{"id":14243,"date":"2026-02-14T23:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/?p=14243"},"modified":"2026-03-01T20:44:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T20:44:01","slug":"hurtigruten-coastal-explorer-day-9-stokmarknes-svolvaer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/?p=14243","title":{"rendered":"Hurtigruten Coastal Explorer – Day 9 (Stokmarknes & Svolv\u00e6r)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A busy day ahead with lots of stops … we’d missed Mehamn at 4am this morning and we were at breakfast when we stopped in Harstad. The next stop at Ris\u00f8yhamn<\/strong> wasn’t until 10am or so and there was a gathering on deck as the sail-in took us past some very low lying islands and markers defined the narrow channel the ships needed to follow. There was just 2 metres clearance under the boat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was blowing a hooley on deck – whilst the temperature wasn’t that cold (-6C) the wind chill was biting but worth staying out to watch Nordnorge weave its way through the islands. We ended up in the Explorer Lounge to warm up with a cup of tea!! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just half an hour before we got wrapped up again to go back out on deck for the sail-in to Sortland<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of the Hurtigruten traditions – passengers remaining on the ship are given flags to wave. As the ship passes under the bridge, the coaches with the Vester\u00e5len tour party cross over the bridge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hurtigruten have a well co-ordinated plan that the ship sails under the bridge as the coaches drive over – it takes some co-ordinating!! A good gathering of those left on the ship met at the front of the ships waving Norwegian flags!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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