Rapid growth Viking It has one of the most diverse matrices of itineraries of any cruise line.
The California -based company not only offers cruises in the ocean in almost every corner of the world, but also offers river cruises in many of the world’s main rivers. That is remarkably different from most cruise lines; Usually, cruise lines operate oceanic or river cruises, but not both.
Viking has a particularly large footprint when it comes to itineraries of the European River, with a wide range of navigators in almost all notable European rivers, from the Danube and the RIN in Central Europe to the Douuro in Portugal.
The company too Opera river trips in the Nile In Egypt and Mekong in Southeast Asia, and recently The river trips began along the Mississippi also.
From the summer of 2025, there were 82 river ships in the Viking fleet, an amazing number. None of its main competitors between river lines that serve the Americans, which include Avalon Waterways, Uniworld and Amawaterways, have anywhere near that number of boats.
Among the destinations of oceanic cruises, Viking has a great presence in Scandinavia and Northern Europe, which considers its homemade territory. (The company was founded by a Norwegian family). But you will find the 12 traditional viking oceanic ships everywhere, from North America to Asia and Australia. In 2022, the line also began navigating Antarctica with its first expedition ship, a type of boat built specifically to travel to remote places of difficult access. Viking now has two of those glasses.
Among the trips of the line, there is everything, from eight -day cruises on Mediterranean trips to 138 days around the world. Overwhelmed with options? These are the five best vikings cruise destinations where the line can really offer you a memorable vacation.
Scandinavia and northern Europe
Some of Viking’s most interesting itineraries are around Scandinavia and the Baltic Sea, and many begin or end in Norway, the homeland of the founder and president of the company, Torstein Hagen.
As Hagen told me once, Scandinavia and the Baltic Sea are what the company considers “Viking country”, a region where you want to dominate.
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During the particular summer, Viking dedicates an unusually large amount of its ships to the itineraries around Scandinavia, the Baltic Sea and other destinations of northern Europe as Iceland. Many significantly use the Norwegian city relatively small but famous Bergen, Norway (Population 286,000) As a gateway, something that no other line does. That allows unusual variations in the typical Baltic Sea or Norwegian Fjords.
The most popular route of the line in the region, “Viking Homelands”, is a two -week and unidirectional trip between Bergen and Stockholm that combines several days of exploring the FJord region of the west coast of Norway with more typical Baltic Cruise destinations such as Copenhagen and Tallin, Estonia.
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Keep in mind that, until the invasion of Russia of Ukraine, these itineraries also included a visit to St. Petersburg, Russia, for a long time the attraction of a cruise in the Baltic region. But like other cruise brands, Viking stopped all his calls in Russia after the war began, and it is unlikely that St. Petersburg return to the itinerary until the conflict is resolved.
Viking also offers an itinerary of 14 nights that includes several stops in the most northern part of the country over the Arctic circle. Nicknamed “Into the Midnight Sun”, the unidirectional route between Bergen and London is unique because it combines calls in Honningsvag and Tromso, Norway, Norway, with visits to the remote archipelagos of Shetland and Orkney of Scotland. Although part of the United Kingdom, these island chains have long -standing ties with Norwegian and Viking history.
Itineraries that take him from Bergen to Iceland or even as far as France, Portugal and Spain are also available.
Viking Scandinavia trips and northern Europe vary widely in length from only seven nights to a whopping 28 nights.
Among the longest viking offers that include calls in northern Europe there are single -sense trips and 28 nights between Bergen and New York City. The trips include stops in Norway, Iceland, Greenland and Canada.
In northern Europe, Vikings ships leave mainly from Bergen, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Copenhagen, London and Reykjavik.
The Mediterranean
Viking has become an important player in Mediterranean navigations, with more than 30 different itineraries that include stops in the region.
Trips include trips specifically focused on the Western or Eastern Mediterranean, as well as some that include stops in both areas.
Typical of the latter is the routing of “Mediterranean antiques” of 14 nights of the line, a trip between Athens, Greece and Barcelona with stops in Greece, Turkey, Italy, Monaco, France and Spain.
The most centered Mediterranean itineraries include the travel of nine nights “of the Mediterranean” of the line between Venice, Italy and Athens, which are mainly concentrated in the stops along the east side of the Adriatic Sea in Slovenia, Croatia and Montenegro.
In the Mediterranean, the main centers of the line are Barcelona, Civitavecchia (the port for Rome) and Venice, Piraeo (the port for Athens) and Istanbul.
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Europe Riverways
Viking is simply the cruise giant for the river in Europe, at least, among the lines that serve English speakers. From the summer of 2025, the company operated more than 70 river ships in a wide strip of the continent rivers, much more than any other river line that serves the Americans.
In total, the line represents approximately half of all river cruises taken by Americans in the region. The next largest player in Europe River Cruises for Americans, Amawaterways, is less than half a size.
Among the rivers in Europe where Viking has an important presence are Rin, Main and Danube in Central Europe; Sena, Rhone, Dordagne, Garon and Gironde in France; The Hard in Portugal; and Moselle and Elba in Germany. Until the invasion of Russia of Ukraine in 2022, Viking also offered cruises on the Dnieper River in Ukraine.
In almost all rivers, the line offers multiple itineraries with lengths ranging from seven nights to 22 nights.
Among the 10 different itineraries in the Rin Solo, the offers range from a “Rin de Rin getaway” from Amsterdam to Basilea, Switzerland, to a “European stay” of 22 nights from Amsterdam to Bucharest, Romania. The latter adds trips to the Main and Danube rivers to days in the RIN.
The Nile
Viking offers some of the most intimate and elegant cruises of the Nile, with seven vessels in the river from this summer and five more scheduled to debut in the next two years.
With the exception of two older vessels (Viking RA and MS Antares), all these Vikings ships in the Nile are part of a New and particularly elegant series That has just begun debuting in 2022.
The seven Viking Nile ships operate the same cruise itinerary for the Nile of seven nights that Vikinking is combined with a four night stay at a hotel in Cairo (three nights before the cruise and a night later) to create a “pharaoh and pyramids of 11 nights” Tour de Egypt “.
The cruise part of the tour includes visits to the historical temples of Luxor, Karnak, Esna, Dendera and Abu Simbel, as well as a visit to the iconic Valley of the Kings. The stay in Cairo brings a visit to the Pyramids of Giza, the Egyptian museum and other sites.
The five ships of the new series of Vikings ships that began to debut in 2022 offer a clean design with Scandinavian influence that mimics the appearance of vessels in Europe of Viking.
In particular, the ships have an entire cover of extensive suites that rival anything else that is in the Nile for luxury and comfort. Each of these suites comes with two full size rooms: a large living room with a residential atmosphere and an adjacent room with a dressing room and a bathroom. Each suite also has an outdoor balcony with seats for two, something that you do not always see in the Nile ships.
Antarctica
Viking is a newcomer relative to cruises to Antarctica, but fate is a large growth area for the line. Viking recently Two new 378 passenger expedition cruises were added Specifically built to travel to the white continent.
Nickname Viking Octantis, the first of these ships began to navigate Antarctica in 2022. The second ship of the series, Viking Polaris, debuted shortly after. Together, the two ships have made waves in the market for Antarctica cruises, partly because they have several new and unusual features.
The most notable is the hangar, a closed sports port that allows passengers to transfer to two of the exploratory ships of each ship while they are still inside the ship. The first thing for an expedition ship is something that significantly improves the experience for passengers who are aimed at the exploration of Antarctica.
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In another first for Polar Expedition cruise ships, each cabin in Viking Octantis and Polaris Viking has floor to ceiling walls that are partially open from the top to create a balcony sensation.
Viking offers several Antarctic itineraries, with the typical trip that begins with one night in a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, before a flight to Ushuaia, Argentina, to board one of the two expedition ships for a 11 night cruise to Antarctica and back. A longer version of the trip presents 13 nights aboard one of the additional ships and days in Antarctica.
Viking also offers Antarctica navigations that combine a visit to the white continent with stops in the Falkland Islands, Uruguay and Brazil.
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