Cruise itinerary
24-Night Arctic Cruise from Copenhagen
24 nights · Arctic · 20 ports of call
24-night Arctic cruise aboard Seabourn Quest, departing Copenhagen and calling at Skagen, Farsund, Stavanger, Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Tórshavn and Klaksvik and 13 more.
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At a glance
- Ship
- Seabourn Quest
- Cruise line
- Seabourn
- Duration
- 24 nights
- Region
- Arctic · Polar
- Departs
- Copenhagen
- Returns
- Montréal, Québec
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Where this voyage takes you
Day-by-day itinerary
- Day1
Copenhagen
Depart 22:00
Denmark's harbour capital and a major Baltic cruise base. Ships berth near the colourful Nyhavn waterfront, the Little Mermaid statue and the Tivoli Gardens, in a flat, cycle-friendly city known for design and New Nordic cooking.
- Nyhavn harbour
- Tivoli Gardens
- Little Mermaid
- Day2
Skagen
Arrive 10:00 · Depart 18:00
A fishing town at the northern tip of Denmark's Jutland peninsula, where the Baltic and North Seas meet at a long sandy spit. Its clear northern light drew a noted colony of painters, and the area is known for yellow-walled houses and migrating birds.
- Grenen sandspit
- Skagen painters
- Yellow harbour houses
- Day3
Farsund
Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
- Day4
Stavanger
Arrive 08:00 · Depart 17:00
A harbour city on Norway's southwest coast, with a well-preserved old quarter of white timber houses at Gamle Stavanger. It is a gateway to the Lysefjord and the sheer clifftop of Preikestolen, the famous Pulpit Rock high above the water.
- Gamle Stavanger
- Preikestolen
- Lysefjord
- Day5
Lerwick, Shetland Islands
Arrive 09:00 · Depart 18:00
The main town of Scotland's Shetland Islands, a far-northern port closer to Norway than to London. Lerwick is known for its grey-stone waterfront, the Iron Age broch and settlement at Clickimin, and the surrounding treeless moorland and sea cliffs.
- Clickimin Broch
- Commercial Street
- Shetland ponies
- Day6
Tórshavn
Arrive 12:00
The capital of the Faroe Islands, a self-governing nation in the North Atlantic. One of the world's smallest capitals, it gathers turf-roofed timber houses on the Tinganes headland, surrounded by steep treeless hills and a deep harbour.
- Tinganes headland
- Turf-roofed houses
- North Atlantic cliffs
- Day7
Tórshavn
Depart 05:00
The capital of the Faroe Islands, a self-governing nation in the North Atlantic. One of the world's smallest capitals, it gathers turf-roofed timber houses on the Tinganes headland, surrounded by steep treeless hills and a deep harbour.
- Tinganes headland
- Turf-roofed houses
- North Atlantic cliffs
Klaksvik
Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
- Day8At sea
- Day9
Husavik
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 16:00
- Day10
Isafjørdur
Arrive 08:00 · Depart 17:00
A small town at the head of a deep fjord in Iceland's remote Westfjords, ringed by steep flat-topped mountains. Ísafjörður is known for its preserved timber houses, access to nearby seabird cliffs and Arctic-fox country, and dramatic fjord scenery.
- Old timber houses
- Westfjords mountains
- Seabird cliffs
- Day11
Reykjavík
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 22:00
Iceland's northerly capital, the launch point for sailings around the island's volcanic coast. The Hallgrímskirkja church rises above its low-rise centre, with the Blue Lagoon, geysers and waterfalls of the Golden Circle reachable on day trips.
- Hallgrímskirkja
- Blue Lagoon
- Golden Circle
- Day12
Grundarfjørdur
Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
A small fishing town on Iceland's Snæfellsnes peninsula, framed by the pyramid-shaped Kirkjufell mountain. The harbour looks out across a wide bay toward open Atlantic waters, with lava fields, waterfalls and the Snæfellsjökull glacier nearby.
- Kirkjufell mountain
- Snæfellsnes peninsula
- Coastal waterfalls
- Day13At sea
- Day14
Prince Christian Sound
A narrow, glacier-fringed channel near the southern tip of Greenland, threaded by ships rather than visited ashore. Sheer rock walls, drifting icebergs and the tiny Inuit settlement of Aappilattoq make the passage one of the most dramatic scenic cruising routes in the region.
- Drifting icebergs
- Sheer rock walls
- Aappilattoq village
- Day15
Nanortalik
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 16:00
A southern Greenland town on a small island, its name meaning 'place of bears'. Wooden houses in red and blue ring a sheltered harbour, set against jagged granite peaks, with icebergs drifting in from the nearby fjords and a fine local museum.
- colourful harbour
- granite peaks
- drifting icebergs
- Day16
Paamiut (Fredrikshaab)
Arrive 10:00 · Depart 18:00
A small fishing town on the southwest coast of Greenland, set among rocky islands south of the Arctic Circle. Brightly painted houses cluster by the harbour, with a turf-and-timber church and the open tundra and fjords stretching beyond.
- Colourful harbour
- Tundra hikes
- Greenlandic church
- Day17
Nuuk (Godthaab)
Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
The capital of Greenland, a small colourful town on the southwest coast at the mouth of a long fjord system. Nuuk is known for its harbour-side old quarter, the National Museum's Inuit collections, and the dramatic Sermitsiaq mountain across the water.
- Sermitsiaq mountain
- Greenland National Museum
- Colonial harbour
- Day18At sea
- Day19At sea
- Day20
L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland and Labrador
Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
A windswept site at the northern tip of Newfoundland, Canada, where the Vikings landed around a thousand years ago. The reconstructed sod huts of this UNESCO World Heritage site mark the first known European settlement in North America.
- Norse settlement
- Sod longhouses
- World Heritage site
- Day21At sea
- Day22
Gaspé, Québec
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 16:00
- Day23
Baie Comeau, Québec
Arrive 10:30 · Depart 16:00
- Day24
Quebec City, Québec
Arrive 09:00 · Depart 19:00
The walled capital of Québec on a bluff above the St. Lawrence River, the only fortified city north of Mexico. Cobbled Old Québec, the landmark Château Frontenac, and the historic Petit-Champlain quarter give it a distinctly French character.
- Château Frontenac
- Old Québec walls
- Petit-Champlain
- Day25
Montréal, Québec
Arrive 07:00
A French-speaking metropolis on an island in the St. Lawrence River in Québec. The cobbled lanes and stone churches of Old Montréal sit beside the river, while Mount Royal park rises above the downtown grid of cafés, markets and underground shopping.
- Old Montréal
- Mount Royal
- Notre-Dame Basilica
Upcoming departures
- 28 Aug 2028
Upcoming sailings of this itinerary — a NestCruise advisor confirms current availability and your fare.
24-Night Arctic Cruise from Copenhagen FAQ
Which ports does this cruise visit?
This 24-night Arctic cruise calls at Copenhagen, Skagen, Farsund, Stavanger, Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Tórshavn, Klaksvik, Husavik, Isafjørdur, Reykjavík, Grundarfjørdur, Prince Christian Sound, Nanortalik, Paamiut (Fredrikshaab), Nuuk (Godthaab), L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland and Labrador, Gaspé, Québec, Baie Comeau, Québec, Quebec City, Québec and Montréal, Québec.
How many days are spent at sea?
5 days are spent at sea; the rest are in port.
Where does this cruise depart from?
It departs from Copenhagen and ends in Montréal, Québec.
How long is this cruise?
24 nights aboard Seabourn Quest.
When does this itinerary sail?
Upcoming departures include 28 Aug 2028. A NestCruise advisor can confirm current availability.