Route of the Vikings: Greenland to Newfoundland Copenhagen - Boston Cruise

Day 1 - Copenhagen, Denmark

Arrive: Sat 29 August 2026

Copenhagen, Denmark’s capital, sits on the coastal islands of Zealand and Amager. It’s linked to Malmo in southern Sweden by the Öresund Bridge. Indre By, the city's historic center, contains Frederiksstaden, an 18th-century rococo district, home to the royal family’s Amalienborg Palace. Nearby is Christiansborg Palace and the Renaissance-era Rosenborg Castle, surrounded by gardens and home to the crown jewels.

Day 2 - Copenhagen, Denmark

Depart: Sun 30 August 2026

Copenhagen, Denmark’s capital, sits on the coastal islands of Zealand and Amager. It’s linked to Malmo in southern Sweden by the Öresund Bridge. Indre By, the city's historic center, contains Frederiksstaden, an 18th-century rococo district, home to the royal family’s Amalienborg Palace. Nearby is Christiansborg Palace and the Renaissance-era Rosenborg Castle, surrounded by gardens and home to the crown jewels.

Day 3 - At sea

Day 4 - Ilulissat, Greenland

Arrive: Tue 01 September 2026 / Depart: Tue 01 September 2026

Ilulissat is a coastal town in western Greenland. It's known for the Ilulissat Icefjord and for huge icebergs Disko Bay, shed by the Sermeq Kujalleq glacier. Trails run to the Sermermiut settlement for dramatic views over the ice. The Ilulissat Museum traces the area’s history and the life of local-born explorer Knud Rasmussen. The area is home to thousands of Greenland dogs, used for dogsledding.

Day 5 - Eqip Sermia

Arrive: Wed 02 September 2026 / Depart: Wed 02 September 2026

Day 6 - Sisimiut, Greenland

Arrive: Thu 03 September 2026 / Depart: Thu 03 September 2026

Sisimiut, formerly known by its colonial name Holsteinsborg, is the capital and largest city of the Qeqqata municipality, the second-largest city in Greenland, and the largest arctic city in North America. It is located in central-western Greenland, on the coast of Davis Strait, approximately 320 km north of Nuuk.

Day 7 - Evighedsfjorden

Arrive: Fri 04 September 2026 / Depart: Fri 04 September 2026

On one side of the meandering Evighed Fjord is an ice cap that often crashes massive chunks of ice into the water. Around us are the highest mountains.

Day 8 - At sea

Day 9 - At sea

Day 10 - L'Anse aux Meadows

Arrive: Mon 07 September 2026 / Depart: Mon 07 September 2026

L'Anse aux Meadows is an archaeological site on the northernmost tip of the Great Northern Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Archaeological evidence of a Norse presence was discovered at L'Anse aux Meadows in the 1960s.

Day 11 - Woody Point in Neufundland

Arrive: Tue 08 September 2026 / Depart: Tue 08 September 2026

Day 12 - Louisbourg, Kanada

Arrive: Wed 09 September 2026 / Depart: Wed 09 September 2026

Louisbourg is an unincorporated community and former town in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia.

Day 13 - Halifax

Arrive: Thu 10 September 2026 / Depart: Thu 10 September 2026

Halifax, an Atlantic Ocean port in eastern Canada, is the provincial capital of Nova Scotia. A major business centre, it’s also known for its maritime history. The city’s dominated by the hilltop Citadel, a star-shaped fort completed in the 1850s. Waterfront warehouses known as the Historic Properties recall Halifax’s days as a trading hub for privateers, notably during the War of 1812.

Day 14 - Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

Arrive: Fri 11 September 2026 / Depart: Fri 11 September 2026

Lunenburg is a port town on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada. Founded in 1753, the town was one of the first British attempts to settle Protestants in Nova Scotia. The economy was traditionally based on the offshore fishery and today Lunenburg is the site of Canada's largest secondary fish-processing plant.

Day 15 - Portland, Maine, USA

Arrive: Sat 12 September 2026 / Depart: Sat 12 September 2026

Day 16 - Boston, USA

Arrive: Sun 13 September 2026 / Depart: Sun 13 September 2026

Boston is the capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States and 21st most populous city in the United States. The city proper covers 48.4 square miles with an estimated population of 692,600 in 2019, also making it the most populous city in New England.