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Port of North Cape NOrTH CAPe CruiSe POrT Events: North Cape Festival, June/North Cape Film Festival, September Midnight Sun: May 11 – July 31. Cruise season: all year, main season May – September Useful links: www.nordkapp.no Cruise Information: www.portofnorthcape.com Port information: www.portofnorthcape.com | www.visitnorway.com | Page 72 | Page | www.visitnorway.com Arctic weather Photo: Bjarne Riesto Northcape Photo: Destinasjon 71 Nord Guided Fishing Village Tour Visit to a Sami Camp “Siida” Tracking tours by Arctic Guide Service AS Duration: 3 hours/Capacity 1– 400 Duration: 2– 4 hours/Capacity: 1– 100 Kirkeporten, Knivskjellodden or Hornvika. Enjoy an excursion to nearby fishing villages. On the excursion to Nordkapp one will also visit a Duration: 2.5 hours, 7 hours or 4 hours / Experience daily life and fishing activities in the local Sámi “siida” (camp) and meet up with a Sámi Family. Capacity: 1– 15 pr. guide. community, and learn about the island of Magerøya in The guide will provide knowledge of local and general. Visit in local gallery and Christmas House, Sámi history, traditions and lifestyle. For more information of the tours please contact: among others. Optionals services can be arranged. [email protected] Walking Tour in the town of Honningsvåg Photo safari NEW qUAy Duration: 2 hours/Capacity 1– 15 pr. guide Duration: 3 hours/Capacity: 1- 50 The new pier will be ready for cruise season 2011 – Here the main theme is the life in Honningsvåg The Photo Safari gives you more than through-the- we have named it Quay North. It will not only help us – in both historical and today’s perspective. bus-window shooting opportunities, it will help you to take along bigger cruise ships, but also to be able to Including a visit to the Honningsvåg Church. discover hidden treasures, and take you off the handle ships safely in rough weather conditions. beaten track. The itinerary will be adapted for each tour, to make the most of the weather and time of day. There will also be a few opportunities for unconventional shots… maybe walking underneath a giant stockfish rack, or capturing a reindeer emerging from the fog. North Cape, summer Photo: Aune Forlag PORT OF NORTH CAPE PORT information Mailboxes: Yes NAME & Contacts PORT Nordkapp og Porsanger Havn IKS Distances PORT Facilities Visiting address: Holmen 2 A - THE NORTHERNMOST POINT Airport: Honningsvåg Airport, 3 km Open: 24 hours Mailing address: [email protected] City Centre: Walking distance iSPS approved: Yes Phone: 78 47 64 50/ 91 73 31 43 North Cape - standing on this gigantic cliff with panoramic views over the Arctic Ocean, you have reached one of the world’s most Designated quays for cruise ships: Yes Fax: 78 47 21 95 GENERAL information Pilot: Honningsvåg pilot station international Access code: +47 famous tourist attractions. North Cape is famous for its location with daylight around the clock in summer. North Cape is also a major Tourist information: Walking distance Tidal movement: 2.8 m tidal differences Pilot: channel 12 fishing municipality with many active fishing villages. Bus: In the quay area Ship tenders allowed: Yes emergency: channel 16 Taxi: Near the quay Ships stay minimum/maximum: No limit Medical emergency: 113 and local agency Honningsvåg is the administrative centre of the municipality and the port of Honningsvåg is the largest cruise port in Northern Norway rental cars: 1 km environmental limitations/restrictions: email: [email protected] and the gateway to North Cape. The Arctic winter climate makes it especially challenging, at the same time very exciting, to visit Europe’s Public transportation: On the quay No limitations internet: www.portofnorthcape.com Guide Service: All major languages Are the port facilities according to northernmost point at this time of the year. The Northern Lights, this spectacular phenomenon of dancing mystic lights on the dark winter Shopping: Walking distance Cruise Norway’s quality guidelines: Yes sky, is to be seen from this point. emergency: Maximum number of ships per day in port: About 5 Nordkapp Cottage Hospital (+47 7847 6660) Maximum number of passengers Tax refund: No per day in port: No limit Passenger facilities IN PORT AREA PORT SERVICES Shuttle service: No Bunkers delivery: Yes ATTractiONS/exCurSiONS Parking place for buses and distance: Bunkers method: Tank or vessel Yes, in the quay area Supplies: Yes North Cape King Crab Safari by boat Honningsvåg Church Terminal building for passenger: No Waste Handling: Yes Duration: 3- 4 hours/Capacity 1– 6000 Duration: 3 hours/Capacity 4– 40 Duration: 30– 60 min/Capacity 1– 100. Tourist/city maps: Yes Waste water method: Local North Cape is known as Europe’s northernmost Enjoy deep sea rafting in Sarnesfjord and Walking distance from the harbor. Local currency: NOK Tugboats: Yes point, located at 71°10’21” latitude. On the massive participate in catching your own King Crab. Only building left after Second World War. Currency exchange: Anchorage: cliff you can visit North Cape Hall, a tourist centre Learn about the history of this famous creature In the quay area Yes with a host of facilities, representing the final and how to prepare it. The Gallery “East of the Sun” ATM: Yes Pontoons: Yes frontier with the Arctic Sea. In the hall you find Capacity 1– 50 internet access: Yes exhibitions, souvenir store, cafeteria and ATV Safari The cosy gallery is situated in the fishing village Public telephones: Yes restaurant, restrooms and much more. You can Duration: 1.5 hours/Capacity 4– 10 Kamøyvær and exhibits beautiful art and also enjoy a beautiful film from the local area, Driver licence for car required for drivers. handicrafts from the surrounding district made by shown in the supervideograf. Experience the Magerøya Island’s unique nature the artist Eva Schmutterer. with many stops for photos at stunning viewpoints BirdSafari a/s over the island and Honningsvåg. North Cape Christmas and Winter House qUAy: Length: DRAFT: Quay North – The Number Two Attraction at North Cape Capacity 1– 50 Quay North, NEW 100m 12m (New) Duration: 3.5– 4 hours/Capacity 10– 147 Artico Ice Bar A house decorated with handmade crafts, Quay 1 150m 10m Quay 1 Take advantage of your moment in the north to Duration: 30– 60 min/Capacity 1– 50 Quay 2 70m 10m 1 250 m all genuine Norwegian products. Quay 2 SCALE experience one of Europe’s greatest and most By the harbor. A bar made of ice from the lakes Stories from life in Northern Norway. Quay 3 125m 10m Quay 3 accessible sanctuaries of Atlantic birds. Be dazzled of Magerøya Island. Walls, tables, igloo, seats, Quay West 115m 10m Holmen Quay West by millions of individual birds breeding and living at and the screen where we show images of the Arctic. Excursions by Arctic Guide Service AS Quay East Quay South 80m 10m Quay South Gjesværsstappan Nature Reserve. Enjoy the polar winter in summer! Arctic Guide Service AS provides guide service and Quay East 80m 10m Inner Bølgebryter quay agents in your native language. Beside our main Harbour King Crab Safari by bus The North Cape Museum tours to North Cape, Birdsafari to Gjesværsstappan Duration: 2.5 hours/Capacity 1 – 60 Duration: 30– 60 min/Capacity 1– 100. and King Crab Safari, we provide the following tours We welcome you to experience King Crab live at our By the harbor. Presentation of Arctic fisheries on the island of Magerøya: H O N N I N GSVÅG lavvocamp in Sarnes. Learn about the life of these and local history of the North Cape area. c i t y c e n t r e famous creatures and how to prepare them. Klubben.
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