The first one · 7 nights · Bergen to Bergen
ARCTIC's home waters: Hardanger and Sogn, a helicopter onto two glaciers, cider farms, a Viking lunch and an island whisky distillery. Short legs, Bergen and back.
Board beside Bryggen
Board beside Bryggen, the UNESCO wharf, after a walk round the fish market or up the funicular to Fløyen if you arrive early. Welcome dinner as ARCTIC heads south for Hardanger.
Rosendal, Folgefonna glacier · A manor, then a helicopter onto the ice
A private visit to Baroniet Rosendal, the seventeenth-century manor and its gardens. Then the helicopter up onto the Folgefonna ice cap for a guided walk or snowshoe, or a flight round it for anyone who would rather stay warm.
The idea of the week
ARCTIC's home waters, and the easiest way into Norway. Out of Bergen and back, with two of the great fjord systems, Hardanger and Sogn, the waterfalls, and a helicopter onto the glaciers above them. Short legs, one easy day at sea in the middle, and no flights at either end but Bergen.
It is the week for a first trip this far north, for families, and for anyone who wants the classic Norway: the cider farms, the Viking valley, the steep little railway, and an island at the edge of the Atlantic with one fisherman and a distillery.
The days are the route we would suggest. On board, the captain sets the final one around the ice, the weather and the wildlife, and every week can be reshaped around your group.
What the week costs
The yacht's published weekly rate, plus an Advance Provisioning Allowance, customarily 30 percent, for fuel, food, drink and berths, plus local VAT where it applies. Every listing shows its rate.
How charter pricing worksAlso on this coast
Everything we know about Northern Europe: when to go, where the fleet is and the other weeks we have planned.
Open Northern EuropeWoven into the week
The parts of the week that need a phone call before you arrive: tables, guides, instructors and the toys on deck.
ARCTIC carries one of the largest tender fleets in charter: Zodiacs and RIBs for the glacier fronts and the whales, kayaks and paddleboards for the still mornings, dive gear and room for an ROV. Wherever she anchors, there is a way onto the water or the ice.
A floating saunaA wood-fired sauna on the water, with a jump into the fjord between rounds. The Norwegian way to end any day.
Someone always goes first. A swim in the fjord or among the ice, straight into the Jacuzzi on deck or the sauna, and a story you will tell for years.
The helideckA helicopter on board turns a glacier into a lunch stop. Landings on the ice, flights over the peaks, a dinner reached by air. Where it can fly depends on local permits, which we arrange before the charter.
A polar guide on boardWe always recommend it. A full-time guide is what opens the doors: the orca days, the Sámi families, the farm dinners, the hidden beaches the guidebooks do not have. It is the Explorer level on ARCTIC's listing, and where we start every plan.
Every week here is seven nights because that is how ARCTIC's programme runs, but any of them can grow. Two regions back to back is the trip of a lifetime: the fjords then the Arctic Circle, or Iceland then East Greenland.
Yachts
Live from our charter list, in a different order every visit so you see the range. Every rate is the real weekly figure from the listing.
The live list for Northern Europe is a tap away.
Every yacht available here, with its published weekly rate.
Explore available yachtsThe other weeks we have planned on this coast, and when to go.
