Ferries around Europe

You can now travel in style and luxury to the beautiful and fascinating countries of Norway, Sweden, The Netherlands, Denmark and Belgium.  Retrace the steps of the Vikings and Steep yourself in the wondrous nature in Norway or splurge on chocolate and beer in Belgium!

Harwich in Essex ports ferries that sail to the Hook of Holland and Esbjerg in Denmark.  Stena Line sail to the Hook of Holland 4 times a day from Harwich, a journey which takes 6 ¼ hours.  DFDS Seaways sails to Esbjerg 3 times a week and takes 16 hours.  Copenhagen is then only a further 3 hours on one of the regular trains.  But Esbjerg itself by all accounts is well worth a look around!

One of the biggest growing ports in Britain if not Europe, is Hull.  Because of its geographical location and good linkage transport system it has a catchment of 40 million that are within a 4 hours distance. 
Leisure ships sail to Zeebrugee in Belgium and Rotterdam in Holland.  Both services are carried out once a day. 

Tyne Port up in Newcastle offers the most extensive line of trips to northern Europe and Scandinavia, it is one of the most modern and sophisticated passenger ferry ports in business.  DFDS Seaways provide daily crossings to 4 different Norwegians destinations, Gothenburg  and Amsterdam.  With it never being more popular to visit Scandinavia, Newcastle Port acts as the perfect gateway!

Aswell as Hull, Rosyth Port sails to Zeebrugee in Holland.  This route crosses once a day and is ideally situated if you live near Edinburgh.  Aberdeen, Scotland's third city,  is based around it's working harbour which sees near 10,000 ships pass through it in a year. 
It is a gateway to the wonderous country of Iceland.

 If you are the adventurous type you can sail to Lerwick island in the North sea, from there to Torshavn island and finally then to Seydisfjord in Iceland.  If you do go, at least you'll have a good story to tell!

The UK serves many European countries some of which include:

• Ireland
• Spain
• France
• North Sea
  

UK leading ports
Discover more about the main ports in the UK - Where they are located and where they sail

Cross channel routes
If you are thinking about sailing cross channel - learn of the best ports and routes from the UK

Holiday ferries
Why not arrange your holiday for a ferry break - winter or summer your needs can be catered for!
Dover - Calais operators
Choose form a range of excellent operators which sail from the UK port to the French port!