Lerwick Mainland Shetland, Scotland
United Kingdom
282
Cruises availables
At departure or passage at this port
Atlas Ocean Voyages (1 Cruises)
Aurora Expeditions (3 Cruises)
Azamara Club Cruises (4 Cruises)
Celebrity Cruises (7 Cruises)
Costa Cruises (1 Cruises)
Crystal Cruises (10 Cruises)
Crystal Serenity
10 Cruises
Explora Journeys (2 Cruises)
Holland America Line (33 Cruises)
ms Rotterdam
22 Cruises
| 2 May | 22 days | Round-trip from Rotterdam, Netherlands |
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| 2 May | 8 days | Round-trip from Rotterdam, Netherlands |
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| 7 May | 8 days | Round-trip from Rotterdam, Netherlands |
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| 7 May | 22 days | Round-trip from Rotterdam, Netherlands |
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ms Zuiderdam
11 Cruises
| 22 June | 25 days | Round-trip Iceland Ireland And Scotland Zuiderdam Amsterdam |
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| 22 June | 26 days | Round-trip from Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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Oceania Cruises (30 Cruises)
Oceania Insignia
8 Cruises
Oceania Marina
10 Cruises
| 17 April | 67 days | One-way from Trieste to Southampton |
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| 17 April | 66 days | One-way from Trieste to Southampton |
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Oceania Sonata
6 Cruises
Princess Cruises (30 Cruises)
Caribbean Princess
21 Cruises
Regent Seven Seas Cruises (16 Cruises)
Seven Seas Mariner
11 Cruises
| 30 May | 101 days | One-way from Barcelona to IJmuiden |
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| 30 May | 102 days | One-way from Barcelona to IJmuiden |
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Seabourn Cruise Line (53 Cruises)
Seabourn Pursuit
9 Cruises
Seabourn Quest
24 Cruises
Seabourn Venture
20 Cruises
SeaDream Yacht Club (2 Cruises)
Silversea Cruises (7 Cruises)
Viking Ocean Cruises (54 Cruises)
Viking Mars
6 Cruises
| 25 June | 12 days | One-way from Bergen to London-Greenwich |
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| 25 June | 13 days | One-way from Bergen to London-Tilbury |
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Viking Sky
22 Cruises
Viking Vela
18 Cruises
Windstar Cruises (5 Cruises)
Star Pride
5 Cruises
Frequently Asked Questions
It depends on size. Mid-sized ships berth near the centre; larger ones anchor in the harbour and a five-minute tender ride reaches the waterfront pontoons. Some berths are at the Holmsgarth terminal, about 2.5 kilometres out, linked to town by a free port authority shuttle.
Yes, in every case. Whichever arrival point applies, the day starts a few steps from the shops. Commercial Street, the lodberries, Fort Charlotte and the Shetland Museum are all minutes apart on foot.
Commercial Street and the lodberries for atmosphere, Fort Charlotte for the view over the harbour, and the Shetland Museum to understand where you are. It is a comfortable programme that still leaves time to sit down in a café.
18th-century merchant warehouse-houses built with their feet in the water, south of Commercial Street, where traders once unloaded boats straight into their cellars. Television viewers will recognise the home of detective Jimmy Perez from the British series filmed in the islands.
Five thousand years of island history, on the restored basin at Hay's Dock: Stone Age tools, traditional boats hanging in the hall including the sixareens, deep-sea craft inherited from the Vikings, plus wool, herring fishing and North Sea oil. Entry is free.
Knitwear. Fair Isle patterns, born on a neighbouring island and copied worldwide, are found in the Commercial Street shops and make souvenirs that last. Silversmiths, bookshops and cafés fill the rest of the street.
Because the islands were Norwegian until the 15th century. At 60 degrees north, Lerwick is closer to Bergen than to Edinburgh, and it shows everywhere: in the street names, in the carved longship prows dotted around town, and in the Up Helly Aa fire festival.
A fire festival in which hundreds of men dressed as Vikings burn a galley on a January night each winter. Summer passengers will not see it: the cruise season never overlaps. But its presence colours the town all year.
Yes. The centre is compact and flat, the museum is free and the boats suspended in its hall impress children. Bring warm, windproof clothing: at this latitude, July can feel like October back home.
Pound sterling and English, with a strong Shetland accent and vocabulary inherited from Old Norse. Cards are accepted everywhere and cash machines are on Commercial Street.
