Seabourn Quest — 36-Night Arctic Cruise from Copenhagen

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36-Night Arctic Cruise from Copenhagen

36 nights · Arctic · 28 ports of call

36-night Arctic cruise aboard Seabourn Quest, departing Copenhagen and calling at Bornholm Island, Visby, Stockholm, Helsinki, Tallinn and Riga and 21 more.

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Ship: Seabourn Quest
Cruise line: Seabourn
Duration: 36 nights
Region: Arctic · Polar
Departs: Copenhagen
Returns: Montréal, Québec

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Where this voyage takes you

Voyage route — calls shown in order; map is schematic.

Day-by-day itinerary

Day
1
- 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
Day
2
- Bornholm Island
  Arrive 07:00 · Depart 16:00
Day
3
- Visby
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 17:00
  A medieval walled town on the Swedish island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea. A ring of stone ramparts encloses cobbled lanes, merchant houses and the ruins of Gothic churches from its days as a Hanseatic trading hub, set among rose-covered cottages.
  - Town wall
  - Church ruins
  - Botanic garden
Day
4
- Stockholm
  Arrive 09:00
  Sweden's capital, spread across fourteen islands where Lake Mälaren meets the Baltic. The medieval lanes of Gamla Stan hold the Royal Palace, while the Vasa Museum's salvaged 17th-century warship and the open-air Skansen sit on nearby Djurgården.
  - Gamla Stan
  - Vasa Museum
  - Royal Palace
Day
5
- Stockholm
  Depart 14:00
  Sweden's capital, spread across fourteen islands where Lake Mälaren meets the Baltic. The medieval lanes of Gamla Stan hold the Royal Palace, while the Vasa Museum's salvaged 17th-century warship and the open-air Skansen sit on nearby Djurgården.
  - Gamla Stan
  - Vasa Museum
  - Royal Palace
Day
6
- Helsinki
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 17:00
  The capital of Finland, set on a granite peninsula and surrounding islands on the Gulf of Finland. Helsinki is known for its white Lutheran Cathedral above Senate Square, the sea-fortress of Suomenlinna offshore, and a strong design and architecture scene.
  - Senate Square
  - Suomenlinna fortress
  - Market Square
Day
7
- Tallinn
  Arrive 09:00 · Depart 23:00
  The capital of Estonia on the Gulf of Finland, with one of the best-preserved medieval old towns in northern Europe. Tallinn is known for its walled hilltop at Toompea, Gothic merchant houses, and the cobbled, tower-ringed lanes of the lower town.
  - Old Town walls
  - Toompea Hill
  - Town Hall Square
Day
8
At sea
Day
9
- Riga
  Arrive 07:00 · Depart 16:00
  The capital of Latvia on the Baltic coast, set where the Daugava River nears the sea. Its old town is a UNESCO-listed maze of medieval squares and spires, fringed by one of Europe's richest collections of Art Nouveau facades.
  - Old Town
  - Art Nouveau district
  - House of the Blackheads
Day
10
- Klaipeda
  Arrive 10:00 · Depart 19:00
  A Baltic port at the mouth of the Curonian Lagoon in western Lithuania, the country's only seaport. Its German-influenced old town of timber-framed houses leads to the harbour, and a short ferry crosses to the dunes and pine forests of the Curonian Spit.
  - Curonian Spit
  - Old town
  - Theatre Square
Day
11
- Gdansk
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 23:00
  A Baltic port city in northern Poland, its old town a row of tall, ornate merchant houses rebuilt after the war. The long market street and the vast brick St. Mary's Church anchor the centre, with amber shops along the riverside and Westerplatte nearby.
  - Long Market
  - St. Mary's Church
  - Amber trade
Day
12
At sea
Day
13
- Copenhagen
  Arrive 07:00 · 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
Day
14
- 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
Day
15
- Farsund
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
Day
16
- 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
Day
17
- 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
Day
18
- 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
Day
19
- 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
Day
20
At sea
Day
21
- Husavik
  Arrive 07:00 · Depart 16:00
Day
22
- 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
Day
23
- 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
Day
24
- 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
Day
25
At sea
Day
26
- 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
Day
27
- 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
Day
28
- 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
Day
29
- 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
Day
30
At sea
Day
31
At sea
Day
32
- 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
Day
33
At sea
Day
34
- Gaspé, Québec
  Arrive 07:00 · Depart 16:00
Day
35
- Baie Comeau, Québec
  Arrive 10:30 · Depart 16:00
Day
36
- 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
Day
37
- 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

16 Aug 2028

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36-Night Arctic Cruise from Copenhagen FAQ

Which ports does this cruise visit?

This 36-night Arctic cruise calls at Copenhagen, Bornholm Island, Visby, Stockholm, Helsinki, Tallinn, Riga, Klaipeda, Gdansk, 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?

7 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?

36 nights aboard Seabourn Quest.

When does this itinerary sail?

Upcoming departures include 16 Aug 2028. A NestCruise advisor can confirm current availability.

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