Bergen Cruise Reviews

Just returned from a six-night trip from Bergen to Kirkenes. While we did sail on the MS Polarlys I think my comments are germane to all of Hurtigruten's ships. The main purpose of our trip was to see the Northern Lights and we did. We saw them all three nights we were in the Arctic Circle; two nights they were pretty weak but the third night they were really nice. So that was cool! Our cabin ...

This was our 6th cruise. The ship was very nice but the food was bland, unimaginative and nearly the same every meal. The ship had NO activities for guests, other than reading or watching the scenery. There was a theater, but it was used only twice to give information about the excursions and departure. I don't understand why they couldn't show movie or documentaries in the theater while at ...

We booked our cruise "Passage through Western Europe " over 12 months in advance and were looking forward to our 14 night cruise. We arrived in Bergen 3 days ahead of departure so that we could see Bergen in depth. We happened to be shopping in the Bergen Market place and found out from a stall holder that the ship had broken down over a week earlier in Tallin Estonia. Viking had known about ...

This was our first cruise and I was aware that some stops would be short, however if time is lost through bad weather or technical problems then stops are curtailed and sometimes you are not allowed to get off the boat at all. Apparently the schedule is the same in winter so the chances of stops being curtailed at that time must be much higher. Excursions are expensive. We booked ours in ...

This trip on the Finnmarken was a re-run of a similar cruise we had made several years ago on the M/S Lofoten. Onboard entertainment was limited mainly to port lectures but as we had travelled this way previously and also matured in age we were happy to relax with a book or watch the scenery drift by. The cabin on Deck 3 (N4) was larger than many others on the higher decks as the outside ...

Nothing more far from the propragrand published by Hurtigruten company ".. Through our enlightening and eventful adventures the true diversity of our landscape, history and culture bacomes aparent..."In 6 days from Bergen to Kirkenes you will visit 37 diferent harbours, many of them during 15 to 30 minutes, near ten during the first hours of early morning. Each arrival will wake you up beacuse the ...

It was our HONEY-MOON, we spent a lot of money and were expecting luxury. We were VERY dissapointed. Firstly, we were NOT given anything complimentary for the occasion of our honeymoon, no upgrade, no wine, no toiletries, not even told congratulations. Secondly, we had told everyone possible in the booking procedure that we were VEGETARIAN, but this did not make much ...