Tag: cruise
Hurtigruten breaks through the ice
Norway's passenger shipping line Hurtigruten hasn't only sailed through a sea of financial trouble in recent years. Now it's setting records in the winter...
Smoother sailing for Hurtigruten
Norway's famed coastal shipping line Hurtigruten won't be facing competition for the rights to ply the route from Bergen to Kirkenes after all. Hurtigruten...
Hurtigruten faces competition
Norway's famed coastal shipping line Hurtigruten has plied the waters from Bergen north to Kirkenes for decades but now may get some competition from...
Hotels slump, cruising soars
While Norwegian hotels are having a disappointing summer season this year, the number of cruise passengers passing through Norway has skyrocketed. It's debatable, though,...
Cruise season gets underway
The first cruiseships of the summer season have started turning up in Oslo, and many more will be following. Not all of them will...
Cruise record calls for more piers
Another record number of cruise ships sailed in and out of Oslo this past summer, and around the entire country as well. The booming...
Cruise ships resist tax call
Norway's annual cruise season is winding down, and it seems the country as a cruise destination is more popular than ever. Norwegian hotels, however,...
Cruiseship spill in Geiranger raises environmental concerns
With scores of cruiseships sailing into Norway’s scenic Geiranger Fjord all summer long, it was perhaps just a matter of time before one of...
Oslo cruises to new record year
The global financial crisis hasn't cut into the number of cruise calls expected by Oslo port officials this season, at least not yet. Large,...
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