Skagen expects 100% rise in passengers

Wednesday, April 4, 2018 - 11:32 by ce-press

This year 42 cruiseships carrying up to 68,500 passengers are going to call at Skagen. This is 100% up on 2017, when 33,000 passengers on 31 calls visited Skagen. Out of the 42, 11 will be first calls from ships within Princess Cruises and Viking Ocean Cruises, both brands being quite new to Skagen.

Anne Sofie Ronne Jensen, cruise manager Cruise Skagen Denmark, comments: “We constantly strive to develop our product and therefore we are introducing new tours from 2018. As it is our experience that cruise quests also want to be active when in port, we have added canoeing and horseback riding tours.

“Skagen is truly a biker’s paradise with the even and beautiful landscape and safe surroundings.” Cruiseships calling at Skagen are selling more and more bike tours and increasing numbers of independent passengers are exploring Skagen on bicycles. As a result more bike tour options have been created.

Related cruise lines

Princess Cruises

Viking Ocean Cruises

Related port

Skagen

Skagen is geographically located at the top of Denmark and at the same time on top of the European continent. Here the two seas - The Baltic Sea and the North Sea - and the whole world meet. At Grenen, the headland of the Skagen Odde spit, you can actually stand with one foot in the Baltic Sea and one foot in the North Sea! The sun shines for around 2.000 hours annually, which makes Skagen the sunniest place in Denmark. The town of Skagen - a 600 year old market town - has a unique setting and a fascinating history. For generations, it has been painted and depicted by artists and poets. Even the famous fairy-tale writer Hans Christian Andersen lost his heart to Skagen. Shopping in Skagen is always a treat. Whether you are on the lookout for designer clothes, ceramics or glassware, the famous Skagen watches or handmade amber jewellery, you'll find them all. Skagen is renowned for its high quality food products and freshly caught seafood.