We've been considering doing a cruise at some point in the next few years. Norway/northern Europe piqued our interest too. Do you have any particular recommendations?
Been to Norway a couple of times, any that go into some of the fjords(I think they all do to be fair) - I got myself up early so I could be on deck the whole sail down (even though you see it on the way out too).
Geirangerfjord is often a stop on cruises, honestly my memory is shocking, been a few years. That's a good long sail inland.
Loved Bergen, theres an old part down by the harbour and some decent food up the mountain you can get up in a fenicular.
TBH i don't think you can go wrong on any Northern Europe cruise.
Another one took in Iceland which was great. Definitely want to go back but that will probably be a flight so we can drive inland.
Trying to remember who we went with. TUI was actually the most relaxed iirc, MSC not so much.
It's been a while, last one I went on did Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia and it was so long a go St Petersburg just before it all kicked off (Russian border control seemed to want to interrogate me just to go sightseeing).
Stockholm is a lovely capital, actually they all are, Helsinki, København, Oslo, Tallinn (Helsinki I'm in most years so that was a bit odd but hey ho and I've been to Stockholm a few times).
I did one around Norway a few years ago, but it was too much like Butlins-on-sea for me. I get the appeal, though.
Yeah I get that. We literally get off when it dock and back on just before it leaves. Only ever use it for bed and food, never do the shows or whatever, just don't seem the appeal.
I can never understand it when you dock somewhere nice and people are setting themselves up for a day, or most of the day on the ship. I just don't get it.
