Two key routes for the energy industry are to be resurrected by Loganair after the collapse of Flybmi at the weekend. When Flybmi announced its sudden end to operations and bankruptcy at the weekend, ...
Travel in Norway
Travel planning advice and top tips for making your way around Norway, and beyond.
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Tipping in Norway
Service charges and gratuities are the bane of travellers the world over. How should you approach tipping in Norway? The question of how much to tip in Norway is one that all first-time travellers - ...
New Travel Record in Norway
Measured by the number of guest nights in Norwegian hotels, Norway's travel industry enjoyed its fifth record-breaking year in a row in 2018. 33.8 million. According to figures released by Statistics ...
MS Vesterålen Ship Tour & Review
A 23-minute guided video tour of the second oldest ship in Hurtigruten's coastal fleet. Twelve days of diary entries weren't enough it seems! Many people have asked me for a more thorough review of ...
Day 12: The Journey’s End
Day 12: Twelve days that seems more like a month comes to an end as we pull back into Bergen and bid farewell to the MS Vesterålen. Today was something of an anti-climax as we spent a long time at ...
Day 11: Trondheim – Kristiansund – Molde
Day 11: A look at one of the other Hurtigruten ships in Trondheim before some long sailing time down the coast to Kristiansund and Molde. Everything is now winding down as we spent the last full day ...
Day 10: Blood Moon and the Seven Sisters
Hurtigruten Diary Day 10: A sensational view of the blood moon was an unexpected highlight of the trip as we crossed the Arctic Circle southbound and sailed down the Helgeland coast. It's a great ...
Day 9: Vesterålen to Lofoten by Moonlight
Hurtigruten Diary Day 9: Today we got to enjoy arguably Norway's most spectacular coastal scenery lit by a glorious full moon. As I wrote previously, the southbound return to Bergen is shorter and ...
Day 8: Hammerfest & Northern Lights!
Hurtigruten Diary Day 8: Blizzards on the deck, Hammerfest in the snow, and northern lights in Tromsø. Finally the northern lights came out to play properly! But more on that later... Hurtigruten ...
Day 7: Turnaround at Kirkenes
Hurtigruten Diary Day 7: After the turnaround port call at chilly Kirkenes, we begin the southbound leg of our epic winter journey along the Norwegian coast. Today was a strange day. After a busy ...