Nordic Explorer - MS Braemar - Fred Olsen Cruise Lines - 24

Nordic Explorer, August 24 - 31 2001

The route taken aboard Braema

This cruise came about, as with Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines having just purchased and refitted Braemar they were offering some very good deals. We only had the time [and money!] for a 7 day trip. So as we wanted to visit the Norwegian Fjords it was an ideal itinerary. Amsterdam is always a bonus. [Click here to return to the reflections]

Braemar in the Drizzle and Mist in Flåm
Drizzle and Mist in Flåm

Sunshine in Eidfjord

The Itinerary

The Ship

Photographs

Please also visit Passenger Ship Parade,
where Bart de Boer has written a wonderful review,
with a superb photo gallery of Braemar during
a Norwegian Fjords Cruise in September 2007

Click here for reviews of some of our other recent cruises

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For anyone interested in the History of Fred. Olsen Lines look no further than Anthony Cooke's "The Fred. Olsen Line and its Passenger Ships" (Dec2007). A comprehensive history, well illustrated, of the many passenger vessels, cruise ships along with the ferries & cargo liners, owned by the company since 1848. Pictures of many of these ships adorn the bulkheads of Balmoral, more specifically in the Morning Light Pub [named after Olsen's largest sailing vessel] & Card Room.

The Olsen Figureheads/Gallionsfigurer have a chapter to themselves. Practically every Olsen ship from BAYARD 1936 to BLENHEIM 1970 had a bronze figurehead or bow decoration; many of which were removed & saved from the ships when sold on or scrapped, with one even salvaged from a wreck. Some of these are displayed aboard the current cruise ships, Black Prince, Black Watch, Boudicca, Braemar & Balmoral, others are in Scotland, England, Norway & on La Gomera.

Drizzle and Mist in Flåm		Sunshine in Eidfjord
	The Itinerary
	The Ship
	Photographs