Norwegian Cruises
THERE .arg at least fifty sailings of well-known steamers for Norway -between this weekend and early September. The average length of a cruise is a fortnight, though a fair number extend from eighteen to twenty-five days. On the other hand, passengers limited to one week (or " two weekends ") have the choice of three short Norwegian cruises during July. While the short cruises cover only the popular fjords, the others offer a good deal of variation in the places visited. In thirteen days one can " do " the fjords, reach North Cape and return to England, or visit Oslo, Copenhagen, Stavanger, Bergen and the fjords. A third route over this period includes the fjords as well as Iceland, but roughly twenty days are necessary to ensure visiting Iceland, Spitz- bergen and North Cape, or, alternatively, the capitals of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark 'as well as the fjord cruise.
The five ports of embarkation in Britain are Southampton, London, -Immingham, Newcastle and Leith ; , the two most widely used Continental ports for the same .purpose are Bremen and Hamburg,, from which rnore than a dozen Nor- wegian cruises start. The 13-15 days' cruise can be done from approximately £15 to 138 ; 18-25 days from £29 to £58 and 7-9 days from £11 to £18. Fares to Continental ports where necessary should also be taken into consideration except when London to London " rates are quoted.
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