honningsvåg — Kjøllefjord
  [B, L, D]
  Finnmark's 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 Honningsvåg, the capital of the North Cape, the ship heads east toward the pretty fishing villages of Kjøllefjord, Mehamn, and Berlevåg. Optional shore excursions are available.
• Day 7:
  Kirkenes
  [B]
  On the seventh day, you'll arrive at Kirkenes, the journey's northern terminus and turning point. Enjoy an optional shore excursion, or transfer to the airport for your return flight.

"Spectacular Norway" Optional Hurtigruten Extension (Unescorted) days 3—7/8

• Day 7:
  Kirkenes
  Participants will disembark in Kirkenes at 10:00am and transfer to Høybuktmoen Airport for flight to Oslo Gardermoen Airport. Transfer on own to Thon Hotel Opera for overnight. Dinner on own.
• Day 8:
  Kirkenes
  Breakfast at hotel. Independent transfer to airport for return flight.