Northern Europe cruises from London: British Isles, Norway, the Baltic and long voyages

This guide covers four regions on our schedule: the British Isles and Ireland, the Norwegian fjords, the Baltic and Scandinavia, and the long voyages, most of three weeks or more, which include the Iceland trips. Check the departure port before you compare fares. On our schedule a sailing from Dover is usually a round trip, and one from Greenwich or Tilbury is always one-way.

Which northern Europe cruises leave from London?

Region	Sailings	Lines	Leaves from	Nights	Lowest starting fare
British Isles and Ireland	46	Viking, Holland America, Seabourn, Carnival	Greenwich, Tilbury, Dover	9 to 14	$1,127
Norwegian fjords	19	Holland America, Viking, Seabourn, Azamara	Dover, Greenwich, Tilbury	12 to 18	$2,529
Baltic and Scandinavia	21	Holland America, Carnival, Seabourn, Azamara	Dover, Tilbury	7 to 20	$1,069
Long voyages and Iceland	51	Holland America, Seabourn, Viking, Azamara, Regent	Dover, Greenwich, Tilbury	12 to 42	$4,114

Fares are starting fares per person in US dollars, for the cheapest cabin listed, with taxes and port fees included, checked November 9, 2026. The cheapest cabin is not the same on every line. On November 9, 2026, Viking's lowest fares were almost all for balcony cabins, Seabourn's and Regent's for suites, and Holland America's, Carnival's and Azamara's mostly for interior cabins. A Viking fare and a Carnival fare are not prices for the same kind of room.

Round trips from Dover, one-way trips from Greenwich and Tilbury

On the schedule read November 9, 2026, every round trip left from Dover, and every sailing from Greenwich and Tilbury was one-way. Dover has 95 sailings, 74 of them round trips. Greenwich has 40, from Viking and Seabourn, and Tilbury has 22, from Viking and Azamara.

Viking sails from both Greenwich and Tilbury and calls them "London (Greenwich)" and "London (Tilbury)" on its own itinerary pages, so read which one your booking names. Most of Dover's northern sailings are Holland America's Nieuw Statendam, which calls at Rotterdam or Amsterdam first on every departure here.

The one-way northern trips end in these cities:

Ends in	One-way sailings ending there	Who sails it
Bergen, Norway	25	Viking, from Greenwich and Tilbury
Belfast, Northern Ireland	12	Viking from Greenwich and Tilbury, Seabourn from Greenwich
Copenhagen, Denmark	10	Seabourn and Azamara from Dover, Azamara from Tilbury
Stockholm, Sweden	6	Viking's 28-night trips from Greenwich, Azamara from Dover
Reykjavik, Iceland	5	Seabourn from Dover and Greenwich, Regent from Dover
Tromso, Norway	3	Viking's northern lights trips from Tilbury
Amsterdam, Netherlands	2	Viking's 21-night trips from Tilbury and Greenwich
Rotterdam, Netherlands	4	Holland America's October trips from Dover

What does a one-way cruise mean for the flight home?

You fly home from the city where the ship ends, not from London. Book an open-jaw ticket, into London and home from that city, or two one-way tickets, and check the end port on the sailing page before you buy either.

• Viking Air. Viking's FAQ says airport transfers are included when you buy flights through Viking Air. If you book your own flights, Viking sells transfers up to 30 days before departure.
• Time at the far end. Seabourn recommends at least 3 to 5 hours between the ship and your flight, at the start and at the end of a cruise, for transfers, customs and airport security.
• The flight in. The flying guide covers which London airport to use.

British Isles and Ireland cruises from London

Viking has most of these. Greenwich has 25, Tilbury 9 and Dover 12. They leave between late March and early September, from March 31, 2027 to September 1, 2028 on our schedule.

• Viking, British Isles Explorer, 14 nights, one-way to Bergen. Dublin, Holyhead, Liverpool, Belfast, Ullapool, Kirkwall, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Lerwick in Shetland. A few departures swap a call, such as Cobh for Dublin.
• Viking, British Isles & Ireland, 14 nights, one-way to Belfast. Portland, Fowey, Cobh, Foynes, Killybegs, Londonderry, Callanish on the Isle of Lewis, Tobermory, Fort William and Greenock.
• Holland America, 14 nights, round trip from Dover. After Rotterdam or Amsterdam, every departure calls at Invergordon, Portree, Belfast and Dublin, most add Greenock and Cobh, and some add Killybegs and Galway.
• Carnival, 9 nights, round trip from Dover. Carnival Miracle calls at Holyhead, Liverpool, Greenock, Belfast, Dublin and Cobh. There are 2 of these, from $1,127.
• Seabourn. Seabourn Quest sails 14-night round trips from Dover in July, by Cowes, Fowey, Bantry Bay, Oban and Kirkwall. Seabourn Venture has a 12-night trip from Greenwich to Belfast with Lundy Island, the Calf of Man and Rathlin Island on the way.

Norwegian fjords cruises from London

Dover has 13 of the Norway sailings, Greenwich 3 and Tilbury 3. Most leave between May and July, and the lowest 14-night fare was $2,529.

• Holland America, 14 nights, round trip from Dover. The May, June and July departures call at Rotterdam, Alesund and Trondheim, and most go north to Honningsvag and Tromso, with Andalsnes and Lerwick on the way. Outside summer, a 15-night trip in October 2027 ends in Rotterdam, a 15-night round trip in December 2027 goes to Copenhagen, Oslo, Kristiansand, Bergen and Stavanger, and an October 2028 round trip reaches Tromso and Alta.
• Viking, Into the Midnight Sun, 14 nights, one-way from Greenwich to Bergen. Rosyth or Edinburgh, Kirkwall, Lerwick, Honningsvag, Tromso, Leknes and Geiranger. There are 3, from June 23, 2027 to July 10, 2028.
• Viking, In Search of Northern Lights, 12 nights, one-way from Tilbury to Tromso. Rosyth, Bergen, Narvik, Harstad and Alta. These leave in winter, between January 10, 2028 and February 27, 2028, and start at $7,299.
• Seabourn and Azamara. Seabourn Quest sails 14 nights from Dover, as round trips in 2027 and one-way to Copenhagen in June 2028. Azamara Journey sails 18 nights from Dover to Copenhagen in June 2028, with Olden, Svolvaer, Trollfjord, Tromso, Honningsvag and Alta.

The season guide has Visit Norway's dates for the midnight sun and the northern lights.

Baltic and Scandinavia cruises from London

20 of the 21 Baltic sailings leave from Dover. They run 7 to 20 nights, mostly between June and September.

• Carnival, 8 to 12 nights, round trip from Dover. The 8- and 9-night trips call at Le Havre and Zeebrugge, then Copenhagen, Warnemunde and Aarhus. The 12-night trips go on to Helsinki, Tallinn and Stockholm. The last Carnival departure on our schedule is September 19, 2027.
• Holland America, 14 nights, round trip from Dover. Most call at Rotterdam, Copenhagen, Aarhus, Warnemunde, Tallinn, Helsinki, Stockholm, Visby and Oslo. The September departures go to Kiel, Ronne, Gdynia, Klaipeda and Riga instead of Tallinn, Helsinki and Stockholm. A 13-night trip leaves in December 2027.
• Seabourn, 7 to 20 nights, one-way from Dover to Copenhagen. These leave in August. The 18- and 20-night ones continue to Stockholm, Tallinn, Riga, Klaipeda and Gdansk and finish in Copenhagen.
• Azamara, 14 nights, one-way from Tilbury to Copenhagen. Azamara Quest in June 2027, by Warnemunde, Gdansk, Riga, Tallinn, Helsinki and Stockholm.

On fares checked November 9, 2026, Carnival's Baltic and British Isles round trips had the lowest starting fares of any sailing in this guide. Today the lowest Baltic fare is $1,069, and the lowest for 14 nights is $2,529.

Long voyages and Iceland from London

These run 12 to 42 nights. Most are two shorter itineraries sold as one booking. When a 14-night trip and a 28-night trip leave on the same day on the same ship, the 28-night one is that 14-night trip followed by the next.

• Holland America, 28 to 42 nights from Dover. There are 26 sailings of 28 nights, from $4,464, such as the British Isles followed by Norway. Two 42-night round trips in summer 2027 add a loop to Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar and Tangier. A few one-way trips end in Rotterdam or, in December 2027, in Barcelona.
• Seabourn, up to 40 nights from Dover and Greenwich. Several end in Reykjavik. Seabourn Venture's 40-night trip from Greenwich in June 2027 calls in Greenland, at Qaqortoq, Nanortalik and Prince Christian Sound, and ends in Reykjavik.
• Viking, 21 and 28 nights, one-way. The 21-night British Isles & Viking Shores trips from Tilbury and Greenwich add Bergen, Stavanger, Kristiansand, Oslo and Skagen and end in Amsterdam. The 28-night trips from Greenwich end in Stockholm.
• Regent, 12 nights, one-way from Dover to Reykjavik. Seven Seas Prestige leaves on July 4, 2028, by Newcastle, Dundee, Aberdeen, Torshavn in the Faroe Islands and four ports in Iceland.
• Azamara, 28 nights, one-way from Dover to Stockholm. Azamara Journey's Norway trip in June 2028 continues through the Baltic.

Which cruise line sails which northern trip?

Line	Sails from	Northern trips	Round trip or one-way	Cheapest cabin listed
Holland America	Dover	Mostly 14 nights to each region, and 28 or 42 nights	Round trip, a few one-way	Interior
Viking	Greenwich, Tilbury	14-night British Isles and midnight sun, 12-night northern lights, 21 and 28 nights	One-way	Balcony
Carnival	Dover	8 to 12 nights, Baltic and British Isles	Round trip	Interior
Seabourn	Dover, Greenwich	7 to 40 nights, including Iceland	Both	Suite
Azamara	Dover, Tilbury	14 to 28 nights, Baltic and Norway	One-way	Interior
Regent	Dover	12 nights to Iceland	One-way	Suite

The cabin column is what our schedule listed on November 9, 2026. Every sailing, with its end port and today's starting fare, is in the cruise list, and the cheap cruises page sorts them by fare and by fare per night.