29 nights, Hamburg to New York City

The itinerary, port by port

21 calls over 29 nights, Hamburg 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.

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1. Embark
   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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   Greencastle (County Donegal)

   Greencastle is a working fishing village on the Inishowen Peninsula at the mouth of Lough Foyle, used as a tender anchorage that puts ships within reach of Derry and Ireland's wild northern coast. 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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   Seyðisfjörður

   Seydisfjordur is a small town at the head of a long, steep-walled fjord in East Iceland, settled by Norwegian traders who left behind colorful timber houses. 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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   Reykjavik

   Reykjavik is the compact, walkable capital of Iceland and the gateway to the volcanic landscapes inland. 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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   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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    Nanortalik
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    Corner Brook (Newfoundland Island)

    Corner Brook is a working paper-mill city on Newfoundland's west coast, set deep in the Bay of Islands and ringed by the Long Range Mountains, so the sail in through the fjord is half the reason to come. Port guide →

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    Havre-Saint-Pierre

    Havre-Saint-Pierre is a small working fishing village on Quebec's North Shore, at the mouth of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, and the launch point for the Mingan Archipelago. Port guide →

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    Quebec City

    Quebec City is the walled heart of French North America, and the only fortified city north of Mexico, set on a bluff above the St. Port guide →

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    La Baie (Saguenay)

    La Baie is the cruise gateway to Saguenay, reached by sailing 50-plus nautical miles up the Saguenay Fjord, the only fjord in North America navigable by large cruise ships. Port guide →

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    Sept-Iles

    Sept-Iles is an industrial and fishing town on Quebec's remote Cote-Nord, set on a near-circular bay sheltered by the seven-island archipelago it is named for. Port guide →

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    Charlottetown (Prince Edward Island)

    Charlottetown is the small, walkable capital of Prince Edward Island and the room where Canada was negotiated into being at the 1864 Confederation conference. 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 →

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    Newport
21. Disembark
    New York City

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