The Coastal Express (Bergen - Kirkenes - Bergen)
Our 12-day signature Norwegian coastal cruise travels northbound and then southbound, taking in Norway’s many fjords and mountains along the way. Your ship will call at 34 ports of all sizes and cross the Arctic circle twice over 2,500 nautical miles. It is the definitive scenic route to see the Norwegian coast.
Leaving from:
Bergen
Cruise ship:
MS Polarlys
Visiting:
Bergen •
Florø •
Måløy •
Torvik •
From
Price shown provided by:
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Hurtigruten
Hurtigruten, a Norwegian-based cruise line first launched in 1893, offers year-round sailings that traverse the ice-blue waters of the Norwegian coast.
The Coastal Express boasts seven ships that connect 34 communities along Norway's coastline, with the aim of bringing travellers closer to local communities and nature.
The vessels include: Kong Harald, Nordkapp, Nordlys, Nordnorge, Polarys, Richard With and Versteralen.
619
Passengers
1996
Launched
2016
Last refit
11341t
Tonnage
123m
Length
19.5m
Width
15kts
Speed
6
Decks
NOK
Currency
Cruise Itinerary
Day 1
Bergen, Norway
Embark.
Day 2
Florø, Norway
Day 2
Måløy, Norway
Day 2
Torvik, Norway
Day 2
Ålesund, Norway
Day 2
Hjørundfjorden, Norway
Day 2
Ålesund, Norway
Day 2
Molde, Norway
Day 3
Kristiansund, Norway
Day 3
Trondheim, Norway
Day 3
Rørvik, Norway
Day 4
Brønnøysund, Norway
Day 4
Sandnessjøen, Norway
Day 4
Nesna, Norway
Day 4
Ørnes, Norway
Day 4
Bodø, Norway
Day 4
Stamsund, Norway
Day 4
Svolvær, Norway
Day 5
Stokmarknes, Norway
Day 5
Sortland, Vesteralen Islands, Norway
Day 5
Risøyhamn, Norway
Day 5
Harstad, Norway
Day 5
Finnsnes, Norway
Day 5
Tromsø, Norway
Day 5
Skjervøy, Norway
Day 6
Øksfjord, Norway
Day 6
Hammerfest, Norway
Day 6
Havøysund, Norway
Day 6
Honningsvåg, Norway
Day 6
Kjøllefjord, Norway
Day 6
Mehamn, Norway
Day 6
Berlevåg, Norway
Day 7
Båtsfjord, Norway
Day 7
Vardø, Norway
Day 7
Vadsø, Norway
Day 7
Kirkenes, Norway
Day 7
Vardø, Norway
Day 7
Båtsfjord, Norway
Day 7
Berlevåg, Norway
Day 8
Mehamn, Norway
Day 8
Kjøllefjord, Norway
Day 8
Honningsvåg, Norway
Day 8
Havøysund, Norway
Day 8
Hammerfest, Norway
Day 8
Øksfjord, Norway
Day 8
Skjervøy, Norway
Day 8
Tromsø, Norway
Day 9
Finnsnes, Norway
Day 9
Harstad, Norway
Day 9
Risøyhamn, Norway
Day 9
Sortland, Vesteralen Islands, Norway
Day 9
Stokmarknes, Norway
Day 9
Svolvær, Norway
Day 9
Stamsund, Norway
Day 10
Bodø, Norway
Day 10
Ørnes, Norway
Day 10
Nesna, Norway
Day 10
Sandnessjøen, Norway
Day 10
Brønnøysund, Norway
Day 10
Rørvik, Norway
Day 11
Trondheim, Norway
Day 11
Kristiansund, Norway
Day 11
Molde, Norway
Day 12
Ålesund, Norway
Day 12
Torvik, Norway
Day 12
Måløy, Norway
Day 12
Florø, Norway
Day 12
Bergen, Norway
Disembark.
Day 1
Bergen, Norway
![Florø, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 2
Florø, Norway
![Måløy, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 2
Måløy, Norway
![Torvik, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 2
Torvik, Norway
Day 2
Ålesund, Norway
![Hjørundfjorden, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 2
Hjørundfjorden, Norway
Day 2
Ålesund, Norway
![Molde, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 2
Molde, Norway
![Kristiansund, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 3
Kristiansund, Norway
Day 3
Trondheim, Norway
![Rørvik, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 3
Rørvik, Norway
![Brønnøysund, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 4
Brønnøysund, Norway
![Sandnessjøen, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 4
Sandnessjøen, Norway
![Nesna, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 4
Nesna, Norway
![Ørnes, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 4
Ørnes, Norway
![Bodø, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 4
Bodø, Norway
![Stamsund, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 4
Stamsund, Norway
![Svolvær, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 4
Svolvær, Norway
![Stokmarknes, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 5
Stokmarknes, Norway
![Sortland, Vesteralen Islands, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 5
Sortland, Vesteralen Islands, Norway
![Risøyhamn, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 5
Risøyhamn, Norway
![Harstad, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 5
Harstad, Norway
![Finnsnes, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 5
Finnsnes, Norway
Day 5
Tromsø, Norway
![Skjervøy, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 5
Skjervøy, Norway
![Øksfjord, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 6
Øksfjord, Norway
![Hammerfest, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 6
Hammerfest, Norway
![Havøysund, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 6
Havøysund, Norway
Day 6
Honningsvåg, Norway
![Kjøllefjord, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 6
Kjøllefjord, Norway
![Mehamn, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 6
Mehamn, Norway
![Berlevåg, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 6
Berlevåg, Norway
![Båtsfjord, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 7
Båtsfjord, Norway
![Vardø, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 7
Vardø, Norway
![Vadsø, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 7
Vadsø, Norway
Day 7
Kirkenes, Norway
![Vardø, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 7
Vardø, Norway
![Båtsfjord, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 7
Båtsfjord, Norway
![Berlevåg, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 7
Berlevåg, Norway
![Mehamn, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 8
Mehamn, Norway
![Kjøllefjord, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 8
Kjøllefjord, Norway
Day 8
Honningsvåg, Norway
![Havøysund, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 8
Havøysund, Norway
![Hammerfest, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 8
Hammerfest, Norway
![Øksfjord, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 8
Øksfjord, Norway
![Skjervøy, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 8
Skjervøy, Norway
Day 8
Tromsø, Norway
![Finnsnes, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 9
Finnsnes, Norway
![Harstad, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 9
Harstad, Norway
![Risøyhamn, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 9
Risøyhamn, Norway
![Sortland, Vesteralen Islands, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 9
Sortland, Vesteralen Islands, Norway
![Stokmarknes, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 9
Stokmarknes, Norway
![Svolvær, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 9
Svolvær, Norway
![Stamsund, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 9
Stamsund, Norway
![Bodø, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 10
Bodø, Norway
![Ørnes, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 10
Ørnes, Norway
![Nesna, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 10
Nesna, Norway
![Sandnessjøen, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 10
Sandnessjøen, Norway
![Brønnøysund, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 10
Brønnøysund, Norway
![Rørvik, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 10
Rørvik, Norway
Day 11
Trondheim, Norway
![Kristiansund, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 11
Kristiansund, Norway
![Molde, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 11
Molde, Norway
Day 12
Ålesund, Norway
![Torvik, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 12
Torvik, Norway
![Måløy, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 12
Måløy, Norway
![Florø, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/01/14/12/52/15/a7b6a130-001a-41a4-9c0b-08d52de197c9/MS Polarlys.jpg)
Day 12
Florø, Norway
Day 12
Bergen, Norway
Ship Details
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MS Polarlys
Polarlys is Norwegian for `polar light´, and refers to the natural Arctic phenomenon we pursue in winter.
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