Hurtigruten Schedules 2026

Hurtigruten has worked the Norwegian coast since 1893, and it sells two quite different things. Most of its marketing is cruise — themed voyages and expedition sailings. But underneath sits havn til havn, port to port: the Bergen–Kirkenes coastal route used as scheduled transport, one leg at a time.

Port to port is the part that is a ferry

You can board at any of the 30-odd calls and get off at the next one, paying for the leg rather than the voyage. It is how people along the coast actually use these ships — and how you reach places where the alternative is a long drive or a small plane. Discounts of up to 25% run on port-to-port fares, with up to 20% on selected autumn sailings.

The ships

Nine vessels work the coastal route: MS Trollfjord, Kong Harald, Midnatsol, Nordkapp, Nordlys, Nordnorge, Richard With, Polarlys and Vesterålen. A live map shows where each one is now.

The northern lights guarantee

On winter voyages Hurtigruten offers a Northern Lights Guarantee — if the aurora does not appear during the sailing, you travel again. Few operators will underwrite the weather like that.

Practical

Payment now includes Vipps, Norway's mobile payment system. The company carries freight alongside passengers, publishes sailing notices with the timetable, and runs excursions at the ports of call. There is a coastal museum, a foundation, and a published ESG report.

What this timetable actually holds is fragments

Be careful reading the numbers on this page. Our data carries 24 departures attributed to Hurtigruten, and almost every leg has exactly one — Molde to Kristiansund at 23:05, Nesna to Ørnes at 06:10, Ørnes to Bodø at 10:10, Rørvik to Brønnøysund at 22:00. These are single daily calls on a continuous coastal voyage, recorded here as separate routes.

The exception is Ålesund to Urke with two departures at 135 and 150 minutes — a fjord branch rather than part of the main line. Treat this page as a partial view of the Bergen–Kirkenes service: the ports and the timings are real, but the coverage is not the full route.