Scandinavia and the Baltic Sea: Coasts, Islands and Archipelagos
7 nights
National Geographic Endurance
30 May '26Cruise overview
The islands and archipelagos of Scandinavia and the Baltic Sea delight travelers with serene nature, idyllic villages, vibrant cities, and maritime history. Discover some of the highlights as you sail through this picturesque region once traversed by Viking ships and Hanseatic League merchants. Stroll into the past in places like Gamla Stan, Stockholm’s colorful Old Town, UNESCO-designated Visby, or Mariehamn, “the town of a thousand Linden trees.” Kayak and Zodiac past remote lighthouses in the Åland Islands and venture to Stora Karlsö, a bird-filled nature reserve which rests upon ancient coral reefs.
Available extensions:
- 2-Day Copenhagen Pre-Voyage Extension (double price: £1766pp / solo price: £1806)
Itinerary
Stockholm
Arrive in Stockholm and transfer to the city center. As the largest city in Scandinavia, the city offers a dynamic blend of culture, architecture and history. Spend the day at your own pace taking in this world capital throughout the ages before embarking the ship this afternoon.
Stockholm is a city in the flush of its second youth. Since the mid-1990s, Sweden’s capital has emerged from its cold, Nordic shadow to take the stage as a truly international city. What started with entry into the European Union in 1995 gained pace with the extraordinary IT boom of the late 1990s, strengthened with the Skype-led IT second wave of 2003, and solidified with the hedge-fund invasion that is still happening today as Stockholm gains even more global confidence. And despite more recent economic turmoil, Stockholm’s 1 million or so inhabitants have, almost as one, realized that their city is one to rival Paris, London, New York, or any other great metropolis.With this realization comes change. Stockholm has become a city of design, fashion, innovation, technology, and world-class food, pairing homegrown talent with an international outlook. The streets are flowing with a young and confident population keen to drink in everything the city has to offer. The glittering feeling of optimism, success, and living in the here and now is rampant in Stockholm.Stockholm also has plenty of history. Positioned where the waters of Lake Mälaren rush into the Baltic, it’s been an important trading site and a wealthy international city for centuries. Built on 14 islands joined by bridges crossing open bays and narrow channels, Stockholm boasts the story of its history in its glorious medieval old town, grand palaces, ancient churches, sturdy edifices, public parks, and 19th-century museums—its history is soaked into the very fabric of its airy boulevards, built as a public display of trading glory.
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Stockholm
Mariehamn
Mariehamn
Visby
Stora Karlsö Island Reserve
Bornholm Island
Copenhagen
Category 1 - Fore Deck
#404, 406, 408, 411, 413, 415 — Cabin with two large windows, two singles that can convert to a queen, writing desk and chair, two bedside tables, window sofa, coffee table, and a closet.
Amenities
- Queen or Twin Configuration
- Safe
- Hair Dryer
- Telephone
- Desk
Ship features
National Geographic Endurance offers a perfect blend of scientific discovery, refined comfort and cutting-edge expedition technology.
- X-Bow® design for smoother polar sailing
- PC5 ice-class hull for year-round Arctic and Antarctic travel
- Light-filled interiors with panoramic lounges
- All-suite accommodation with floor-to-ceiling windows
- Multiple dining venues with regional cuisine
- Science hub and onboard research labs
- Expedition tools: Zodiacs, kayaks, skis and undersea cameras
- Wellness spaces with yoga studio, hot tubs and saunas
- Expert team of naturalists, scientists and Nat Geo photographers
