Hurtigruten ship MS Vesterålen

MS Vesterålen is a passenger ship operated by the Norwegian-based Hurtigruten and named after the first Hurtigruten ship that sailed along Norway´s coastline in 1893. She was constructed in Harstad, Norway in 1983, refitted in Bremen, Germany in 1989 to increase passenger capacity and again later in 1995. From 2010, the ship operates cruises primarily along the coast of Norway with a passenger capacity of 490 and a car capacity of 24.

Hurtigruten is a Norwegian public coastal route which provides daily, year-round traffic between Bergen in the south and Kirkenes in the north. It transports passengers that travel locally, regionally and between the 34 ports of call plus additionally cargo between ports north of Tromsø.

Date: 2nd July 2019

Location: MS Vesterålen leaving Vardø, Barents Sea, Troms og Finnmark, Norway