Batsfjord Norway
Norway
3066
Cruises availables
At departure or passage at this port
Hurtigruten (3066 Cruises)
MS Kong Harald
492 Cruises
MS Nordkapp
514 Cruises
MS Nordlys
475 Cruises
| 28 August | 7 days | One-way from Bergen to Kirkenes |
| 28 August | 12 days | Round-trip from Bergen, Norway |
| 28 August | 11 days | One-way from Bergen to Trondheim |
| 31 August | 4 days | One-way from Svolvaer to Kirkenes |
MS Nordnorge
489 Cruises
MS Polarlys
588 Cruises
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MS Richard With
508 Cruises
Frequently Asked Questions
At the village quays, deep inside its natural shelter. Båtsfjord has some 2,000 residents and the whole centre is walkable from the harbour. The coastal express has called here for generations.
In the far northeast of the country, on the Varanger peninsula in Finnmark, facing the Barents Sea. The ship threads between dark rock walls before the village appears at the head of the fjord.
Fishing, plainly. The quays line up trawlers and smaller boats, processing plants edge the shore, and Barents Sea cod is worked year-round. The smell of the sea follows you along the walk.
Its large coloured glass mosaic, startling in this mineral landscape: Arctic light passes through it and casts warm tones across the nave. The building, modern and about fifty years old, is considered one of the most distinctive contemporary churches in Finnmark. A few minutes are enough.
Because of the Syltefjordstauran cliffs nearby: they hold one of the world's northernmost gannet colonies and an immense kittiwake colony of roughly 140,000 pairs. RIB outings run there in season.
The trip to the bird cliffs takes up most of the time and is the highlight of the call. Failing that, count on the church, a walk through the village among nets and containers, and the viewpoint at Skrovnesløkta lighthouse over the fjord entrance.
No. In summer the Finnmark sky never darkens enough: this is the season of continuous daylight, not of auroras. Summer calls do offer remarkable low-angle light until late in the evening.
Sea eagles, guillemots and cormorants round out the birdlife, while seals and whales frequent local waters. In late winter and early spring the harbour welcomes the king eider, which photographers travel from around the world to watch near the quays.
Yes, quiet trails lead inland to waterfalls and salmon rivers, through tundra that turns vivid by late summer. A glass-walled hide lets you watch birds under cover when the Barents Sea wind picks up.
No, and that is its strength. Nothing here is dressed up for visitors: you see a piece of working Norway, faithful to the sea that feeds it. Travellers looking for shops and packaged attractions will be disappointed; everyone else remembers it fondly.
