📍 Norway
12 Day Norway's Mountains & Fjords with 6 Day Scenic Coast Cruise by Gate 1
by Peggy · with Philip
We joined a Gate-1 tour for a 12-day Norway Fjords and Mountains. It started from Oslo, then took a train ride to Bergen, followed with a 6 day coastal cruise operated by Hurtigruten. The cruise sailed north bound along the Norwegian…
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by Peggy · with Philip
Day 1 and 2 went by on the plane and via a 9-hour time difference. On Day 3, the weather was not perfect in Oslo, drizzling in the morning and raining pretty hard in the afternoon. We first took a bus tour in the city, our next stop was…
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by Peggy · with Philip
We took a four hour bus ride from Oslo to Flam and stopped by Borgund for lunch and a short visit to an old church made by pine wood called Stave Church. The sun came out when we left Oslo, the scenery along the route was very beautiful. We…
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by Peggy · with Philip
Today we concluded the land part of the tour and started the six-day cruise along Norway’s long coastline on board a Hurtiburten ship. On our way to Bergen, we stopped at a lovely farm. The farm had just a few horses, about 20 sheep and…
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by Peggy · with Philip
The first sail day - we went into Geiranger fjord and back. It was either raining or cloudy for the whole day. The ship we got on board is Hurtigruten’s Nordkapp. Hurtigruten is a Norwegian cruise company running the ferry type…
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by Peggy · with Philip
Continue sailing north and the main stop is Trondheim, a city on the Trondheim Fjord, in central Norway. Dating back to the 11th century, the Gothic Nidaros Cathedral features an ornate rose window and a detailed west facade. Nearby, the…
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by Peggy · with Philip
In the morning, we crossed the Arctic circle (66•33’N) and entered the Arctic region. This is a big event of the ship. First, all the passengers can make a guess of the exact passing time and enter the drawing the previous day. The winner…
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by Peggy · with Philip
The cruise ship reached Tromsø, the third largest city north of Arctic circle in Norway. Chris took us to walk around the town. It was a small town and tourists would come here in the winter to see the northern light. We went into a gift…
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by Peggy · with Philip
We reached the north most point in this cruise route - North Cape at the island of Mageroya. In Norwegian language, North Cape is spelled as Nordkapp, that is also the name of the ship we are in. The North Cape (Nordkapp) is a…
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by Peggy · with Philip
We disembarked the ship at 9AM at Kirkenes - the north end of the Hurtigruten Coastal Cruise. We flew back to Oslo. We were a bit surprised to see Starlink Internet available onboard the SAS flight. It was as fast as broadband on the…
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