Safer together
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Pre-boarding
To protect other guests and our crew, we need to ensure that those boarding our ships are Covid-clean and free from any infections. It is important that you are able to truthfully confirm that you have no symptoms of Covid-19 before you can board our ships.
Norwegian Coastal Express
- You need to fill in a self-declaration form before you can travel with us. You must confirm that you don’t have any Covid-19 symptoms. Please look out for an email with this self-declaration form 24 hours before your departure. The form has fillable fields for you to type your responses in and can be returned to us by email. If you are not able to fill out the form digitally, there are paper copies available once you arrive at check-in. Please take care to fill in all the required information. We may have to exercise our right to refuse your embarkation where parts of the form are missing or incomplete.
- You will also need to confirm that you agree to comply with any relevant and current travel restrictions from the Norwegian authorities (for journeys starting and ending in Norway).
- Upon embarkation, you’ll go through a contactless fever scan to record your temperature.
- You must agree to being tested for Covid-19 at any time if your scan indicates a high temperature.
- If you’re vaccinated, please bring your official medical documents.
- Our medical crew can conduct rapid tests whenever needed, providing results in just 20 minutes. A Health and Safety officer and a nurse are working onboard all Norwegian Coastal sailings.
Expedition Cruises
- Prior to departure, you’ll need to fill in a self-declaration form that confirms that you don’t have any Covid-19 symptoms. Please look out for an email with this self-declaration form 24 hours before your departure. The form has fillable fields for you to type your responses in and can be returned to us by email. If you are not able to fill out the form digitally, there are paper copies available once you arrive at check-in. Please take care to fill in all the required information. We may have to exercise our right to refuse your embarkation where parts of the form are missing or incomplete.
- You’ll also need a negative Covid-19 test result that is no older than 72 hours.
- If you’ve received the vaccine, please bring your official medical documents showing this.
- You will need to provide a Health declaration form. Please familiarise yourself with the required travel documents here
- As you board the boat, you’ll go through a contactless fever scanner to record your temperature. If your temperature is high, you must agree to a Covid-19 test.
- Our medical crew can conduct rapid tests, providing results in just 20 minutes. A full medical team is also always on standby in the ship’s hospital.
Testing of crew and practices
The crew are there to ensure that your sailing is a smooth experience. To keep everyone safe, we ask each crew member to follow a number of stringent protocols.
Norwegian Coastal Express
- All crew members are required to follow guidelines from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health and fill out a self-declaration form, stating that they have no symptoms of Covid-19 and that they’ve had no contact with anyone with Covid-19 in the last 14 days.
- Before boarding the ship, all crew members have completed a Covid-19 training program for hygiene procedures and infection management. They have undergone thorough first-aid training.
- Our onboard nurse is available on all our sailings along the Norwegian Coast, should any medical issue arise.
- Before embarking the ship, all crew members will be tested for fever. If the fever test indicates a high temperature, our medical team will conduct a rapid test to check for Covid-19. The result is provided in just 20 minutes.
- Only healthy crew members will board our ships, and if a crew member develops symptoms during a voyage, s/he will be put in isolation until our nurse has performed a rapid test and the test result is negative.
- Daily temperature checks are conducted on all crew members.
Expedition Cruises
- Before embarking the ship, all crew members must show a negative Covid-19 test, performed within the last 72 hours.
- They must also fill in a self-declaration form, stating they have no symptoms of Covid-19 and have had no contact with anyone who has Covid-19 in the last 14 days.
- Crew members that come from abroad will be quarantined before being allowed to board the ship. They are tested at the start of their quarantine, and then a second time 10 days prior to embarking the ship.
- Our crew members all go through a Covid-19 training for hygiene procedures and infection management. They’ve also undergone thorough first-aid training.
- If a crew member develops symptoms during a voyage, s/he will be put in isolation until our medical team has performed a rapid test with a negative result.
- Daily temperature checks are conducted on all crew members to secure everyone's safety.
Expedition landings
When you’re on a nature landing, you’ll be able to walk freely within an area designated by your Expedition Team. You may remove your face mask as soon as you’re able to keep a safe distance from fellow passengers. Landings in settlements where people live are conducted in close cooperation with the local authorities.
- You’ll be guided by our experienced Expedition Team and to ensure both your safety and that of the locals, you’ll need to stay in your designated group and wear a face mask at all times during your visit.
- No individual shopping or visits to coffee shops or restaurants will be possible.
- Face masks are also required when you are in the common areas of the ship and while in the tender boats.
- All pontoons, railings, tender boats and gear will be disinfected between each group.
- All personal tech equipment for activities is also washed and carefully disinfected after use.
We follow the strictest protocol to keep you safe. We’ll follow official guidelines and will adjust our policy to comply with the rules given by the local government where we visit.
Expedition landings
When you’re on a nature landing, you’ll be able to walk freely within an area designated by your Expedition Team. You may remove your face mask as soon as you’re able to keep a safe distance from fellow passengers. Landings in settlements where people live are conducted in close cooperation with the local authorities.
- You’ll be guided by our experienced Expedition Team and to ensure both your safety and that of the locals, you’ll need to stay in your designated group and wear a face mask at all times during your visit.
- No individual shopping or visits to coffee shops or restaurants will be possible.
- Face masks are also required when you are in the common areas of the ship and while in the tender boats.
- All pontoons, railings, tender boats and gear will be disinfected between each group.
- All personal tech equipment for activities is also washed and carefully disinfected after use.
We follow the strictest protocol to keep you safe. We’ll follow official guidelines and will adjust our policy to comply with the rules given by the local government where we visit.
Expedition landings
When you’re on a nature landing, you’ll be able to walk freely within an area designated by your Expedition Team. You may remove your face mask as soon as you’re able to keep a safe distance from fellow passengers. Landings in settlements where people live are conducted in close cooperation with the local authorities.
- You’ll be guided by our experienced Expedition Team and to ensure both your safety and that of the locals, you’ll need to stay in your designated group and wear a face mask at all times during your visit.
- No individual shopping or visits to coffee shops or restaurants will be possible.
- Face masks are also required when you are in the common areas of the ship and while in the tender boats.
- All pontoons, railings, tender boats and gear will be disinfected between each group.
- All personal tech equipment for activities is also washed and carefully disinfected after use.
We follow the strictest protocol to keep you safe. We’ll follow official guidelines and will adjust our policy to comply with the rules given by the local government where we visit.
Expedition landings
When you’re on a nature landing, you’ll be able to walk freely within an area designated by your Expedition Team. You may remove your face mask as soon as you’re able to keep a safe distance from fellow passengers. Landings in settlements where people live are conducted in close cooperation with the local authorities.
- You’ll be guided by our experienced Expedition Team and to ensure both your safety and that of the locals, you’ll need to stay in your designated group and wear a face mask at all times during your visit.
- No individual shopping or visits to coffee shops or restaurants will be possible.
- Face masks are also required when you are in the common areas of the ship and while in the tender boats.
- All pontoons, railings, tender boats and gear will be disinfected between each group.
- All personal tech equipment for activities is also washed and carefully disinfected after use.
We follow the strictest protocol to keep you safe. We’ll follow official guidelines and will adjust our policy to comply with the rules given by the local government where we visit.
Expedition landings
When you’re on a nature landing, you’ll be able to walk freely within an area designated by your Expedition Team. You may remove your face mask as soon as you’re able to keep a safe distance from fellow passengers. Landings in settlements where people live are conducted in close cooperation with the local authorities.
- You’ll be guided by our experienced Expedition Team and to ensure both your safety and that of the locals, you’ll need to stay in your designated group and wear a face mask at all times during your visit.
- No individual shopping or visits to coffee shops or restaurants will be possible.
- Face masks are also required when you are in the common areas of the ship and while in the tender boats.
- All pontoons, railings, tender boats and gear will be disinfected between each group.
- All personal tech equipment for activities is also washed and carefully disinfected after use.
We follow the strictest protocol to keep you safe. We’ll follow official guidelines and will adjust our policy to comply with the rules given by the local government where we visit.
Expedition landings
When you’re on a nature landing, you’ll be able to walk freely within an area designated by your Expedition Team. You may remove your face mask as soon as you’re able to keep a safe distance from fellow passengers. Landings in settlements where people live are conducted in close cooperation with the local authorities.
- You’ll be guided by our experienced Expedition Team and to ensure both your safety and that of the locals, you’ll need to stay in your designated group and wear a face mask at all times during your visit.
- No individual shopping or visits to coffee shops or restaurants will be possible.
- Face masks are also required when you are in the common areas of the ship and while in the tender boats.
- All pontoons, railings, tender boats and gear will be disinfected between each group.
- All personal tech equipment for activities is also washed and carefully disinfected after use.
We follow the strictest protocol to keep you safe. We’ll follow official guidelines and will adjust our policy to comply with the rules given by the local government where we visit.
Expedition landings
When you’re on a nature landing, you’ll be able to walk freely within an area designated by your Expedition Team. You may remove your face mask as soon as you’re able to keep a safe distance from fellow passengers. Landings in settlements where people live are conducted in close cooperation with the local authorities.
- You’ll be guided by our experienced Expedition Team and to ensure both your safety and that of the locals, you’ll need to stay in your designated group and wear a face mask at all times during your visit.
- No individual shopping or visits to coffee shops or restaurants will be possible.
- Face masks are also required when you are in the common areas of the ship and while in the tender boats.
- All pontoons, railings, tender boats and gear will be disinfected between each group.
- All personal tech equipment for activities is also washed and carefully disinfected after use.
We follow the strictest protocol to keep you safe. We’ll follow official guidelines and will adjust our policy to comply with the rules given by the local government where we visit.