NCL's 2026 Europe has more 7-day cruises, overnights, new Helsinki homeport

There are eight ships to choose from.

New are more weeklong cruises with limited or no sea days; select seven- to 14-night sailings with overnights in Reykjavik, Copenhagen, Istanbul and other ports and maiden calls at Portree, Scotland; Leirvik, Norway; and Palamós Spain.

Northern Europe

Norwegian Sun will offer a full Baltic season from June through October, with seven- to 10-day cruises where passengers can embark in Copenhagen or Helsinki and visit a port nearly every day including towns in Norway, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Sweden and beyond. On select nine-day voyages from Helsinki, Norwegian Sun’s itinerary includes an overnight in Copenhagen.

Norwegian Sky will commence a second full Europe season on April 19, 2026 with four seven-day open-jaw sailings between Le Havre and Copenhagen to the northern capitals, an overnight in Hamburg and visits to Zeebruge, Tilbury and Ijmuiden. The ship will then cruise a series of 10- and 11-day British Isles voyages from May through September including the Portree maiden call on the May 17 sailing.

Norwegian Star's 10- or 11-day 'Extraordinary Journeys' are open-jaw sailings between Reykjavik and Southampton with the option to add a pre- or post-cruise land stay. The 11-day option gives an overnight in Reykjavik. The Leirvik maiden call is part of the May 21 cruise, and Norwegian Star will return on some other voyages. Sailings will operate between May and September.

Mediterranean/Greek Isles

Norwegian Viva will operate nine- and 10-day western Mediterranean and Greek Isles voyages, April through October. Some Greek Isles cruises include an Istanbul overnight. The itineraries highlight Turkey, Malta, Italy, Greece, Montenegro and Croatia. These open-jaw sailings provide a choice of embarkation/disembarkation ports: Barcelona, Ravenna, Istanbul and Civitavecchia (Rome).

New western Mediterranean cruises include Norwegian Epic's open-jaw Barcelona-Civitavecchia cruises with calls at Villefranche, Marseille, Messina, Salerno and late-night departures from Livorno.

Norwegian Dawn will offer open-jaw cruises between Barcelona and Lisbon with no sea days. Calls include Palma de Mallorca and Ibiza with late-night departures, and Portimao and Gibraltar, among others.

Norwegian Gem's season opener from Barcelona on May 10 will feature maiden calls at Palamós, Salerno and Villefranche. Following this cruise, the ship will embark on a series of Ravenna-Civitavecchia itineraries with no sea days and calls at Greece, Montenegro and Croatia. Select departures have a late departure from Dubrovnik.

Norwegian Pearl's seven-day Greek Isles cruises, from May through October, provide varied itineraries with late departures from Santorini, Mykonos and Dubrovnik. Embarkation/disembarkation ports are Ravenna and Piraeus.