Never before have so many cruise passengers visited Oslo

A new record is set: 270.000 cruise passengers(149 calls) visited Oslo in 2009 – and we have room for more!

Altogether 134 nationalities were represented, among these 61.550 pax from Germany, 49.350 from United Kingdom and 40.300 from USA.

In 2010 156 calls are scheduled to call in Oslo – from April to September and in December. Of these, nine calls with ca. 19.000 pax with Oslo as a home port.

Holland America Line in Oslo

Stein and Joe presented the general state of the industry, the exiting plans of one of the worlds leading cruise lines Holland America Line, and looked at Oslo's advantages and challanges as a cruise port.

Thank you Stein and Joe for an inspiring visit!

Queen Victoria and Arcadia in Oslo on Christmas cruise.

Oslo is beautiful in DecemberWe greeted two cruise vessels with snow and cold weather.

The cruise passengers enjoyed excursions to The Christmas House in Drøbak, to Holmenkollen Ski Jump and Ski Museum, to the museums at Bygdøy and to Hadeland Glassworks.

We invited the Christmas passengers to taste the traditional Gløgg drink and the ginger bread Christmas cakes in the Cruise Terminal.

New sailing structures in Oslo

• RCCLs Vision of the Seas will sail 9 short cruises out of Oslo. And yet not so short, a 7-days cruise to the Baltic, with calls at St. Petersburg, Turku and Copenhagen is on the schedule for 2010. A 9-days cruise around the British Isles is also scheduled.
• AIDA Cruises will for the first time spend the night in Oslo. At 16 calls AIDAcara will come to Oslo in the evening and spend the night and the morning in Oslo on Norwegian or Baltic cruises.