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Ferry regions
Ferry travel is intensely local — a fjord crossing in Vestland, a lifeline express boat in Nordland and a heritage paddle steamer on an inland lake have almost nothing in common but the water. These hubs group each country's network by region so you can jump straight to the routes, quays and timetables for the coast you're actually travelling.
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Norway
NordlandLofoten, the coastal express & the Arctic Circle317 routes222 quays
VestlandNorway's busiest fjord-crossing network273 routes228 quays
RogalandStavanger, Ryfylke & the gateway to Lysefjord196 routes104 quays
Møre og RomsdalNorway's car-ferry capital & the Geirangerfjord89 routes71 quays
TromsArctic crossings around Tromsø, Senja & Lyngen88 routes59 quays
TrøndelagTrondheimsfjord crossings & island-hopping to Frøya76 routes62 quays
FinnmarkExpress boats across Norway's far north65 routes42 quays
Oslo og AkershusOslofjord island ferries & commuter boats47 routes33 quays
Vestfold og TelemarkThe historic Telemark Canal & Kragerø archipelago39 routes34 quays
AgderThe southern skerry coast & summer islands34 routes32 quays
ØstfoldThe eastern Oslofjord & the Hvaler islands32 routes19 quays
InnlandetInland lake ferries & the world's oldest paddle steamer9 routes28 quays
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Italy
- Veneto388 routes148 quays
- Lake Maggiore40 routes12 quays
SardiniaOvernight crossings from mainland Italy18 routes11 quays- ToscanaThe Tuscan mainland's springboard to Elba, Corsica and Sardinia17 routes11 quays
CampaniaHydrofoils across the Bay of Naples10 routes7 quays- SicilyFrom the volcanic Aeolians to the long lines across the Tyrrhenian9 routes5 quays
- Lake Como8 routes4 quays
Aeolian IslandsVolcanic island-hopping off Sicily6 routes4 quays- Lake GardaOne car ferry across the middle of Italy's largest lake2 routes4 quays
- Friuli-Venezia GiuliaTrieste's Habsburg quays pointing south to Greece0 routes5 quays
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United States
New YorkCommuter boats across the harbor119 routes37 quays
MassachusettsBoston Harbor & the Cape Cod islands49 routes24 quays
WashingtonThe largest ferry system in the United States44 routes26 quays
North CarolinaPassenger boats to the Outer Banks barrier islands6 routes5 quays
OregonHistoric car ferries on the Willamette River6 routes6 quays
FloridaNational-park island boats, Gulf coast to the Keys1 routes5 quays
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Greece
CycladesThe classic Greek island-hopping playground50 routes17 quays- Dodecanese35 routes10 quays
- North Aegean22 routes4 quays
- Ionian IslandsCorfu and the green islands off Greece's western shore15 routes6 quays
- CreteGreece's southern giant, tied to Athens and the Cyclades by overnight ship14 routes4 quays
- Saronic Islands8 routes5 quays
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Hong Kong
- Hong Kong IslandStar Ferry green-and-white, and jet-boats bound for Macau50 routes17 quays
- KowloonThe Star Ferry glide across Victoria Harbour32 routes14 quays
- Lantau IslandThe slow boat from Lantau's old harbour town into the neon of Central.17 routes10 quays
- Islands DistrictSleepy outlying islands a short sail from the towers of Central9 routes4 quays
- New Territories5 routes23 quays
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Sweden
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Australia
QueenslandBrisbane's CityCats & the resort islands70 routes38 quays
New South WalesSydney Harbour, read from the deck of a green-and-gold ferry0 routes5 quays
VictoriaBay heads, river islands and the big blue run to Tasmania0 routes5 quays
Western AustraliaThe quokka island run, minutes off the Perth coast0 routes4 quays
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Croatia
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Japan
HokkaidoThe northern frontier, linked to Honshu by the Tsugaru Strait and long Sea of Japan runs0 routes5 quays
KansaiOvernight ferries from Osaka Bay to Kyushu, Shikoku and the north0 routes4 quays
KyushuJapan's southern island, laced with overnight ferries to Honshu and the Ryukyus0 routes8 quays
TohokuWhere northern Honshu hands travellers across the strait to Hokkaido0 routes4 quays
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Netherlands
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Finland
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Canada
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France
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Philippines
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Portugal
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Denmark
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Germany
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Spain
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Estonia
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Nigeria
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Turkey