Coastal, Arctic & River Cruises
Coastal, Arctic & River Cruises
The Nordic region takes well to the water. Much of it is best reached slowly, by sea or canal, and we have gathered a range of routes here, aboard new ships and older boats kept in good working order.
The best known are the Norwegian coastal voyages. We work with Havila and Hurtigruten, whose ships have sailed the long, rugged coast since 1893, carrying mail, goods and people between the small villages strung along it. They still do, now with modern comforts and cleaner engines, which means you travel a real working route rather than a staged one. In the dark months, the same route north becomes one of the better ways to watch for the Northern Lights, from the deck.
Inland, the quieter canal and heritage cruises trace Sweden's waterways at the pace of another century, past farmland, locks and small towns, on boats built for the journey rather than the clock.
These are journeys measured in days rather than hours. The ship is part of the trip, not just the way to it, which is much the way people travelled here before the roads arrived.
