• • Breakfast at the hotel.
  • Day at leisure in Tromsø.
  • Recommended attractions:
    • Arctic Cathedral
    • Polar Museum
    • Tromsø Gondola lift
    • Polaria Arctic Aquarium
    • Mack brewery
  • Hurtigruten cruise departure:
    • Embarkation/check-in commences at 14:30 hrs
    • Check-in at least 30 minutes before departure
    • Departure from Tromsø at 18:30 hrs
    • Dinner onboard Hurtigruten.
  • Optional Shore Excursions can be booked in advance.
  • Accommodation onboard Hurtigruten.

  Breakfast at the hotel. This day is at your own leisure to explore Tromsø. Sights of interest include the Polar Museum, Arctic Cathedral, Polaria Arctic Aquarium, Mack brewery and more. Today you will also have the possibility to join one of the optional winter activities, before embarking on your winter cruise with Hurtigruten at 18:30 hrs. Dinner and accommodation onboard.

• Hurtigruten Cruise.
• Attractions along the coast:
  • The North Cape (only on shore excursion)
  • Fishing station
  • Sværholdtklubben, bird cliffs
  • Finnkjerka, mountain formation
• Optional Shore Excursions.
• Breakfast buffet & dinner onboard.
• Accommodation onboard Hurtigruten.

This morning you will spend at sea before arriving in Honningsvåg around noon. Excursion possibility to the North Cape Plateau where you can admire the panoramic view of the open wide expanse of the Arctic Ocean. Entrance to the North Cape Hall with viewing platform, souvenir shops, cinema, cafeteria and restaurant, is included in the excursion. The cruise continues in the afternoon towards Kirkenes. Dinner and accommodation on board.

• Hurtigruten Cruise arrival in Kirkenes at 09:00 hrs.
• Attractions along the coast:
  • Kirkenes, the turning point of the journey
• Optional Shore Excursions.
• Departure from Kirkenes at 12:30 hrs
• Attractions along the coast:
  • Vardø, Norway’s most easterly town.
  • Vardøhus Fortification
• Breakfast buffet & dinner onboard.
• Accommodation onboard Hurtigruten.

While you sleep, the ship continues sailing east along the Varanger peninsula, past Båtsfjord and Vardø. At breakfast time, you will pass by Vadsø, the administrative centre of Finnmark. It was from here that the Arctic explorers Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth began their flights over the North Pole in the airship, Norge. At 9:00 am you will arrive in Kirkenes, the last stop on the northbound journey with Hurtigruten. During the stay in Kirkenes you can join a dog-sledding excursion, a visit to the Russian boarder or a visit at the snow hotel. At noon your cruise continues, heading back south toward Tromsø.
Dinner and accommodation onboard.

• Hurtigruten Cruise.
• Attractions along the coast:
  • Hammerfest
  • Tromsø by night
• Optional Shore Excursions.
• Breakfast buffet & dinner onboard.
• Arrival in Tromsø at 23:45 hrs.
• Accommodation in Tromsø.

Arrival in Hammerfest. Hammerfest was the first town in Norway to have electric street lighting. As early as 1891, residents could enjoy fully lit streets during the winter darkness. The cruise continues south-west towards Tromsø. Dinner onboard Hurtigruten before arriving in Tromsø just before midnight. Accommodation in Tromsø.

• • Breakfast at the hotel.
  • Departure from Tromsø according to your own itinerary.

  Breakfast at the hotel. Departure from Tromsø according to your own itinerary, or perhaps you would like to combine your Northern Lights Cruise with an Oslo city break?