Honningsvag (Mageroya Island, Norway)
Cruise Port schedule, live map, terminals, news
Region
Baltic - Norwegian Fjords - Russia
Local Time
2021-05-14 00:30
35°F 1.6°C
Gentle breeze4.5 m/s
36 °F / 3 °C 32 °F / 1 °C
Honningsvag is a port city (Norway's northernmost) located on Mageroya Island (Nordkapp, Finnmark county). The town has population around 2,500, so for it was made an exception from the country's legislation requiring a minimum of 5,000 inhabitants for a Norwegian city status.
Honningsvag is located at a bay on the southeastern side of the island. The renowned Nordkapp ("North Cape") and its visitors center is on the island's northern side. The port is visited by cruise ships mainly in the summer. The local fishing industrty is based on the ice-free waters in the southwestern part of Barents Sea. Tourism is another important to the city industry.
The distance from Honningsvag to Nordkapp (in southern direction) is 34 km (21 ml), which is approx 30-min drive. The "midnight sun" (Arctic Circle) natural phenomenon is when the sun remains visible at midnight. It occures here in the period May 14 through July 29. This phenomenon is often advertised by cruise companies on Arctic-themed cruise itineraries.
Honningsvag cruise terminal
The cruise port is right in downtown. In close proximity from the pier are the town's main shops, bars and restaurants.
The port has a total of 5 docking piers, all of which are located within 5-min walking distance from the town's center. Occasionally, larger-sized cruise ships are anchored and their passengers are transported to the piers via the ship's tender boats.
Honningsvag is one of the ferry ports along the "Express Route" - Norway's Government subsidized "Norwegian Coastal Express". This is a regularly scheduled passenger and cargo shipping service in Norway. The "ferry and cruise" itinerary is between two turnaround ports - Bergen (southmost) and Kirkenes (northmost). It connects a total of 34 ports, which are Norwegian communities without any road or air access.
Since January 2021, Norway's coastal ferry service is operated by two companies - Hurtigruten (7 ships) and Havila Shipping (4 ships)..Norwegian Government's annual subsidy for the ferry service is around USD 100 million.
The list of all ports along the northboaund "Norwegian Coastal Express" itinerary includes Bergen (turnaround port), Alesund, Floro, Geiranger (Stranda), Maloy (Vagsoy), Molde, Torvik (Heroy, Leinoya Island), Kristiansund, Rorvik (Vikna), Trondheim, Bodo, Bronnoysund (Bronnoy), Nesna, Ornes (Meloy), Sandnessjoen (Alstahaug), Stamsund (Vestvagoy Island), Svolvaer (Vagan, Austvagoya Island), Trollfjorden (Hadsel), Finnsnes (Lenvik), Harstad (Hinnoya Island), Risoyhamn (Andoy Island), Skjervoy, Sortland (Langoya Island), Stokmarknes (Hadseloya Island), Tromso, Berlevag, Hammerfest, Honningsvag (Mageroya Island), Nordkapp / North Cape), Kjollefjord (Lebesby), Mehamn (Gamvik), Oksfjord (Loppa), Batsfjord, Vardo (Vardoya Island), Kirkenes (turnaround port).
Port Honningsvag cruise ship schedule shows timetable calendars of all arrival and departure dates by month. The port's schedule lists all ships (in links) with cruises going to or leaving from Honningsvag, Mageroya Island, Norway. To see the full itineraries (ports of call dates and arrival / departure times) and their lowest rates – just follow the corresponding ship-link.
| Day | Ship | Arrival | Departure |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 May, 2021 Sunday |  MS Vesteralen | 11:00 | 14:00 |
| 4 May, 2021 Tuesday | MS Vesteralen | 05:00 | 05:00 |
| 4 May, 2021 Tuesday | MS Nordlys | 11:00 | 14:00 |
| 6 May, 2021 Thursday | MS Nordlys | 05:00 | 05:00 |
| 9 May, 2021 Sunday | MS Richard With | 11:00 | 14:00 |
| 11 May, 2021 Tuesday | MS Richard With | 05:00 | 05:00 |
| 13 May, 2021 Thursday | MS Vesteralen | 11:00 | 14:00 |
| 15 May, 2021 Saturday | MS Vesteralen | 05:00 | 05:00 |
| 15 May, 2021 Saturday | MS Nordlys | 11:00 | 14:00 |
| 17 May, 2021 Monday | MS Nordlys | 05:00 | 05:00 |
| 18 May, 2021 Tuesday | MS Polarlys | 11:00 | 14:00 |
| 20 May, 2021 Thursday | MS Maud | ||
| 20 May, 2021 Thursday | MS Polarlys | 05:00 | 05:00 |
| 20 May, 2021 Thursday | MS Richard With | 11:00 | 14:00 |
| 21 May, 2021 Friday | MS Nordnorge | 11:00 | 14:00 |
| 22 May, 2021 Saturday | MS Richard With | 05:00 | 05:00 |
| 23 May, 2021 Sunday | MS Nordnorge | 05:00 | 05:00 |
| 23 May, 2021 Sunday | MS Kong Harald | 11:00 | 14:00 |
| 24 May, 2021 Monday | MS Vesteralen | 11:00 | 14:00 |
| 25 May, 2021 Tuesday | MS Kong Harald | 05:00 | 05:00 |
| 26 May, 2021 Wednesday | MS Vesteralen | 05:00 | 05:00 |
| 26 May, 2021 Wednesday | MS Nordlys | 11:00 | 14:00 |
| 27 May, 2021 Thursday | MS Nordkapp | 11:00 | 14:00 |
| 28 May, 2021 Friday | MS Trollfjord | ||
| 28 May, 2021 Friday | MS Nordlys | 05:00 | 05:00 |
| 29 May, 2021 Saturday | MS Nordkapp | 05:00 | 05:00 |
| 29 May, 2021 Saturday | MS Polarlys | 11:00 | 14:00 |
| 30 May, 2021 Sunday |  Mein Schiff 1 | 08:00 | 18:00 |
| 31 May, 2021 Monday | MS Polarlys | 05:00 | 05:00 |
| 31 May, 2021 Monday | MS Richard With | 11:00 | 14:00 |