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River cruisers looking to sail in 2020 will be interested to know they could have the chance to experience a once-in-a-decade event – the Oberammergau Passion Play. What is the Oberammergau Passion Play? The history of the play began in 1633 when the people of Oberammergau – a town in the Bavarian Alps of Germany […]
It already has the biggest fleet currently cruising some of the world’s most celebrated rivers, but that didn’t stop Viking River Cruises from christening another 12 brand new vessels recently, bringing the line’s total number of ships to 60. Rain certainly couldn’t dampen spirits in Amsterdam on Tuesday March 24, where eight of the ships […]
If you’ve visited these pages before, you may remember my series of blogs looking into the Norse myths and legends which inspired one of the world’s leading river cruise lines, Viking, when it came to naming their many vessels. A look through Norwegian history shows that Vikings certainly knew a thing or two about exploring […]
Almost every river cruise ship in Viking’s enormous fleet takes its name from Norse mythology, from Aegir right through to Var. This time we’re finding out more about Embla, the first woman in the world according to Viking myth… Who was Embla? Embla and Askr were the first humans in Norse mythology. They were thought […]
In the first blog in this recurring series, I explained the purpose of it, which was to look at the history of the Norse figures after which each of the Viking River Cruises Longships are named. We’re working through the list of Viking Longships alphabetically, so this time it’s the turn of Alsvin, who gave […]
In modern times, the environment has come to forefront of people’s minds, as the evidence for global warming and the damage that the human population is causing to our own planet with wasteful carbon emissions stacks up. Although much of the blame is placed upon the gases secreted by cars, planes and even cows, cruise […]
2014 is going to be a huge year for Viking River Cruises. The fleet will continue to grow at an incredible rate as a whole new 14 ships will be launched, and the company will continue revealing information on the new ocean cruise line that will begin sailing in 2015 when the Viking Star takes […]
If you’re a regular reader of my blogs, you may remember that I recently waxed lyrical about one of France’s real historic gems, Avignon and also not quite as recently, about another of its most ancient and enchanting destinations, Lyon. Well, according to recent reports, it seems that two of the world’s leading river cruise […]
In a week which saw Viking River Cruises win the Best River Cruise Line title for an impressive fifth year running at the British Travel Awards 2013, I thought it would be fitting to take a look at the history of this highly successful company. It’s difficult to keep count of the number of vessels […]
Following the continued success of Viking River Cruises and the launch of new ships with an incredible regularity, the cruise line has now taken its first steps into the world of ocean cruising with the launch of Viking Ocean Cruises. The new brand was actually announced back in May but it’s only this week that […]