About the cruise

Striking architecture, mesmerising history and rich culture await on this 14 night Baltic cruise on board Artemis. You’ll visit Oslo, Copenhagen, Visby, Stockholm, Helsinki, St Petersburg, Warnemunde and Bruges.

Oslo is a spectacular city surrounded by snow-capped mountains and rolling green hills, while Copenhagen brings you the fairytale Tivoli Gardens. Soar above the cityscape in a tethered hot air balloon – or explore Kronberg Castle, the original Elsinore in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Following evocative Visby, ‘town of roses and ruins’, Stockholm is often described as the ‘Venice of the North’ due to its topography, spanning 14 separate islands and myriad small islets, while Helsinki boasts stunning architecture and luscious parks. In St Petersburg, where you’ll enjoy two full days, you can seek out Catherine the Great’s Palace with its breathtaking white, blue and gold facade, while The Hermitage Museum holds some of Europe’s greatest art. This is Russia at its most dramatic, flamboyant and captivating.

To finish, you’ll take in Warnemunde, a former fisherman’s village and one of the most popular resorts on the Baltic Sea, before experiencing the master chocolatiers and exquisite lace shops of romantic medieval Bruges.