Sample itineraries

Sample routings.

These are typical routings and ports. Ships, dates, and fares change.

A blank notebook, brass dividers, and binoculars on a table by the sea

Northern Europe Cruises

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A steep fjord with a thin waterfall and low clouds

Sail under the midnight sun, where summer daylight stretches endlessly across the sky.

More on Northern Europe, including excursions
A row of painted wooden wharf houses reflected in calm water

Optional excursions

These can be arranged in the port or the city, as an add-on to enrich the trip. They are not in the cruise fare unless the line includes them.

  • A village at the end of the fjord

    A tender port such as Geiranger or Flåm. 2 to 4 hours ashore.

  • Bergen’s wharf, on foot

    Bryggen and the fish market. 3 hours.

  • One Baltic old town

    Tallinn, Stockholm’s Gamla Stan, or Copenhagen. Half day.

Fjord classic

7 nights · June–August

Bergen, or another Norwegian port. Cruises on the Baltic often start in Copenhagen

A smaller ship if you want to sail the narrow water, or a big ship if you want the resort on board

  • Geiranger or another fjord
  • Flåm
  • A coastal town
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Iceland and north

10–14 nights · Summer

Rotterdam, London, or a Norwegian port

Expedition or a traditional line that reaches Reykjavik

  • Reykjavik
  • A stop on the south coast
  • The Lofotens, if the sailing goes that far
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Baltic cities

9–10 nights for Tallinn, Helsinki, and Stockholm. A 7-night cruise stops in fewer cities · May–August

Copenhagen or Stockholm round trip

A city-port ship, not an ice ship

  • Tallinn
  • Helsinki
  • Stockholm or Visby
  • A stop in a Hanseatic town
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