Cruise regions

Baltic

Explore the cities and islands around the Baltic through their individual port guides.

Countries & island groups

Ports in this region

Denmark · Baltic
Aalborg
Aalborg's city waterfront allows an independent visit centred on architecture, art or a walk through the streets behind the harbour. Choose one museum…
DockLarge ships
Denmark · Baltic
Aarhus
Aarhus offers two contrasting museum visits: art at ARoS, or recreated town life at Den Gamle By. Choose one as the main activity for a short call,…
DockLarge ships
Denmark · Baltic
Ærøskøbing
Ærøskøbing is a harbour town on Ærø where a short visit can combine the town's museums with the waterfront. Extending the day across the island is…
TenderSmall ships
Germany · Baltic
Binz (Rügen)
Binz offers a manageable local day on Rügen: the seafront villas and beach, the lakeside promenade at Schmachter See, or a visit to the documentation…
TenderSmall ships
Sweden · Baltic
Borgholm
Borgholm makes a useful base for a focused visit to Öland: stay around the harbour, explore the castle ruin above town, or spend your time in Solliden's…
TenderSmall ships
Denmark · Baltic
Copenhagen
Copenhagen's cruise berths create different starting points for a day ashore. Langelinie and Nordre Toldbod put you near the central waterfront. Oceankaj…
DockLarge ships
Denmark · Baltic
Faaborg
Faaborg, on southern Funen, offers a useful combination of harbour, old streets and art. A focused visit can pair Faaborg Museum with a walk through the…
DockSmall ships
Germany · Baltic
Flensburg
Flensburg's historic harbour and old-town streets make a worthwhile local visit, with two different ways to spend a short call: an outdoor walk through…
DockSmall ships
Denmark · Baltic
Fredericia
Fredericia is a practical place to spend a short call in town. Its harbour gives access to a centre shaped by fortifications, with the ramparts providing…
DockSmall ships
Poland · Baltic
Gdynia (for Gdańsk)
Check whether your itinerary names Gdynia or Gdańsk before arranging transport: these are separate ports. From Gdynia, visiting Gdańsk involves a…
DockLarge ships
Sweden · Baltic
Gothenburg
Your berth determines the shape of a Gothenburg day. From the America Terminal, the nearby Maritime Museum and Aquarium or the streets towards Haga make…
DockLarge ships
Denmark · Baltic
Gudhjem, Bornholm
Gudhjem is a hillside harbour town on Bornholm, with a choice between a compact waterfront visit and a more demanding walk up through the village. Its…
TenderSmall ships
Sweden · Baltic
Helsingborg
Helsingborg offers two useful kinds of day: remain around the waterfront and Kärnan, or make Sofiero's gardens your main outing. Check the berth first. A…
MixedSmall ships
Denmark · Baltic
Helsingør (Elsinore)
Helsingør, also called Elsinore, offers a focused shore visit around Kronborg Castle and the former shipyard waterfront. The castle is the setting…
MixedSmall ships
Finland · Baltic
Helsinki
Your berth makes a substantial difference to a Helsinki port day. Start by identifying the quay, then choose a city visit around Senate Square or an…
DockLarge ships
Sweden · Baltic
Kalmar
Kalmar is a practical port for choosing one substantial indoor visit and a town walk. The Kronan exhibition is on the Kvarnholmen side of the centre; the…
MixedSmall ships
Denmark · Baltic
Kalundborg
Kalundborg's local focus is Højbyen, the historic high town around the five-towered Church of Our Lady. Whether that is a straightforward independent…
DockSmall ships
Sweden · Baltic
Karlskrona
Karlskrona's naval heritage is easiest to approach through the public city and the Naval Museum on Stumholmen. The Naval Port of Karlskrona entered the…
MixedSmall ships
Finland · Baltic
Kemi
Kemi's SnowCastle area includes an indoor snow-and-ice attraction that operates year-round. A visit outside winter can therefore include more than a town…
DockSmall ships
Germany · Baltic
Kiel
Kiel's waterfront museums make a practical local outing, but the transfer into town depends on the berth. Ostseekai is on the city side of the harbour;…
DockLarge ships
Lithuania · Baltic
Klaipėda (Curonian Spit)
Cruise port for Curonian Spit
Klaipėda offers a straightforward city outing and a more complicated excursion across the lagoon. For a short call, stay around Theatre Square and the…
DockSmall ships
Finland · Baltic
Kotka
Kotka offers two useful local plans: maritime museums at Vellamo or a walk through the parks of Kotkansaari. Before choosing, establish your arrival…
MixedSmall ships
Latvia · Baltic
Liepāja
A Liepāja call works well as a city visit centred on music and the coast. Start with the Great Amber concert hall or Seaside Park; choose the former…
DockSmall ships
Sweden · Baltic
Luleå
Luleå offers a choice between the city and Gammelstad Church Town, a separate World Heritage site outside the centre. Gammelstad is the stronger focus…
DockSmall ships
Sweden · Baltic
Lysekil
Lysekil's useful contrast is between an indoor visit to Havets Hus and time on the exposed granite coast at Stångehuvud. A shorter day can stay around…
MixedSmall ships
Sweden · Baltic
Malmö
For a short Malmö call, choose between the old-town area around Lilla Torg and a fuller visit to Malmöhus Castle. Combining a local museum with time…
DockSmall ships
Finland · Baltic
Mariehamn, Åland Islands
Mariehamn's maritime sights occupy both sides of town. The Maritime Museum and Pommern are in the Western Harbour; the Maritime Quarter is on the eastern…
DockSmall ships
Sweden · Baltic
Marstrand
Marstrand's fortress, harbour and shoreline make a compact focus for time ashore. SeaDream lists Marstrand among its cruise destinations, but the ship's…
MixedSmall ships
Sweden · Baltic
Norrköping
Norrköping's Museum of Work and its river setting offer a practical focus for a short city visit. Alongside cruise calls are documented, but confirm your…
DockSmall ships
Denmark · Baltic
Nyborg
Nyborg offers a walk through a former royal town, but the castle interior is not currently a visitor option. Nyborg Castle remains closed for…
DockSmall ships
Sweden · Baltic
Nynäshamn
A call at Nynäshamn involves a choice between travelling to Stockholm and spending the day locally. Stockholm requires a substantial journey in both…
MixedSmall ships
Finland · Baltic
Oulu
Oulu's Market Square offers a useful focus for a short town visit. Ocean cruise ships can berth alongside at the Port of Oulu, but the working harbour…
DockSmall ships
Latvia · Baltic
Riga
Your berth is the first decision in planning Riga. The central Passenger Port puts the historic centre within walking reach; a call at KS Terminal needs…
DockLarge ships
Denmark · Baltic
Rønne, Bornholm
Rønne provides a town-based introduction to Bornholm, with ceramics, local streets and museums accessible after the port transfer. Choose this local plan…
DockSmall ships
Estonia · Baltic
Saaremaa (Kudema Bay)
A call at Saaremaa Harbour needs a transport plan: the port is at Ninase on the island's northern coast, while Kuressaare and its castle are a separate…
DockLarge ships
Germany · Baltic
Sassnitz (Rügen)
“Sassnitz” can mean a call at the town harbour or at Mukran Port, a separate terminal complex. That difference changes the day: the old harbour is a…
MixedSmall ships
Denmark · Baltic
Skagen
A Skagen call usually comes down to a choice between the town's art and harbour, or an outing to Grenen. The headland is a separate journey beyond the…
DockSmall ships
Sweden · Baltic
Stockholm
Your berth determines how to plan Stockholm. A ship at Stadsgården has a different starting point from one at Frihamnen, and a call labelled Stockholm…
MixedLarge ships
Sweden · Baltic
Sundsvall
Sundsvall's Stenstan, or Stone City, is the most useful focus for a short visit. The municipality traces the district's rebuilding to the destructive…
DockSmall ships
Poland · Baltic
Szczecin
Szczecin's useful starting point for a short visit is the Oder waterfront around Wały Chrobrego. The municipal Passenger Quay serves vessels here, with…
DockSmall ships
Estonia · Baltic
Tallinn
Tallinn's Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, divided between the lower town and the elevated Toompea area. A short call works well as a lower-town…
DockLarge ships
Germany · Baltic
Travemünde
Travemünde offers two different kinds of shore day: stay by the Trave waterfront and seaside promenades, or travel inland to Lübeck's historic centre.…
DockSmall ships
Finland · Baltic
Turku
For a short Turku call, choose between the castle and maritime museums near the lower Aura River, or a transfer into the centre followed by a riverside…
DockSmall ships
Sweden · Baltic
Umeå
Umeå's port is at Holmsund, outside the city centre. A city visit therefore needs a transfer plan before an activity plan. Bildmuseet and the adjoining…
DockSmall ships
Finland · Baltic
Vaasa
For a short Vaasa visit, the Inner Harbour and Kuntsi Museum offer a focused local plan after the transfer into town. Cruise facilities are at the…
MixedSmall ships
Latvia · Baltic
Ventspils
Ventspils offers two useful shore-day choices: the riverfront and castle around the old centre, or an outing towards the harbour mouth. For a short call,…
DockSmall ships
Sweden · Baltic
Visby Gotland
Visby's walled old town is a practical focus for a day ashore on Gotland. UNESCO inscribed the Hanseatic Town of Visby in 1995, recognising its surviving…
DockSmall ships
Germany · Baltic
Warnemünde (Rostock & Berlin)
Cruise port for Rostock & Berlin
A Warnemünde call offers a choice between a seaside walk and a visit to central Rostock. The useful first decision is whether the ship is actually at…
DockLarge ships
Germany · Baltic
Wismar
Wismar suits a shore day spent in the old town, with one indoor visit to put its streets and merchant buildings in context. UNESCO lists the Historic…
DockSmall ships