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Old Mar 8th, 2017 | 05:56 PM
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Hurtegruten

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I am intrigued by the idea of doing coastal Norway on the Hurtegruten
We have done a previous trip on a smaller cruise ship and have always wanted to return as we loved the scenery on that voyage-we went in June and the sun did not set-we went as far north as the Bering Sea
We could go in October-would that be a good time to go?
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Old Mar 8th, 2017 | 07:10 PM
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Depends on what you want. I would have thought that was a bit early for Northern Lights, but too late for long summer days.

You are aware that the Hurtegruten boats are not strictly cruise ships?
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Old Mar 8th, 2017 | 07:20 PM
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If you look it up, mind the spelling, it's Hurtigruten.

https://www.hurtigruten.us
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Old Mar 8th, 2017 | 11:57 PM
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October is a good time to go. Enough daylight to enjoy the scenery and enough darkness for Northern Lights. It's also one of the quieter times.
Choose your ship carefully.
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Old Mar 9th, 2017 | 11:45 AM
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More options to book shorter trips on the uk site. Even better and cheaper the Norwegian site if you use Chrome browser for translation - https://www.hurtigruten.no/
October can be quite cold - be prepared for that.
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Old Mar 9th, 2017 | 12:26 PM
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<i>I would have thought that was a bit early for Northern Lights</i>

You can get aurora any time of the year - but you need dark and clear skies - so October would be a decent choice.

Personally I would go late September as the weather is generally better
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Old Mar 9th, 2017 | 03:44 PM
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Hi
Thanks for the replies
October is a possibility-as I usually do a trip at that time of year and I am exploring some options of what we will do..such a good problem!
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