Ocean Discovery – Rotterdam (Amsterdam), Alesund & Trondheim

About this cruise

This is the kind of cruise where you actually have time to go back to a port highlight you missed the first time. 28 nights from Dover on October 13, 2028, visiting Rotterdam, Ålesund and Trondheim, with additional stops along the Northern Europe & Scandinavia. The final stretch is open ocean, which gives you time to process everything you've seen and use the ship one last time. The route threads through 5 countries along the Northern Europe & Scandinavia coast: Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Morocco and Spain. You get around 11 hours in each port, which is enough for an excursion, lunch, and some wandering around on your own. When you're not ashore, Nieuw Statendam has 12 restaurants on board, which means you could eat somewhere different nearly every night. One of the underrated parts of a longer cruise: you actually get to know people. The couple from dinner, the group at trivia, the bartender who remembers your drink. An October sailing dodges the peak crowds while the weather is still cooperating. Well timed. If you've been thinking about a cruise, this 28-night sailing is a strong place to start.