The Coastal Express - South (Kirkenes - Bergen)
Start this Norway scenic route with an Arctic tour of Norway, near the Russian border. You’ll go from the dramatic landscapes of Northern Norway to views of Senja, one of Norway’s most beautiful islands. We’ll then pass through the jaw-dropping Vesterålen and Lofoten islands, and along the Helgeland Coast with its mountain ranges and maze of islands.
Leaving from:
Kirkenes
Cruise ship:
MS Nordkapp
Visiting:
Kirkenes •
Vardø •
Båtsfjord •
Berlevåg •
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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.
590
Passengers
70
Crew
1996
Launched
2016
Last refit
11386t
Tonnage
123.3m
Length
19.5m
Width
18kts
Speed
6
Decks
NOK
Currency
Cruise Itinerary
Day 1
Kirkenes, Norway
Embark.
Day 1
Vardø, Norway
Day 1
Båtsfjord, Norway
Day 1
Berlevåg, Norway
Day 2
Mehamn, Norway
Day 2
Kjøllefjord, Norway
Day 2
Honningsvåg, Norway
Day 2
Havøysund, Norway
Day 2
Hammerfest, Norway
Day 2
Øksfjord, Norway
Day 2
Skjervøy, Norway
Day 2
Tromsø, Norway
Day 3
Finnsnes, Norway
Day 3
Harstad, Norway
Day 3
Risøyhamn, Norway
Day 3
Sortland, Vesteralen Islands, Norway
Day 3
Stokmarknes, Norway
Day 3
Svolvær, Norway
Day 3
Stamsund, Norway
Day 4
Bodø, Norway
Day 4
Ørnes, Norway
Day 4
Nesna, Norway
Day 4
Sandnessjøen, Norway
Day 4
Brønnøysund, Norway
Day 4
Rørvik, Norway
Day 5
Trondheim, Norway
Day 5
Kristiansund, Norway
Day 5
Molde, Norway
Day 6
Ålesund, Norway
Day 6
Torvik, Norway
Day 6
Måløy, Norway
Day 6
Florø, Norway
Day 6
Bergen, Norway
Disembark.
Day 1
Kirkenes, Norway
![Vardø, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/08/01/10/13/56/2e52008b-ca11-4d52-a24b-3d6f4416b833/Hurtigruten Coastal Express MS Nordkapp EXTERIOR - Credit Ørjan Bertelsen Hurtigruten.jpg)
Day 1
Vardø, Norway
![Båtsfjord, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/08/01/10/13/56/2e52008b-ca11-4d52-a24b-3d6f4416b833/Hurtigruten Coastal Express MS Nordkapp EXTERIOR - Credit Ørjan Bertelsen Hurtigruten.jpg)
Day 1
Båtsfjord, Norway
![Berlevåg, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/08/01/10/13/56/2e52008b-ca11-4d52-a24b-3d6f4416b833/Hurtigruten Coastal Express MS Nordkapp EXTERIOR - Credit Ørjan Bertelsen Hurtigruten.jpg)
Day 1
Berlevåg, Norway
![Mehamn, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/08/01/10/13/56/2e52008b-ca11-4d52-a24b-3d6f4416b833/Hurtigruten Coastal Express MS Nordkapp EXTERIOR - Credit Ørjan Bertelsen Hurtigruten.jpg)
Day 2
Mehamn, Norway
![Kjøllefjord, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/08/01/10/13/56/2e52008b-ca11-4d52-a24b-3d6f4416b833/Hurtigruten Coastal Express MS Nordkapp EXTERIOR - Credit Ørjan Bertelsen Hurtigruten.jpg)
Day 2
Kjøllefjord, Norway
Day 2
Honningsvåg, Norway
![Havøysund, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/08/01/10/13/56/2e52008b-ca11-4d52-a24b-3d6f4416b833/Hurtigruten Coastal Express MS Nordkapp EXTERIOR - Credit Ørjan Bertelsen Hurtigruten.jpg)
Day 2
Havøysund, Norway
![Hammerfest, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/08/01/10/13/56/2e52008b-ca11-4d52-a24b-3d6f4416b833/Hurtigruten Coastal Express MS Nordkapp EXTERIOR - Credit Ørjan Bertelsen Hurtigruten.jpg)
Day 2
Hammerfest, Norway
![Øksfjord, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/08/01/10/13/56/2e52008b-ca11-4d52-a24b-3d6f4416b833/Hurtigruten Coastal Express MS Nordkapp EXTERIOR - Credit Ørjan Bertelsen Hurtigruten.jpg)
Day 2
Øksfjord, Norway
![Skjervøy, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/08/01/10/13/56/2e52008b-ca11-4d52-a24b-3d6f4416b833/Hurtigruten Coastal Express MS Nordkapp EXTERIOR - Credit Ørjan Bertelsen Hurtigruten.jpg)
Day 2
Skjervøy, Norway
Day 2
Tromsø, Norway
![Finnsnes, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/08/01/10/13/56/2e52008b-ca11-4d52-a24b-3d6f4416b833/Hurtigruten Coastal Express MS Nordkapp EXTERIOR - Credit Ørjan Bertelsen Hurtigruten.jpg)
Day 3
Finnsnes, Norway
![Harstad, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/08/01/10/13/56/2e52008b-ca11-4d52-a24b-3d6f4416b833/Hurtigruten Coastal Express MS Nordkapp EXTERIOR - Credit Ørjan Bertelsen Hurtigruten.jpg)
Day 3
Harstad, Norway
![Risøyhamn, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/08/01/10/13/56/2e52008b-ca11-4d52-a24b-3d6f4416b833/Hurtigruten Coastal Express MS Nordkapp EXTERIOR - Credit Ørjan Bertelsen Hurtigruten.jpg)
Day 3
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/2024/08/01/10/13/56/2e52008b-ca11-4d52-a24b-3d6f4416b833/Hurtigruten Coastal Express MS Nordkapp EXTERIOR - Credit Ørjan Bertelsen Hurtigruten.jpg)
Day 3
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/2024/08/01/10/13/56/2e52008b-ca11-4d52-a24b-3d6f4416b833/Hurtigruten Coastal Express MS Nordkapp EXTERIOR - Credit Ørjan Bertelsen Hurtigruten.jpg)
Day 3
Stokmarknes, Norway
![Svolvær, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/08/01/10/13/56/2e52008b-ca11-4d52-a24b-3d6f4416b833/Hurtigruten Coastal Express MS Nordkapp EXTERIOR - Credit Ørjan Bertelsen Hurtigruten.jpg)
Day 3
Svolvær, Norway
![Stamsund, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/08/01/10/13/56/2e52008b-ca11-4d52-a24b-3d6f4416b833/Hurtigruten Coastal Express MS Nordkapp EXTERIOR - Credit Ørjan Bertelsen Hurtigruten.jpg)
Day 3
Stamsund, Norway
![Bodø, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/08/01/10/13/56/2e52008b-ca11-4d52-a24b-3d6f4416b833/Hurtigruten Coastal Express MS Nordkapp EXTERIOR - Credit Ørjan Bertelsen Hurtigruten.jpg)
Day 4
Bodø, Norway
![Ørnes, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/08/01/10/13/56/2e52008b-ca11-4d52-a24b-3d6f4416b833/Hurtigruten Coastal Express MS Nordkapp EXTERIOR - Credit Ørjan Bertelsen Hurtigruten.jpg)
Day 4
Ørnes, Norway
![Nesna, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/08/01/10/13/56/2e52008b-ca11-4d52-a24b-3d6f4416b833/Hurtigruten Coastal Express MS Nordkapp EXTERIOR - Credit Ørjan Bertelsen Hurtigruten.jpg)
Day 4
Nesna, Norway
![Sandnessjøen, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/08/01/10/13/56/2e52008b-ca11-4d52-a24b-3d6f4416b833/Hurtigruten Coastal Express MS Nordkapp EXTERIOR - Credit Ørjan Bertelsen Hurtigruten.jpg)
Day 4
Sandnessjøen, Norway
![Brønnøysund, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/08/01/10/13/56/2e52008b-ca11-4d52-a24b-3d6f4416b833/Hurtigruten Coastal Express MS Nordkapp EXTERIOR - Credit Ørjan Bertelsen Hurtigruten.jpg)
Day 4
Brønnøysund, Norway
![Rørvik, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/08/01/10/13/56/2e52008b-ca11-4d52-a24b-3d6f4416b833/Hurtigruten Coastal Express MS Nordkapp EXTERIOR - Credit Ørjan Bertelsen Hurtigruten.jpg)
Day 4
Rørvik, Norway
Day 5
Trondheim, Norway
![Kristiansund, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/08/01/10/13/56/2e52008b-ca11-4d52-a24b-3d6f4416b833/Hurtigruten Coastal Express MS Nordkapp EXTERIOR - Credit Ørjan Bertelsen Hurtigruten.jpg)
Day 5
Kristiansund, Norway
![Molde, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/08/01/10/13/56/2e52008b-ca11-4d52-a24b-3d6f4416b833/Hurtigruten Coastal Express MS Nordkapp EXTERIOR - Credit Ørjan Bertelsen Hurtigruten.jpg)
Day 5
Molde, Norway
Day 6
Ålesund, Norway
![Torvik, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/08/01/10/13/56/2e52008b-ca11-4d52-a24b-3d6f4416b833/Hurtigruten Coastal Express MS Nordkapp EXTERIOR - Credit Ørjan Bertelsen Hurtigruten.jpg)
Day 6
Torvik, Norway
![Måløy, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/08/01/10/13/56/2e52008b-ca11-4d52-a24b-3d6f4416b833/Hurtigruten Coastal Express MS Nordkapp EXTERIOR - Credit Ørjan Bertelsen Hurtigruten.jpg)
Day 6
Måløy, Norway
![Florø, Norway image](https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=700,quality=90/https://widgety-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/08/01/10/13/56/2e52008b-ca11-4d52-a24b-3d6f4416b833/Hurtigruten Coastal Express MS Nordkapp EXTERIOR - Credit Ørjan Bertelsen Hurtigruten.jpg)
Day 6
Florø, Norway
Day 6
Bergen, Norway
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MS Nordkapp
MS Nordkapp is named after the northernmost point on mainland Europe: North Cape (71ºN) - one of the geographical highpoints you can visit on a Hurtigruten voyage.
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