maanantai 10. kesäkuuta 2013

Ivalon kautta Kirkenesiin

Tänään on alettava pakkailemaan laukkuja. Huomenna tiistaina lennämme Ivaloon ja olemme siellä yötä. Keskiviikkona jatkamme Kirkkoniemeen ja risteily alkaa sieltä klo 12:45. Ensimmäinen pysähdys on Vardo:ssa klo 16:00.

33 ports, 15 excursions, multiple fjords and fells - but when to sleep?

Our ship will visit 33 ports. We have possibility to visit each of the ports / citys / villages. The ship will stay at these quays from 15 minutes to 3 hours 30 minutes. We also have a possibility to attend to 15 different excursions.

According to me these sounds the most interesting ones:

Breakfast at the North Cape (Nordkapp)
The Northernmost city of the world (Hammerfest)
Midnight concert at the arctic cathedral (Tromsø)
Lofoten islands (Svolvær)
Trondheim city walk
The atlantic road (Kristinssund)
Bergen city sightseeing

http://www.hurtigruten.com/norway-voyages/summer/voyages/classic-summer-voyages/#excursions

Some of the visits and excursions will happen during night time. So when to sleep? During day time maybe... depending on the weather forecasts, excursions, breakfast, lunch, dinner times, fjords, and fells.


Timetable made by Pia:

 

Hurtigruten Cruise in Nightless Skies and Nights in Norway from Kirkeness to Bergen Jun 11th to 17th 2013

Sailing plan: Our voyage will start from Kirkeness (Kirkkoniemi, Girgonjárga) on Wednesday June 12th 12:45 PM. We are sailing southbound towards Bergen. In Bergen we are estimated to be on Monday June 17th 14:30 PM. The ship will stay 3 days above the Artic Circle.

Our ship will be MS Finnmarken. She was built in 2002. Passenger capacity of the ship is 1000.

Finnmarken will have one unique speciality: She is the only Hurtigruten ship with both a swimming pool and Jacuzzis on deck. I'll wait the nightless skies (the midnight Sun with 24 hours of daylight) and hopefully the warm water of Jacuzzis. So swimming suit is "one of the must to have objects" to pack.

One more unique feature in our MS Finnmarken is the accessibility of her whole bow. On the 5th deck guests have a a possibility to have some excercise by walking (or maybe even jogging) all the way to the front of the ship. This must be tested!