Category: Borealis

Today, we arrived at our final port on this trip, Haugesund. We haven’t been here before, so we were keen to explore. It was quite a long walk from the cruise pier into the town, which took us right past a massive building where they built offshore drilling rigs, and over Risoy Bridge, a large, new-looking, concrete road and passenger...

As with Skjolden, because we’ve only been here a few weeks ago, our visit today felt like deja vu. We even opted to undertake our regular walk alongside the river to the lake, and over the hill via the Viking burial grounds back to the small town, as we’ve done several times before. There aren’t many alternative hiking options in...

Our day began with a light tapping on the cabin door; it was a man in blue overalls wanting to test the water. I grumbled slightly and told him to wait while we got dressed (we were still in our pink and crinklies)… it wasn’t even 9am! When we finally walked down the gangway it felt like deja vu as...

Today, we arrived at our first port-of-call, Olden, dropping anchor next to the Borealis’ sister ship, Bolette. As we are at anchor, transfer to shore is via tender boat. Tours get priority, of course, with an open tender being operated after 11.30. Anyone wishing to go ashore independently would need to pre-book a seat. We planned to visit the Loen...

Tracey prefers to drink her own coffee in the cabin, instead of what comes out ‘on-tap’ in The View. The mugs in our cabin are tiny, though, and not what we would consider a ‘proper mug full’, so we’ve purloined two of the larger mugs from The View for the purpose. It’s not really stealing… its more like redistribution. To...