Then there were the ports of call – 11 between Tromso and Kirkenes, each visited twice – a reminder of the raison d’être of this maritime lifeline. From Honningsvag we took a bus to North Cape (an ...

It's a thrill arriving in Tromso, for this is call-of-the-wild country. The frontier town 350 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle is a springboard to the snowy north's polar darkness, to the ...

Sail into the Norwegian wilderness where you can hunt for crabs in Jarfjord, go snowmobiling in Kirkenes and maybe catch the northern lights along the way. Sail into the Norwegian wilderness where you ...

Hurtigruten (0844 448 7654; www.hurtigruten.co.uk) has 11 ships and offers a number of Norway cruises year-round, northbound, southbound or round-trip, with the option of flights as part of the ...

You won't need a Golden Compass to find the Northern Lights - just hop on Hurtigruten's five-day Astronomy Voyage. Throughout this five-day trip from Tromso to Kirkenes, in the north of Norway, and ...

Although the number of tourists visiting northern Norway continues to increase, tour operators in Kirkenes are worried that the upcoming winter season will be difficult. The number of foreign ...