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EXPLORA V · Grand Journeys

27 nights, Copenhagen to New York City

August 27, 2028 – September 24, 2028 · 27 nights · 19 stops

Explora's name for it: A Grand Journey from Nordic Serenity to the Urban Energy of New York

Copenhagen (open port guide)CopenhagenLysekil (open port guide)Oslo (open port guide)Mandal (open port guide)Hamburg (open port guide)Southampton (open port guide)Oban (open port guide)Stornoway (Isle of Lewis) (open port guide)Akureyri (open port guide)Ísafjörður (open port guide)Reykjavik (open port guide)Sailing the Prins Christian Sund waterwayPaamiut (open port guide)Qaqortoq (Julianehåb) (open port guide)St John’s (Newfoundland Island) (open port guide)Saint-Pierre (open port guide)Sydney (open port guide)Halifax (open port guide)New York City (open port guide)New York City

The itinerary, port by port

19 calls over 27 nights, Copenhagen to New York City. Open any port for my full day-ashore guide, what to see, when to go, and how the day actually runs.

Getting there: Flights to Copenhagen (CPH) open around October 2027, about 11 months before you sail. I track that window for booked clients and flag it the moment it is worth booking. When to book your flights →

  1. Embark
    Copenhagen

    Copenhagen is a flat, walkable harbor capital where the cruise quays sit right on the water near the royal district, so the city reads as a sequence of canals, squares, and palaces rather than a place you… Port guide →

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    Lysekil

    Lysekil is a compact fishing and resort town on the granite Bohuslän coast of western Sweden, near where the smooth pink Bohus granite reaches its southern limit. Port guide →

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    Oslo

    Oslo sits at the head of its own long fjord, and the approach by ship past wooded islands is half the appeal. Port guide →

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    Mandal

    Mandal is Norway's southernmost town, a small Sørlandet harbor of white timber houses on the Mandalselva river known for its long sand beach and its history as an artists' town. Port guide →

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    Hamburg

    Hamburg is Germany's port city, a network of canals, brick warehouses, and harbor basins where the Elbe meets the city center. Port guide →

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    Southampton

    Southampton is England's main cruise gateway, a working port city on the south coast whose old quarter holds some of the best-preserved medieval town walls and gatehouses in the country, plus a maritime… Port guide →

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    Oban

    Oban is a Victorian seaside town on Scotland's west coast that bills itself as the seafood capital of Scotland and the gateway to the Hebrides. Port guide →

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    Stornoway (Isle of Lewis)

    Stornoway is the main town of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, a Gaelic-speaking island of peat moor, weaving sheds, and a harbor town that feels like the edge of Europe. Port guide →

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    Akureyri

    Akureyri is Iceland's largest town outside the Reykjavik area, set at the head of Eyjafjordur, the country's longest fjord, on the north coast. Port guide →

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    Ísafjörður

    Ísafjörður is the de facto capital of Iceland's remote Westfjords, a fishing town of roughly 3,000 wedged on a sandspit beneath steep table mountains at the end of a long fjord. Port guide →

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    Reykjavik

    Reykjavik is the compact, walkable capital of Iceland and the gateway to the volcanic landscapes inland. Port guide →

  12. 12
    Sailing the Prins Christian Sund waterway

    Prins Christian Sund is a fjord-and-mountain channel near the southern tip of Greenland, around 60 miles long and at points only about 500 meters wide, that links the Labrador Sea with the Irminger Sea.

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    Paamiut

    Paamiut is a small fishing town of around 1,500 people on Greenland's southwest coast, set at the mouth of the Kuannersooq fjord between mountains and open ocean. Port guide →

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    Qaqortoq (Julianehåb)

    Qaqortoq is South Greenland's largest town, about 3,000 people in brightly painted houses stacked up steep hills around a small harbor. Port guide →

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    St John’s (Newfoundland Island)

    St John's is one of the oldest cities in North America, a working harbor ringed by hills and rows of jellybean-colored houses at the eastern edge of the continent. Port guide →

  16. 16
    Saint-Pierre

    Saint-Pierre was Martinique's cultural capital, the Paris of the Caribbean, until Mont Pelee erupted on May 8, 1902 and a pyroclastic flow killed roughly 30,000 people in minutes. Port guide →

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    Sydney

    Sydney is the harbor town of Cape Breton Island, a former coal and steel city that is now the gateway to Cape Breton's Scottish, Acadian, and Mi'kmaq heritage. Port guide →

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    Halifax

    Halifax is an Atlantic port city built around one of the world's great natural harbors, with a star-shaped hilltop fort, a long working waterfront, and a sober line in maritime history from the Titanic… Port guide →

  19. Disembark
    New York City

    New York needs no introduction, but the cruise day is shaped entirely by which terminal you draw. Port guide →

Fares on this departure, decoded

Reading the fare fine print is the job. Here's what this sailing currently carries:

Founders Fare
A founding-era fare on a selected set of sailings. Onboard credit where the offer applies.
Invitation to Discover More
Explora's discovery fare, available across most of the calendar. Onboard credit where the offer applies.
Early Booking Benefit
A fare for booking far enough ahead of departure. Onboard credit where the offer applies.

The ship and your suite

This sailing is aboard EXPLORA V, all-suite, every suite with a private ocean-front terrace. Suites run from the entry Ocean Terrace to the Owner's Residence; the right tier depends on how you travel. Compare suites → · What's included →


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