HURTIGRUTEN – (The Coastal Route)

Hey there! Have we talked about the routes of Norway before, if not here we are with some great facts about the famous Coastal Route of Norway known as Hurtigruten AKA “The Express Route”. This Norwegian coastal route takes care of transporting cargo and passengers who travel locally or regionally.

It took birth 1893 to stabilize the communication alongside the long coastline. The express route of Norway has 34 ports on the northbound whereas 33 ports on the southbound. It entertains constant traffic throughout the year between Bergen and Kirkenes.

The addition of this coastal route was quite essential for Norway as before Hurtigruten only Vesteraalens

Dampskibsselskab a shipping company used to travel through the waters and transport a very limited number of passengers and goods. The addition of Hurtigruten added immense value to the coast lines of Norway and made travel life easy for people.

Now let’s talk about what makes this a determining factor for tourist? So, the Hurtigruten Cruise is the answer to this question. This company initially started with transporting cargo and limited passengers but now they have changed their means and now the Hurtigruten cruise are the most famous cruise company of Norway.

This Immense upgrade of Hurtigruten caught attention of people around Norway and the company stats started to be monitor by people who were interested in buying this industry. In 2017, it was divided into 3 contracts out of which two were bought by Hurtigruten AS. The new contract was destined to improve the quality of cruise even more. It was stated to modernize and renovate the ships to meet the high standards of the company. The ships were to be totally renewed with new filters and LNG compatible engines in order to reduce the emission by 25% alongside these changes every ship got installed with new hybrid motors and battery pack.

All these efforts revamped the Industry and it resulted in making its name all over the globe and those who plan to visit Norway and can afford a cruise surely want to go by the Hurtigruten Cruises to made their trip supremely memorable.