Probably it was the oldest cruise ship I have ever been on. The Swedish JUNO was built in 1874, and she is still operating on the route she was built for: the Göta Canal. The Göta Canal was one of the largest civil engineering projects ever undertaken in Sweden. The excavation [...]
Last week I attended the SMM in Hamburg, the biggest maritime fair, and was happy to find out that the VISION OF THE FJORDS had been elected as "Ship of the Year" by the Norwegian magazine Skipsrevyen. By coincidence I had been sailing on her the week before, when I visited Flåm [...]
In mid March I did a mini-cruise by ferry, from Copenhagen to Oslo and back. I had been working in the office like crazy and urgently needed to refresh my mind. A two-night trip would be perfect. Read here what I liked so much about it. 1. Leaving by ship is something [...]
Last weekend a DFDS minicruise from Copenhagen to Oslo gave me the opportunity to visit --at last-- one of the great pieces of Scandinavian architecture: the Oslo Opera House. I disembarked the CROWN SEAWAYS at a very leisurely 10am and had to be back at 16pm. Plenty of time! And the [...]
Let's enter today in the universe of Marko Stampehl. He is a friend and he is passionate about ferries and ferry travel. You can read here why. It was in 2011 when I had to travel to Estonia for a photoshoot onboard the new Saremaa ferries. At Tallinn airport I met [...]
It’s not the first time I have been in Helsinki. I was hoping that our ship was going to berth into the old port, near the Viking Line terminal. Yes, when VOYAGER entered the narrow passage between the islands of the Suomenlinna fortress I knew it was going to happen. Indeed, again [...]
Numerous times I have been in Stockholm, on my own. In combination with an arrival by ship through the archipelago it is probably one of most beautiful cities I know. This time I joined one of the official shore excursions, organised by All Ways, the tour operator I was shooting for during [...]
I love Stockholm. We already were in this great city a couple of times. Once we flew over the Stockholm Archipelago to do a shooting of the ferry VIKING GRACE. I was very happy to sail again through the green islands of the archipelago. Stockholm is for me, also one of the [...]
When we arrived by tender in Visby in Gotland (Sweden) it sounded and looked as if Tomorrowland was in town. There were beautiful young people everywhere and there were lots of yachts with loud dance music. I even saw one with a DJ mixing panel on board. Apparently there is a music [...]
Copenhagen. I cannot count how many times I have been here. Now, for the first time I joined a cruise excursion. Our ship, the VOYAGER, was berthed along the Langlinie Quay just behind the luxury sailing cruise ship SEA CLOUD 2. This berth is simply the best one because it is so [...]
