{"id":2262,"date":"2009-12-19T15:11:50","date_gmt":"2009-12-19T05:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=2262"},"modified":"2009-12-19T15:11:50","modified_gmt":"2009-12-19T05:11:50","slug":"hurtigruten-norwegian-cruise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/norway\/hurtigruten-norwegian-cruise","title":{"rendered":"The Most Beautiful Voyage in the World &#8211; Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve come in search of the <strong>Northern Lights<\/strong> but what we&#8217;re seeing on our <strong>Hurtigruten Norwegian cruise<\/strong> is the stunningly beautiful coastline of <strong>Norway <\/strong>and the towns along it.<\/p>\n<p>Mother Nature it seems loves Norway and has graced this country with all the beautiful features that&#8217;s possible to bless a country with.  It has an endless coastline, <strong>fjords <\/strong>that are amongst the most magnificent in the world, mountains, glaciers, national parks, wildlife, fish and oil.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2269\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/travelsignposts.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/approachingrisoyhamn.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2269\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2269\" title=\"approachingrisoyhamn\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/approachingrisoyhamn.jpg?resize=200%2C260\" alt=\"Hurtigruten Norwegian Cruise..\" width=\"200\" height=\"260\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hurtigruten Norwegian Cruise..<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This<strong> Land of the Midnight Sun<\/strong> also enjoys a spectacular phenomenon, the <strong>Northern Lights <\/strong>or <strong>Aurora Borealis<\/strong>.\u00a0 And if we&#8217;re lucky, we may just get to see these magical light displays in the wintry night skies.<\/p>\n<p>Our 13 days <strong>Hurtigruten Norwegian Coastal Voyage<\/strong> sets off from <strong>Bergen <\/strong>and we head north to Kirkenes, the northern most town close to the Russian border, before the ship turns around for its southern voyage.<\/p>\n<p>On this coastal voyage we tag along on Hurtigruten&#8217;s mail and cargo run, making <strong>34 stops<\/strong> in each direction of the journey.\u00a0 The stops give passengers the opportunity to visit some of Norway&#8217;s coastal towns and attractions.<\/p>\n<p>You can see our <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Norway\/destinations\/norwegian-cruises-hurtigruten\" target=\"_self\">itinerary<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Norway\/\" target=\"_self\">follow us on our daily voyage\u00a0 and sightseeing visits HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve come in search of the Northern Lights but what we&#8217;re seeing on our Hurtigruten Norwegian cruise is the stunningly beautiful coastline of Norway and the towns along it. 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