One highlight of an excursion while the ship stops at Trondheim is the Museum of Musical History at Ringve Manor, with a collection of antique musical instruments, which are not just on display but are played for you. Another excursion is to go by smaller boat to Svartisen, Norway s second largest glacier. An evening excursion takes in the coastal scenery of the Lofoten Islands. Another is a bus to the North Cape Plateau where 1,000 feet above sea level you see Arctic scenery and thousands of grazing reindeer. On a shore excursion to the top of the mountain overlooking Tromso if the weather is good you can usually see the midnight sun.
Suites are available at a higher price, inside cabins at a lower price.
The fare includes meals and port taxes. There are discounts on some voyages for passengers age 67 and older and for groups of 15 or more. A Norwegian Christmas voyage features church services ashore on Christmas Eve and a traditional Norwegian holiday feast at dinner. The ships go along the west coast of Norway between Bergen and Kirkenes, leaving either for the southern or northern journey every day. These mid-generation ships, smaller and built earlier, were refurbished in 1995.