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Viking Cruises

101 crossings between 41 ports in 23 countries. On 28 they are the only operator on the water; on 11 they are the quickest of several; on 49 a rival is faster.

Sailing with Viking Cruises

Their busiest port

Three things the timetable does not say

28% alone of their network has no rival at all. On those 28 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.

49 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 101 and left blank in the bars.

Where they are beaten

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

Barcelona – Civitavecchia-Rome Viking Cruises 144 h 00 Grimaldi Lines 22 h 15 rate not held 25 rivals

Civitavecchia-Rome – Piraeus-Athens Viking Cruises 144 h 00 Costa Cruises 120 h 00 rate not held 18 rivals

Civitavecchia-Rome – Tarragona Viking Cruises 144 h 00 MSC Cruises 120 h 00 rate not held 5 rivals

Civitavecchia-Rome – Venice Mestre (Stazione FS) Viking Cruises 144 h 00 Costa Cruises 120 h 00 rate not held 13 rivals

Barcelona – Lisbon (Oriente) 1006 km Viking Cruises 168 h 00 MSC Explora Journeys 168 h 00 rate not held 19 rivals

Piraeus-Athens – Venice Mestre (Stazione FS) Viking Cruises 168 h 00 MSC Explora Journeys 168 h 00 rate not held 15 rivals

Copenhagen Busterminal – Stockholm (St Eriksplan) 522 km Viking Cruises 168 h 00 Regent Seven Seas Cruises 168 h 00 rate not held 7 rivals

Bergen – Oslo 305 km Viking Cruises 168 h 00 Hurtigruten 24 h 00 rate not held 6 rivals

Oslo – Stockholm (St Eriksplan) 419 km Viking Cruises 168 h 00 MSC Cruises 144 h 00 rate not held 3 rivals

Hullo - Vancouver Ferry Terminal – Seward 2053 km Viking Cruises 216 h 00 Royal Caribbean 168 h 00 rate not held 7 rivals

Piraeus-Athens – Tarragona Viking Cruises 240 h 00 Celestyal Cruises 192 h 00 rate not held 3 rivals

Lisbon (Oriente) – London-Tilbury Viking Cruises 240 h 00 Ponant Cruises 240 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals

Bergen – Reykjavik 1456 km Viking Cruises 240 h 00 Atlas Ocean Voyages 240 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

East New York – Montreal 534 km Viking Cruises 264 h 00 Crystal Cruises 192 h 00 rate not held 10 rivals

Barcelona – Venice Mestre (Stazione FS) 934 km Viking Cruises 264 h 00 Oceania Cruises 216 h 00 rate not held 8 rivals

Benoa – Laem Chabang Viking Cruises 264 h 00 Crystal Cruises 216 h 00 rate not held 3 rivals

Fort Lauderdale – Panama City 1902 km Viking Cruises 264 h 00 Crystal Cruises 264 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

Auckland – Sydney 2156 km Viking Cruises 288 h 00 Carnival Cruise Line 120 h 00 rate not held 12 rivals

Bergen – London-Tilbury Viking Cruises 288 h 00 Scenic Cruises 240 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

Barcelona – Piraeus-Athens Viking Cruises 312 h 00 Princess Cruises 168 h 00 rate not held 16 rivals

Civitavecchia-Rome – Lisbon (Oriente) Viking Cruises 312 h 00 MSC Cruises 168 h 00 rate not held 11 rivals

Civitavecchia-Rome – Istanbul Viking Cruises 312 h 00 MSC Explora Journeys 168 h 00 rate not held 10 rivals

Istanbul – Venice Mestre (Stazione FS) 1435 km Viking Cruises 312 h 00 Uniworld 216 h 00 rate not held 5 rivals

Hong Kong – Tokyo 2880 km Viking Cruises 312 h 00 Princess Cruises 240 h 00 rate not held 12 rivals

Ushuaia – Valparaiso-Santiago Viking Cruises 312 h 00 Azamara Cruises 264 h 00 rate not held 4 rivals

Buenos Aires – Ushuaia 2372 km Viking Cruises 312 h 00 Ponant Cruises 168 h 00 rate not held 4 rivals

Barcelona – San Juan 6870 km Viking Cruises 312 h 00 Virgin Voyages 312 h 00 rate not held 4 rivals

Hong Kong – Laem Chabang Viking Cruises 312 h 00 Ritz Carlton Yacht Collection 264 h 00 rate not held 4 rivals

Belfast – London-Tilbury Viking Cruises 312 h 00 Seabourn Cruises 288 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

Copenhagen Busterminal – Oslo 480 km Viking Cruises 336 h 00 DFDS Seaways 17 h 30 rate not held 7 rivals

Buenos Aires – Valparaiso-Santiago Viking Cruises 336 h 00 Lindblad Expeditions 288 h 00 rate not held 10 rivals

East New York – Reykjavik 4205 km Viking Cruises 336 h 00 Virgin Voyages 336 h 00 rate not held 6 rivals

Barcelona – Fort Lauderdale 7517 km Viking Cruises 336 h 00 Royal Caribbean 336 h 00 rate not held 5 rivals

Benoa – Sydney 4616 km Viking Cruises 384 h 00 Azamara Cruises 312 h 00 rate not held 6 rivals

Fort Lauderdale – Los Angeles 3751 km Viking Cruises 432 h 00 Princess Cruises 360 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

Lisbon (Oriente) – Piraeus-Athens Viking Cruises 480 h 00 Holland America 240 h 00 rate not held 8 rivals

Barcelona – Buenos Aires 10466 km Viking Cruises 480 h 00 Celebrity Cruises 408 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals

Barcelona – Istanbul 2234 km Viking Cruises 480 h 00 Oceania Cruises 240 h 00 rate not held 3 rivals

Lisbon (Oriente) – Venice Mestre (Stazione FS) 1913 km Viking Cruises 480 h 00 Oceania Cruises 408 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals

Hullo - Vancouver Ferry Terminal – Tokyo 7553 km Viking Cruises 504 h 00 Holland America 360 h 00 rate not held 10 rivals

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Where they are the only boat

28 crossings with no other operator on record.

Chioggia – Piraeus-Athens 168 h 00 rate not held

Panama City – West Palm Beach Amtrak Station 264 h 00 rate not held 1971 km

London-Tilbury – Tromso 288 h 00 rate not held

Chioggia – Tarragona 288 h 00 rate not held 1003 km

Barcelona – Bergen 312 h 00 rate not held 2126 km

Chioggia – Istanbul 312 h 00 rate not held 1431 km

Bergen – Tarragona 312 h 00 rate not held 2162 km

Barcelona – Reykjavik 336 h 00 rate not held 2965 km

Duluth MN – Toronto 336 h 00 rate not held

Nuuk – Toronto 336 h 00 rate not held 2868 km

Fort Lauderdale – West Palm Beach Amtrak Station 360 h 00 rate not held 70 km

Fort Lauderdale – Toronto 360 h 00 rate not held 1953 km

Civitavecchia-Rome – London-Tilbury 360 h 00 rate not held

London-Tilbury – Tarragona 432 h 00 rate not held

Barcelona – Tromso 456 h 00 rate not held 3291 km

London-Tilbury – Venice Mestre (Stazione FS) 456 h 00 rate not held

East New York – Valparaiso-Santiago 480 h 00 rate not held

Bergen – East New York 648 h 00 rate not held 5612 km

Laem Chabang – Sydney 672 h 00 rate not held

Cape Town – Tokyo 840 h 00 rate not held 14732 km

Amsterdam – East New York 840 h 00 rate not held 5862 km

Fort Lauderdale – Ushuaia 984 h 00 rate not held 9065 km

Hullo - Vancouver Ferry Terminal – Laem Chabang 1200 h 00 rate not held

Toronto – Ushuaia 1296 h 00 rate not held 10996 km

Auckland – Hong Kong 1344 h 00 rate not held 9139 km

Milwaukee – Ushuaia 1488 h 00 rate not held

Buenos Aires – Milwaukee 1512 h 00 rate not held

Nuuk – Ushuaia 1944 h 00 rate not held 13307 km

Which months they sail

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

Our records for Viking Cruises 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 101 crossings carry a weekly rate; none carry a clock.

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