Cruise Norway The complete natural experience A presentation of Norwegian destinations and cruise ports Cruise Norway Manual 2007/2008 ANGEN R W NNA : GU OTO H Index P Index 2 Presentation of Cruise Norway 2-3 Cruise Cruise Destination Norway 4-5 Norwegian Cruise Ports 6 wonderful Norway Distances in nautical miles 7 The “Norway Cruise Manual” gives a survey of Norwegian harbours Oslo Cruise Port 8 providing excellent services to the cruise market. This presentation is edited in a geographical sequence: It starts in the North - and finishes Drammen 10 in the South. Kristiansand 12 The presentation of each port gives concise information about the most 3 Small City Cruise 14 important attractions, “day” and “halfday” excursions, and useful, practical information about harbour conditions. The amount of information is limited Stavanger 16 due to space. On request, more detailed information may be obtained from Eidfjord 18 Cruise Norway or from the individual ports. The “Norway Cruise Manual” is the only comprehensive overview of Ulvik 20 Norwegian harbours and the cooperating companies that have the Bergen 22 international cruise market as their field of activity. The individual port authorities / companies are responsible for the information which Vik 24 appears in this presentation. Flåm 26 An Early Warning System (EWS) for Norwegian ports was introduced in 2004 Florø 28 - go to: www.cruise-norway.no Olden/Nordfjord 30 T D Geirangerfjord 32 N Y BU Ålesund 34 NANC : Molde/Åndalsnes 36 OTO PH Kristiansund 38 Narvik 40 Møre and Romsdal Lofoten 42 Vesterålen 44 Y WA R NO Harstad 46 ation Tromsø 48 Presenting V INNO Alta 50 . Cruise Norway OTO Hammerfest 52 PH Cruise Norway is a marketing company established in 1992 by Norwegian Hesjadal Waterfall North Cape 54 Vigeland Sculpture Park, Oslo port authorities, transport companies and suppliers. We concentrate our Longyearbyen 56 Y activities on the international cruise marked, and coordinate and present WA R information about Norwegian harbours and services provided by other European Cruise Service 58 NO cooperating companies. Cruise Norway wishes to provide knowledge about RD Hadeland Glassverk 59 O /FJ Norway and Spitsbergen to cruise operators and travel agents. The intention E F I L is to contribute to a simpler planning process. Nordic Cruise Service 60 IC RD Our aim is to maintain and increase the number of cruise passengers and Y NO / E cruise calls to Norway in the years to come. We provide you with material WA R KK A NO R about unique attractions in Norway which will increase the competetiveness E RJ TE of your cruise programme and promote sales possibilites. A free of charge : ation V OTO sales and promotion service including photos of Norway and Spitsbergen as INNO PH well as discriptive brochures about harbours and the cooperating companies / sponsoring Cruise Norway. GENSEN Norway is unique in all seasons. For an extended cruise season we, and our JØR partners in Norway, offer a number of exciting and exotic experiences. N FRONT PAGE - TOP PICTURE PHOTO: . BJØR GeiRangeR "THE 7 sisteRS" PHoto: PER eiDE/FJORD noRge as Cruise Norway shall stimulate its cooperating companies to active product OTO BOTTOM PHOTOES FROM LEFT: development. In cooperating with us, you will also influence developments PH BERGEN - BRYGGEN PHOTO: JAN LILLEBØ/BT Bøyabreen glacier according to your own interests and requirements. Northern light, Tromsø SVALBARD PHOTO: KJELL BRÅTEN LAKE Loen PHoto: teRJE RAKKE/noRDic LIFE /FJORD noRwaY LOFOTEN PHOTO: STIG TRONDVOLL/SAMFOTO E F I L IC RD O Friendly country /N E KK RA with friendly people E RJ E : T OTO H P E KK A R E RJ TE : OTO PH 5 Why is Norway one of the most popular cruise The Trollstigen Road destinations in Europe? RD O /FJ E F I L IC Trøndelag RD NO / E KK A R E RJ TE : Top ten selling points OTO PH 1. Cruising Norwegian water and fjords 4. Attractive none nature based attractions all the major cruise lines. The Norwegian coastline includes more than Beside the genuine nature based attractions, 67.000 islands enabling cruise ships to sail in Norway has many attractions to show visitors, 8. Norway and the Norwegians sheltered waters. The longest fjord reaches 200 especially in the field of famous composers, Norway is a modern Western European democratic kilometers inland with smaller inlets, as in other painters, polar expeditions as well as traditional country with a long history. The Norwegians are Oldtown Stavanger fjords, providing breathtaking scenic views includ- art. New and modern attractions are being devel- friendly and well educated and most Norwegians ing remote farms and villages that are still popu- oped and new niche products are developed to speak foreign languages. The 4,7 mill. Norwegians RD O lated. Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord were in meet the needs of younger cruise passengers. are proud of their country, their history and like to /FJ E F I 2006 rated as the best cared for Unesco World show the tourists the magnificent nature and the L IC Heritage Site. Norwegian lifestyle. Norway is 323 758 square RD 5. Norway - a safe destination NO / Norway is - at least until today - situated in a calm kilometres and in average each square kilometre E KK A 2. The unique variety of itineraries corner of the world. Many tourists look upon has 14 inhabitants. R E RJ Along the 1.300 nautical miles coastline the possi- Norway as a safe tourist destination. Additionally many National Parks have been TE : bility to create interesting itineraries is immense. The Norwegian system of pilot service and established since the early sixties. OTO PH As per today cruise ships call on more than 30 dif- the national Coast Guard is internationally ferent Norwegian ports annually. The most popu- recognized. The public health care is well organ- 9. Mild climate due to the Gulf Stream lar areas are the Fjords, North Cape, Spitsbergen, ised. The implementation of the ISPS security The Gulf Stream warms the Norwegian coast and coastal cruises including the Lofoten Isles and code has been successful. ensures a mild climate even this far north, and all the way south to Oslo. Together with the other the Midnight Sun can be experienced north of the Rallarvegen/The Nawie´s Road Scandinavian capitals Oslo is often included in 6. The cultural heritage Artic Circle. Even south of the Artic Circle the pas- the Baltic Cruise Itineraries. The Vikings are well known, and Norway has a long sengers can enjoy the magnificent and genuine E KK history. The oldest towns have a history stretching nature in daylight - 20 hours per day. A R E 3. Attractive nature based attractions back more than 1000 years. Norway has a lot to RJ TE : Cruising is probably the best way to see Norway. offer in terms of cultural heritage like the famous 10. Shopping - well organised VAT refund OTO In the many ports along the coastline it is possi- Stave Churches, many museums, well preserved Norway might have an image of being an expen- PH ble to arrange a great variety of shore excursions. wooden buildings and the many picturesque vil- sive country, but the well organised tax-free shop- The percentage of cruise passengers participating lages by the fjords and in the mountains. ping for tourists keeps the prices down. VAT on shore excursions in Norway is very high com- refund is offered at most Norwegian ports. Typical pared to other destinations. The overland tours 7. The cruise history Norwegian items like knitwear, fur products and secures the passengers the ultimate experi- The first commercial cruise to Norway took local craftworks are popular to bring home. All ence of sailing combined with excursion by place in 1882 as P&O`s “St. Sunniva” visited kind of international well known trade marks are rail, bus and boat - experiencing the dramatic the Norwegian fjords and North-Cape and since sold in Norway as well, and you might do a bar- changes in the scenery. then Norway has been a popular destination for gain buying high profiled items. Lunch at the pier North Cape Norwegian Cruise Ports Distances in nautical miles Norwegian ports presented in this Y WA manual are marked R NO ation V INNO 7 Nordkapp AGEN LDH WI Hammerfest AN H O : J Spitsbergen Alta Kirkenes OTO H 0TMP P Tromsø Y WA Longyearbyen R %SBNNFO Vesterålen NO 0TMP RD O 6 "SFOEBM 7 Harstad /FJ Lofoten E F %SBNNFO I L Svolvær ,SJTUJBOTBOE Narvik IC Leknes RD "SFOEBM NO / .BOEBM South Norway E IC Y D & N KK RD WA U A R ,SJTUJBOTBOE NO ES R / NO E E 4UBWBOHFS ÅL RJ KK &JEGKPSE Bodø RD A O TE R : E .BOEBM 7FJ RJ E 6MWJL TE ØR : OTO estination /D PH OTO E NNM F U 4UBWBOHFS I PH L S #FSHFO 4PHO J Alnes 6MWJL&JEGKPSE 7JL #FSHFO Brønnøysund (VEWBOHFO 7JL J 4PHO Fishing for crabs at Alnes 'M´N (VEWBOHFO 'MPS /PSEGKPSE Norway 'M´N 0MEFO U 'MPS - sail in harmony along the Trondheim )FMMFTZM Kristiansund Molde 0MEFO/PSEGKPSE (FJSBOHFS 1.300 nm long coastline Ålesund Åndalsnes )FMMFTZMU Måløy ,SJTUJBOTVOE Geiranger (FJSBOHFS * Florø Olden ÑMFTVOE Kristiansand - Farsund 57 nm The Sognefjord ,SJTUJBOTVOE Kristiansand - Flekkefjord 84 nm ÑOEBMTOFT Vik i Sogn Gudvangen Flåm ÑMFTVOE N .PMEF Ulvik Bergen ÑOEBMTOFT SPOEIFJ Eidfjord 5 RUSSIA .PMEF #SOOZTVOE Oslo 5SPOEIFJN The Hardangerfjord Drammen #PE ARCTIC CIRCLE #SOOZTVOE Stavanger 4WPMWS7´HBO Sandefjord Fredrikstad NORWAY FTUFS´MFO #PE 7 Arendal 4WPMWS7´HBO