Embarkation easy and trouble free,food very good breakfast and lunch buffet main meal in the evening served by waiting staff. Cabin size small but adequate no tv no radio in our cabin cleaning not great and bedding never changed I eventually had to ask at reception for new bedding 9 days into cruise and to have the cabin hoovered. The ship layout was good and there are plenty of trips if you are ...
I went with a friend to see the northern lights.
Transfers were smooth.
The cabin ( a mini suite) was just adequate. I would have hated being in one of the smaller cabins. Cleanliness was just ok. Norovirus was rife on the ship and I felt the cleaning of the public places (eg hand rails, chairs) left a lot to be desired. Pool and Jacuzzi closed because of Norovirus
The music on deck 8 ...
We picked the Hurtigruten Finnmarken's north bound cruise because the itinerary took us to three cities where my wife has Norwegian relatives we wished to visit. It also offered a closer look at more places we were curious about. We got to Bergen early in the afternoon via stops in Minneapolis and Amsterdam following a lengthy but uneventful three stop flight.
We always build in an extra day ...
I’m still trying to figure out what I think about Hurtigruten. We just finished 10 days from Bergen to Kirkenes and back to Trondheim...an almost round trip...hunting the northern lights on SS Finnmarken. I’ll provide what info I can in hopes of aiding future travellers.
We arrived at the Hurtigruten terminal in Bergen about 4:15pm to no line and checked in immediately and painlessly. ...
We booked this Hurtigruten cruise with the sole purpose of seeing the Northern lights in winter. WE were on the Bergen - Tromso segment which we booked directly through their UK website. Communication was good and easy. No other cruise line sails the Norwegian cruise during this time. We knew that it was a working ship / ferry service and expected as much. We also knew that Norway would be very ...