Kirkenes Departures 2027

How the Schedule Works

Sailing dates from Kirkenes

Seven ships work the Coastal Express, and each one sails the full round voyage from Bergen to Kirkenes and back before starting again, a cycle of eleven days. Between them they give 226 departures from Kirkenes in 2027, which works out at a sailing roughly every other day through most of the year.

Every Kirkenes departure leaves at 12:30 and heads south, reaching Bergen on the afternoon of the sixth day, calling at every port the northbound ships pass in darkness. Which ship you sail on depends on the date, so the table below lists both. If you would rather sail a particular ship than travel on a particular date, the ship pages linked below show you her dates at a glance.

The Fleet

The seven Coastal Express ships

• MS Kong Harald sails every 11 days, 33 departures in 2027
• MS Nordkapp sails every 11 days, 33 departures in 2027
• MS Nordlys sails every 11 days, 32 departures in 2027
• MS Nordnorge sails every 11 days, 31 departures in 2027
• MS Polarlys sails every 11 days, 33 departures in 2027
• MS Richard With sails every 11 days, 33 departures in 2027
• MS Vesterålen sails every 11 days, 31 departures in 2027

Each ship keeps the same eleven day rhythm all year, apart from her annual dry dock, which is why a ship occasionally skips a cycle and reappears twenty two days later.

Related

More schedules and information

• Bergen Departures 2027, the northbound sailing dates
• Northbound Timetable, port by port from Bergen to Kirkenes
• Southbound Timetable, port by port from Kirkenes to Bergen
• The Coastal Express Round Voyage, 12 days Bergen to Kirkenes and back
• Coastal Express North, 7 days Bergen to Kirkenes
• Hurtigruten Ports of Call

To book a departure, call 0333 405 0194.