Svalbard Line: Hurtigruten Port Guide & Pronunciations

Learn how to pronounce all the names of the ports on Hurtigruten's Svalbard Line cruise from Bergen to Longyearbyen. Plus learn a little about each of the ports, thanks to the second officer on MS Trollfjord.

Hurtigruten Pronunciation: Learn how to say Svalbard Line ports such as Åndalsnes, Træna, Reine, Ny-Ålesund, Svolvær, and Brønnøysund.

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[amtrakharry]

That was totally unexpected...What a informative video... Thank you for sharing this with us!!!

[NicolaBC]

So interesting and beautifully illustrated! We did the round voyage with Havila this year (inspired by your videos of the route), so are now further inspired to take the Hurtigruten Express 😊. Thank you, David, always enjoyable to share your experiences and knowledge of Norway.

[davidskjeie]

The wife and I took this very Svalbard Express cruise this last Aug/Sept. First, be aware that our cruise missed Traena and Reine due to weather conditions. Other ports were substituted for these. Second, any of the excursions you take can exhaust most of the time you'd otherwise have in port to explore the port itself. We took a RIB boat out of Longyearbyen to see birds and scenery. Mostly we got pounded to pieces as the boat was rocked as it transited through continuous waves and then saw only a very few birds. I do not recommend this excursion as it was unpleasant and caused us to miss most of Longyearbyen. We did go by the Russian settlement at Barentsburg on our way into Longyearbyen. Don't expect to see any polar bears at Svalbard; they are few and far between given the time in port, and aren't welcome by locals anyway given their deadly nature. Excursions out Andalsnes on a train and alternatively on a bus up to the inland plateau were each canceled due to a landslide on the road and difficulties with the train. An excursion out of Alesund took us by Geirangerfjord which was nice. But that same excursion eliminated time for seeing Alesund itself which was disappointing.

Finally, though breakfast is generally available from 7:30 to 9:30, on the day of returning to Bergen, the boat mandates that passengers be out of their cabins by 8 am, which I don't recall being announced at the time of purchase and which is, to my way of thinking, really early given all the packing that has to be done to achieve the mandated cabin exit. You can store your baggage near the ship gangway while doing your final breakfast. But geez, requiring such an early cabin departure is a bit beyond the pale for a trip where risings are generally far later and without the immediate packing.

[monikad.]

Nice, but i did like Sverre much more ♥