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NCL details port-intensive 2026 European sailings

More week-long itineraries throughout Europe with limited or no sea days have been scheduled by Norwegian Cruise Line for summer 2026.

Selected seven-to-14-day sailings also offer overnight stays in cities such as Reykjavik, Copenhagen and Istanbul. 

A total of 22 overnights are included in the programme which covers 225 cruises covering 150 ports of call.

The line will make debut calls into Portree in Scotland, Leirvik, Norway and Palamos in Spain, while Helsinki becomes a new homeport for the season.

NCL will sail from 11 ports with cruises covering 10 European countries.

Norwegian Star is to run open-jaw departures from Southampton and Reykjavik with 10 and 11-day itineraries  between May and September 2026, allowing passengers to add pre- or post-cruise stays.

The northern Europe schedule also sees Norwegian Sun run Baltic sailings from Copenhagen or Helsinki between June and October 2026 with daily visits to towns in Norway, Germany, Poland, Lithuania and Sweden.

Norwegian Sky will start its second full Europe season on April 19, 2026 with four seven-day open-jaw sailings from Le Havre and Copenhagen, offering an overnight stay in Hamburg and visiting Zeebruge for Bruges, Tilbury for London and Ijmuiden for Amsterdam.  

The ship will then operate a series of 10- and 11-day British Isles cruises between May and September including a first call into Portree on its May 17 sailing.

NCL will deploy new ship Norwegian Viva on nine and 10-day western Mediterranean and Greek islands voyages from four ports.

Norwegian Epic returns to sail from Barcelona and Rome (Civitavecchia) between May and October 2026. 

Norwegian Dawn (pictured) will operate from Barcelona and Lisbon while Norwegian Gem will run a series of cruises to and from Venice (Ravenna) and Civitavecchia after starting its European season May 10, 2026 from Barcelona.

Norwegian Pearl will run seven-day Greek islands voyages from Ravenna and Athens (Piraeus).

NCL president David Herrera said: “We take pride in offering our guests various options to plan where they want to vacation.

“Whether they choose our seven-day sailings, longer immersive voyages, or cruises that begin and end in a new destination, we make it so our guests can vacation with ease with us from start to finish.”

 From transportation, air programming and so much more, we strive to offer the best service all around.”

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