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EnglishL'Express coastal of Hurtigruten, mid-ferry mid-cruising, transports freight and passengers all the year to supply the coastal towns of the Far North and to discover the wild landscapes. The line, exploited for 120 years, has served the 2700 kilometers of the Norwegian coast between Bergen, the second city of the country, and Kirkénes, with just three kilometers of the Russian border. The Hurtigruten maritime company has 12 boats which surf permanently, bank holidays understood.
On board ms Midnatsol, the name means Midnight sun, one of the linerships, I take you along in the vastness and the quietude of the fjords. The stopovers follow one another in increasingly small ports, fixed on the rocks. Kristiansund, Alesund, Trondheim,
Bodo, Harstad, Finnsnes and finally Tromsø, the capital of Arctic Norway where the Atlantic Ocean joined the sea of Barents, icy water which bathes the end of the end of Europe.
On board ms Midnatsol, the name means Midnight sun, one of the linerships, I take you along in the vastness and the quietude of the fjords. The stopovers follow one another in increasingly small ports, fixed on the rocks. Kristiansund, Alesund, Trondheim,
Bodo, Harstad, Finnsnes and finally Tromsø, the capital of Arctic Norway where the Atlantic Ocean joined the sea of Barents, icy water which bathes the end of the end of Europe.
