Northern Europe Cruise Ports

Northern Europe holds 130 cruise ports, 23% of the 573 in Europe. 7 of them are departure ports. The most visited cruise port in Northern Europe sub-region is also its busiest departure port: Copenhagen, Denmark, appearing in 1,265 upcoming itineraries.

By port count it ranks 2nd of 5 sub-regions in Europe, behind Western Europe at 241. Its ports span 14 countries, most of them in Norway, Denmark and Sweden.

Northern Europe has the shortest season of the European sub regions, roughly May to September, when the daylight is long enough to make the fjord and Baltic routes worth sailing. Copenhagen and Hamburg handle most of the turnarounds. Norwegian itineraries work the fjord ports at Alesund, Geiranger and Flam, while Baltic sailings run east through Stockholm, Helsinki and Tallinn.