Operator ·

Hurtigruten

24 crossings between 11 ports in 6 countries. On 16 they are the only operator on the water; on 4 they are the quickest of several; on 3 a rival is faster.

Sailing with Hurtigruten

Their busiest port

Three things the timetable does not say

67% alone of their network has no rival at all. On those 16 crossings the question is not who is quicker — it is whether you sail. A comparison site showing one result is not showing you a choice.

3 beaten crossings where another operator is quicker on the same water. Their own site cannot tell you this, and a booking engine sorted by price will not.

2 untimed crossings carry no duration anywhere we can source. They are counted in the 24 and left blank in the bars.

Where they are beaten

3 crossings where a rival is faster or the two are level. This is the section an operator would never publish.

Copenhagen Busterminal – Oslo 480 km Hurtigruten 360 h 00 DFDS Seaways 17 h 30 rate not held 7 rivals

Bergen – Stockholm (St Eriksplan) 722 km Hurtigruten 360 h 00 Viking Cruises 312 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals

Helsinki, Bus Station (Kamppi) – Reykjavik 2416 km Hurtigruten 456 h 00 Quark Expeditions 360 h 00 rate not held 3 rivals

Where they are the only boat

16 crossings with no other operator on record.

Bergen – Trondheim 24 h 00 rate not held 429 km

Svolvaer – Tromso 24 h 00 rate not held 235 km

Kirkenes – Tromso 24 h 00 rate not held 428 km

Svolvaer – Trondheim 24 h 00 rate not held 567 km

Tromso – Trondheim 48 h 00 rate not held 787 km

Bergen – Svolvaer 72 h 00 rate not held 977 km

Kirkenes – Svolvaer 72 h 00 rate not held 637 km

Kirkenes – Trondheim 96 h 00 rate not held 1107 km

Kirkenes – Oslo 96 h 00 rate not held 1411 km

Bergen – Tromso 96 h 00 rate not held 1206 km

Bergen – Kirkenes 120 h 00 rate not held 1536 km

Oslo – Svolvaer 120 h 00 rate not held 945 km

Bergen – Longyearbyen 168 h 00 rate not held 2016 km

Copenhagen Busterminal – Tromso 264 h 00 rate not held 1582 km

Bergen – Kirkenes not held rate not held 1536 km

Oslo – Trondheim not held rate not held 393 km

Which months they sail

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for Hurtigruten crossings were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

Where our records stop

No fares. Every comparison on this page is time and frequency only, and the fast-versus-conventional decision is mostly a price decision.

No departure times. 0 of 24 crossings carry a weekly rate; none carry a clock.

No vessels. We hold a fast/conventional class and no ship names.