Hurtigruten was established by in 1893 by government contract to improve communications along the coast of Norway,
the first round-trip journey taking place from Trondheim to Hammerfest in the summer of that year.
Trondheim- The capital of Norway under the reign of the Vikings,
until 1217, Trondheim is Norway's third-largest city that rests on the south shore of the Trondheim Fjord- one of the largest in Scandinavia.