Would you join a cruise that begins in Helsinki?
Norwegian Cruise Line is betting on it.
The world’s third-largest cruise model on Thursday unveiled plans for summer season voyages from the Finnish capital — one thing that just about no different line affords.
The sailings, which is able to kick off in 2026, would be the first Norwegian has supplied from Helsinki within the 58-year historical past of the model. They may even put it amongst a small variety of strains which have ever supplied cruises from Helsinki.
For the approaching yr, just one small cruise model, France-based Ponant Cruises, shall be working cruises from Helsinki, and solely a handful. One different small cruise model, Windstar Cruises, plans a brief collection of three sailings from Helsinki in 2026.
In its announcement, which was posted on-line, Norwegian mentioned the 1,936-passenger Norwegian Solar would sail Baltic voyages out of Helsinki beginning in June 2026 via October 2026.
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Starting from seven to 10 nights, the sailings will largely be one-way journeys to Copenhagen that can embrace port stops in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Germany.
One of many sailings, on the finish of the season, shall be a one-way journey from Helsinki to Southampton, England.
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Helsinki is commonly a port cease on Baltic cruises, however it’s historically not been a house port. Baltic cruises sometimes begin or finish in European cruise hubs comparable to Copenhagen, Southampton and Amsterdam.
Norwegian’s launch of Baltic cruises from Helsinki will, notably, permit cruisers to create prolonged Baltic journeys that mix a number of days of exploring Helsinki and its environment by land with a crusing across the area.
The journeys will seemingly enchantment to cruisers who need to spend extra time in Helsinki and its environment than the few hours within the metropolis which can be sometimes included in a Baltic cruise.
The brand new sailings for the summer season of 2026 embrace:
- Seven-night voyages from Helsinki to Copenhagen with calls at Tallinn, Estonia; Stockholm; Klaipeda, Lithuania; Gdynia, Poland; Warnemunde, Germany (from which cruisers can attain Berlin); and Kiel, Germany (for excursions to Hamburg, Germany)
- 9-night voyages from Helsinki to Copenhagen with calls on the identical six ports
- A single 10-night crusing from Helsinki to Southampton with calls at Tallinn, Stockholm, Klaipeda, Gdynia, Warnemunde, Kiel and Copenhagen
In tandem with the brand new sailings from Helsinki to Copenhagen, Norwegian Solar additionally will function one-way sailings again from Copenhagen to Helsinki from June 2026 to October 2026. The sailings will go to the identical ports.
The one-way voyages from Copenhagen will permit cruisers so as to add further days in Finland to the top of their voyages.
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Norwegian Solar shall be amongst eight Norwegian ships working in Europe for the summer season of 2026. The journeys will start and finish at 11 totally different embarkation ports that — along with Helsinki, Copenhagen and Southampton — embrace Le Havre, France; Barcelona; Ravenna and Civitavecchia (the port for Rome) in Italy; and Istanbul.
Different house ports in Europe for 2026 will embrace Piraeus, Greece (the port for Athens).
Amongst different uncommon new sailings deliberate for 2026 are 10- and 11-day voyages between Reykjavik and Southampton that can permit passengers to increase their cruise holidays with a land keep in Iceland. The voyages will happen on the two,348-passenger Norwegian Star.
Throughout among the voyages between Reykjavik and Southampton, Norwegian Star will cease at Leirvik, Norway — one other first in Norwegian’s 58-year historical past.
Norwegian Star’s 11-day Iceland sailings additionally will embrace an in a single day keep in Reykjavik.
Fares for the brand new Baltic sailings out of Helsinki begin at $1,387 per individual, together with taxes and costs for a seven-night journey.
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