{"id":14217,"date":"2026-02-08T23:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/?p=14217"},"modified":"2026-02-15T13:02:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T13:02:40","slug":"hurtigruten-coastal-explorer-day-3-trondheim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/?p=14217","title":{"rendered":"Hurtigruten Coastal Explorer – Day 3 (Trondheim)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We thought we’d beat the rush for breakfast this morning … but everyone else seemed to have the same idea too. We had stopped briefly in Kristiansund at 02.45 for 15 minutes but both Jon and I slept through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Breakfast then up on deck for the sail in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There was a “point of information” up on Deck 7 at 9.15am as we sailed into Trondheim – this means there is something interesting to see off the side of the ship so wrap up warm and bring your cameras! Just off Trondheim is Munkholmen – the islet has served as a place of execution, a monestry, a fortress, a prison and a World War II anti-aircraft gun station. Today, Munkholmen is a popular\u00a0tourist attraction and recreation area.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Just as we were approaching, the captain sounded the ships whistle and made every jump! We were passing another Hurtigruten ship, Midnatsol<\/strong>, that had just left Trondheim. They replied and all the passengers were up on deck waving their Norwegian flags at us. Just hand waving back from us – as the expedition team needed to be down on the pier as soon as we docked to sort the excursions out, they wouldn’t have time to collect them all back in. Likely we’ll pass one ship each day as they all leave a day apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We were only stopping in Trondheim for three hours so no delaying getting off the ship. With the morning temperatures a rather cool -6C , we wrapped up warm. The excursions team said it was a 20 mins walk to the cathedral (more like 30!). The roads were completely ice free but the pavements and walkways were still very icy in places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We left the Hurtigruten terminal and walked by the harbour – this was half frozen over. Towards the middle of the harbour was a small pier with what looked like saunas sited along. No dip in the icy waters unless you broke the ice first!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We followed everyone else walking to the Cathedral – it was a fairly straight forward walk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There was a service being held in the Cathedral whilst we were stood outside. Visitors couldn’t go inside until the afternoon, but our ship would have sailed by then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the top of the left most spire was an angel, added fairly recently in 1963. The artist (apparently!) was a big fan on Bob Dylan so the angels face was modelled on him – no-one knew what an angels face looked like so why not!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Nidaros Cathedral is huge and very impressive. Nidaros is the old name for Trondheim – the city changed it’s name but the cathedral kept the name Nidaros. The are immediately in front of the cathedral was an ice rink – not intentionally! A few near slip-ups but just about survived intact. <\/p>\n\n\n

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