Cruising the Baltic Sea
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- This topic is about international cruise ships visiting the Baltic Sea. See Baltic Sea ferries for local cruiseferries on the Baltic Sea. See Boating on the Baltic Sea for information for yachters.
The Baltic Sea is one of the newer choices in Cruise travel destinations. Like the Alaska cruises this one is only available in the summer months but it is a great way to visit the countries in Northern Europe, Germany, and Poland. This is a popular Cruise line destination and provides access to most of Northern Europe as the Mediterranean Sea does for Southern Europe. The Baltic Sea is a brackish inland sea bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Europe, and the Danish islands. While brackish this salt content is fairly low at the surface and swimming pools on board ships should be much more pleasant to swim in than those cruising the open ocean.
CountriesThe idea of cruising is to visit places and this sea provides connections to many interesting places. The following countries have outlets on the Baltic Sea (moving clockwise)
UnderstandThe northern parts of the Baltic sea freeze over in the winter, so cruises are limited to the summer season. Local cruise ferries are built for the conditions and continue traffic all year round.
Get aroundMajor Cruise Ships frequent these waters with tours that last 10 to 14 days depending on what countries you want to visit. Typically no cruise will reach all of the countries so you have to be choosy.
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- Guide text adapted from the Wikivoyage article "Cruising the Baltic Sea" by its contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read on Wikivoyage · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo: Stefan Ertmann, minor amendments by Joelf, edits by User: (WT-shared) DaleDe at wts wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons