River cruisers looking to sail in 2020 will be interested to know they could have the chance to experience a once-in-a-decade event – the Oberammergau Passion Play. What is the Oberammergau Passion Play? The history of the play began in 1633 when the people of Oberammergau – a town in the Bavarian Alps of Germany […]
Condé Nast Traveller Readers announce Viking as top river cruise line
One again,Viking River Cruises has made the top of the list in ‘Best River Cruise Line’ by Condé Nast Traveler in the 2018 Reader’s Choice Awards. More than 429,000 readers submitted their choices, with millions of ratings and countless comments left for the 31st annual Reader’s Choice Awards survey. The cruise line has been voted […]
Viking River Cruises christens 6 new ships
It’s been established as something of a tradition here on the RiverVoyages.com blog to talk about the ever-expanding fleet of ships from Viking River Cruises but the latest news regarding the line’s newest vessels is especially relevant to us. During a recent ceremony in Amsterdam, no fewer than six new Viking Longships were christened, and […]
Viking christens 12 new vessels
It already has the biggest fleet currently cruising some of the world’s most celebrated rivers, but that didn’t stop Viking River Cruises from christening another 12 brand new vessels recently, bringing the line’s total number of ships to 60. Rain certainly couldn’t dampen spirits in Amsterdam on Tuesday March 24, where eight of the ships […]
Explore Europe the Viking way
If you’ve visited these pages before, you may remember my series of blogs looking into the Norse myths and legends which inspired one of the world’s leading river cruise lines, Viking, when it came to naming their many vessels. A look through Norwegian history shows that Vikings certainly knew a thing or two about exploring […]
Viking Longship Embla – who was Embla?
Almost every river cruise ship in Viking’s enormous fleet takes its name from Norse mythology, from Aegir right through to Var. This time we’re finding out more about Embla, the first woman in the world according to Viking myth… Who was Embla? Embla and Askr were the first humans in Norse mythology. They were thought […]
Viking Longship Alsvin – who was Alsvin?
In the first blog in this recurring series, I explained the purpose of it, which was to look at the history of the Norse figures after which each of the Viking River Cruises Longships are named. We’re working through the list of Viking Longships alphabetically, so this time it’s the turn of Alsvin, who gave […]
Eco-friendly River Cruises
In modern times, the environment has come to forefront of people’s minds, as the evidence for global warming and the damage that the human population is causing to our own planet with wasteful carbon emissions stacks up. Although much of the blame is placed upon the gases secreted by cars, planes and even cows, cruise […]
2014 and Viking River Cruises
2014 is going to be a huge year for Viking River Cruises. The fleet will continue to grow at an incredible rate as a whole new 14 ships will be launched, and the company will continue revealing information on the new ocean cruise line that will begin sailing in 2015 when the Viking Star takes […]
Viking River Cruises and Uniworld to christen vessels in France
If you’re a regular reader of my blogs, you may remember that I recently waxed lyrical about one of France’s real historic gems, Avignon and also not quite as recently, about another of its most ancient and enchanting destinations, Lyon. Well, according to recent reports, it seems that two of the world’s leading river cruise […]