Your itinerary
Day 1
Day 1: Welcome to Copenhagen
Explore Copenhagen on your first day, then meet your Travel Director and fellow travelers for dinner.
Meals: Dinner
Day 2
Day 2: Explore Historic Copenhagen
Join a Local Specialist for a morning tour of Copenhagen’s Old Town. See Christiansborg Palace, the Little Mermaid on Langelinie Promenade, and Amalienborg Palace. Spend the rest of the day exploring independently, with time to enjoy Nyhavn.
Meals: Breakfast
Day 3
Day 3: Journey to Oslo
Leave Copenhagen and cross the Øresund by ferry to Sweden. Travel north through the Swedish countryside toward Oslo, Norway.
Meals: Breakfast
Day 4
Day 4: Vikings and More in Oslo
Join a Local Specialist for a morning tour of Oslo’s seafaring heritage. See Akershus fortress, the Royal Palace and Oslo Opera House. Spend the afternoon exploring independently or choose an optional experience to see more of Oslo.
Meals: Breakfast
Day 5
Day 5: Onwards to Stockholm
Drive through Norway’s forests into Sweden, passing Lake Vänern. Stop in the countryside for a locally hosted lunch with Niklas and Anna at their renovated 19th-century venue, where they share their approach to using local produce. Continue to Stockholm for a free evening, with an optional visit to the Ice Bar.
Meals: Breakfast,Lunch
Day 6
Day 6: Discover Beautiful Stockholm
Tour Stockholm with a Local Specialist, seeing Storkyrkan, the Royal Palace and the Swedish Parliament. Visit City Hall, where the annual Nobel Prize banquet is held. In the afternoon, explore independently or choose an optional experience focused on the city’s maritime heritage. An optional evening walking tour of Gamla Stan includes a traditional Swedish meal at a local restaurant.
Meals: Breakfast
Day 7
Day 7: Embark on an Overnight Cruise
Enjoy a leisurely start in Stockholm, with time for souvenir shopping or cinnamon rolls in Stortoget. Board an overnight cruise to Helsinki, sailing through Stockholm’s archipelago and across the Baltic Sea.
Meals: Breakfast
Day 8
Day 8: Arrive in Vibrant Helsinki
Continue across the Baltic Sea and arrive in Helsinki. Join a Local Specialist for a sightseeing tour covering the city’s Swedish and Russian heritage, including Finlandia Hall, the Senate and Market Square. An optional afternoon visit to a Finnish reindeer park includes meeting the reindeer and enjoying coffee, tea and homemade cake. Have dinner with your fellow travelers this evening.
Meals: Breakfast,Dinner
Day 9
Day 9: Helsinki at Leisure
Explore Helsinki at leisure or take an optional full-day cruise to Tallinn, Estonia, to see its walled, cobblestoned Old Town.
Meals: Breakfast
Day 10
Day 10: Farewell Scandinavia
Say farewell to your fellow travelers in Helsinki and prepare for your return journey home.
Meals: Breakfast
What’s included
What’s not included
Additional information
Dining Summary
- 2 Dinner (D)
- 9 Breakfast (B)
- 1 Lunch (L)
Iconic Experience
- Copenhagen: With your Local Specialist, view Christiansborg Palace, Nyhavn and Amalienborg Palace the Royal residence of Copenhagen.
- Gothenburg: Pass Gothenburg on a scenic drive through Sweden as you travel to Norway.
- Oslo: With your Local Specialist, see Akershus Castle, Oslo Harbor and the Royal Palace.
- Travel through unspoiled Swedish landscapes and see Lake Vänern, the largest lake in the country.
- Stockholm (Solna): Visit the Stockholm City Hall, with its spire featuring the golden Three Crowns. Admire the ornate architecture and unique artwork of one of the city’s most famous landmarks, and learn about the building’s eminent history.
- Stockholm (Solna): With your Local Specialist, visit the Stockholm City Hall and enjoy a panoramic tour of the city with your fellow traveling companions.
- Helsinki: Join your Local Specialist to see the sights of Helsinki, a city known for its seafront setting, clean-lined architecture and Nordic character. As you explore the Finnish capital, stop for a drink and take in the atmosphere of this harbor city.
How You'll Travel
- Selected hotel dinners plus a locally hosted meal
- Deluxe coach, and cruise travel
- Standard regional accommodation
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Copenhagen Welcome Dinner
Meet your Travel Director and fellow travellers over a welcome dinner in Copenhagen. This hosted gathering brings the group together and offers an opportunity to hear about the journey ahead.
Sharing a table provides an introduction to the easy sociability associated with Denmark’s hygge—the pleasure of good company and an unhurried conversation. Dinner is included; the restaurant and menu are not specified.
Copenhagen Guided City Tour
Explore Copenhagen with a Local Specialist, viewing the royal residence at Amalienborg Palace, Christiansborg Palace and the harbourfront facades of Nyhavn. See the Little Mermaid seated beside Langelinie Promenade, a small bronze figure inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s tale.
The tour introduces a capital shaped by monarchy, maritime trade and a long tradition of public life beside the water. Historic streets and working waterfronts give Copenhagen its distinctive mix of ceremony and everyday ease.
Oslo Guided City Tour
Discover Oslo with a Local Specialist and see Akershus Fortress, whose medieval walls overlook the harbour. The sightseeing tour also takes in the Royal Palace and the Oslo Opera House, its pale stone roof appearing to slope towards the fjord.
These landmarks trace the Norwegian capital from its seafaring past to its contemporary waterfront. Look out across the harbour to appreciate how closely the city’s civic life remains connected to the water.
Vigeland Sculpture Park
Visit Vigeland Sculpture Park in Oslo’s Frogner Park, where Gustav Vigeland’s figures portray people embracing, struggling, playing and growing old. Walk among the sculptures and see how their expressive gestures convey familiar moments without words.
At the centre of the installation stands the Monolith, carved with interwoven human forms. Conceived as a unified work of art rather than a conventional monument, the park offers a striking perspective on the shared stages of human life.
Be My Guest Lunch in Kumla
Share lunch with Niklas and Anna at their family-run organic restaurant, Egastronomi AB, in the Swedish countryside near Kumla. Hear how the brother and sister use local produce to shape the food they serve.
The meal takes place in a renovated 19th-century venue, bringing a personal welcome to the region’s rural setting. It is a chance to connect with local hosts and taste the results of their produce-led approach to Swedish cooking.
Stockholm Guided City Tour
Explore Stockholm with a Local Specialist, taking in Storkyrkan and the Royal Palace in the historic centre. See the Swedish Parliament and Riddarholmen Church as the tour reveals the civic and royal landmarks of the capital.
Spread across islands and waterways, Stockholm has long been shaped by its Baltic setting. Its old churches, palaces and government buildings offer a view of a city where medieval streets and national institutions stand close together.
Stockholm City Hall Visit
Visit Stockholm City Hall and admire the brick landmark crowned by a spire bearing Sweden’s golden Three Crowns. Explore its architecture and artwork while learning about the building’s place in the city’s public life.
City Hall is also home to the annual Nobel Prize banquet, giving its grand spaces an international significance. Its position beside Lake Mälaren adds a waterside setting to one of Stockholm’s most recognisable buildings.
Overnight Baltic Sea Cruise
Cruise overnight from Sweden to Finland, sailing out through Stockholm’s archipelago towards Helsinki. From the ship, watch wooded islands, rocky shores and waterside homes pass as the capital gives way to the Baltic Sea.
This is more than a transfer between cities: the archipelago is a defining part of Stockholm’s landscape, and seeing it from the water reveals the scale of its island setting. An overnight cabin stay is part of the included journey.
Helsinki Guided City Tour
Discover Helsinki with a Local Specialist, seeing the clean-lined facade of Finlandia Hall, the Senate Square area and the stalls of Market Square beside the harbour. The sightseeing also includes views of the Sibelius Monument, Olympic Stadium and Finnish National Opera.
Helsinki’s streets reflect both Swedish and Russian chapters of its history, while its waterfront and modern architecture give the city a distinctly Finnish character. A stop for a drink offers time to take in the harbour atmosphere.
Helsinki Farewell Dinner
Join your fellow travellers for dinner in Helsinki and raise a toast to the shared journey through the Nordic capitals. This organised group meal offers time to exchange favourite sights and conversations from the tour.
The Finnish toast kippis provides a fitting note for the gathering. Dinner is included, though the itinerary does not specify a restaurant or menu; the experience centres on celebrating together in the final capital of the trip.
Oslo In-Depth Exploration
Explore more of Oslo on an optional experience designed for travellers who want a deeper look at the Norwegian capital beyond the included sightseeing tour. It offers additional organised time in a city known for its harbour, historic sites and contemporary architecture.
The itinerary does not name the stops or activities for this excursion, so details should be confirmed with your Travel Director. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.
Stockholm Ice Bar
Step into Stockholm’s Ice Bar on an optional evening visit. Enter a chilled space made with ice, where the sculpted surroundings offer a striking contrast to the city streets outside.
Stockholm’s Ice Bar is recognised as the world’s first permanent ice bar, turning frozen material into a setting for a social night out. Any drinks or other inclusions depend on the excursion offered locally. The experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.
Stockholm Maritime Heritage Experience
Explore Stockholm’s maritime heritage on an optional organised experience. The city’s islands, waterways and Baltic connections make seafaring an especially revealing way to understand its history.
This excursion offers a more focused look at that heritage than the included city sightseeing, although the itinerary does not specify its route, attractions or entry arrangements. Ask your Travel Director for the confirmed programme. It is at additional cost and bookable on tour.
Gamla Stan Walking Tour & Swedish Dinner
Walk through Gamla Stan, Stockholm’s cobbled Old Town, on an optional tour focused on its medieval history. Explore the narrow streets and historic setting of the island neighbourhood before sharing a traditional Swedish meal at a local restaurant.
Gamla Stan grew around the city’s earliest centre, and its closely packed lanes retain a sense of Stockholm’s long trading and royal past. This combined walk and dinner is at additional cost and bookable on tour.
Finnish Reindeer Park Visit
Meet reindeer at a Finnish reindeer park on an optional excursion from Helsinki. Spend time observing the animals up close and enjoy coffee, tea and homemade cake during the visit.
Reindeer are closely associated with northern Finland and Sámi herding traditions, making this a chance to learn about an animal with a significant place in the country’s cultural landscape. The park is not named in the itinerary. The experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.
Tallinn Full-Day Excursion
Cruise from Helsinki to Tallinn on an optional full-day excursion to Estonia’s capital. Explore the walled, cobblestoned Old Town, where winding lanes and medieval buildings give the city centre a character distinct from Helsinki’s seafront streets.
Tallinn’s historic core preserves the atmosphere of a Baltic trading city, with defensive walls that recall its commercial importance. The itinerary does not specify guided visits or individual admissions. This excursion is at additional cost and bookable on tour.