Today we woke to look out on the little town of Honningsvag. It is the Northernmost city (town) in mainland Norway and has a population of 2,245 (according to Wiki). Today our ship has brought somewhere in the region of 1400 people to it. And we weren't the only ones. Other, smaller cruising vessels similar to the Hurtigruten were docking too.
There isn't much to do in the town itself. It's pretty enough, with a little marina, restaurants and gift shops. But the main attraction of Honningsvag for cruise ships is that it is the starting point for bus tours up to the North Cape. We've been on this trip twice before. The first time failed due to blizzard conditions and during our second visit the rain was hitting us sideways and it was so cold we could hardly take our gloves off to take photo's before dashing back into the visitor centre.
Today was different though. Today was really warm, the scenery along the drive was stunning and we got to see reindeer.
At the visitor center we stood outside enjoying the warm wind and the sun. We even had time to find our way down to the Kings View - a platform carved into cliff accessed via a tunnel from the centre.
After the tour, we took a very short walk around the town. The water in the marina was mirror smooth and every corner presented another photo opportunity. In Peter's words "Everyone's a banger". Bonus sightings of a Black Guillemot and a couple of seals in the marina just added to the experience.
Now it is time for the us to make our way to Iceland. The ship has to sail past the North Cape on the way - more photographs.
And we got to see what I think might have been White-sided Dolphins whilst eating dinner - no photographs though. 😞
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