A journey with the iconic Hurtigruten offers the best views at a gentle pace - it is the ideal way to discover Norway's varied coastal landscape ... Check out the cities on the map by scrolling ...

We have put to sea about as far north as you can put to sea, off the uppermost cape of coastal Norway, high above the Arctic Circle. The boat pitches and heaves in the rockbound channels ...

When summer throngs hit fever pitch, head to any of these off-the-beaten-coast coastal cities and towns. If you’ve waited until now to book this kind of quintessential European vacation ...