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During select European cruises, overnight calls and late night tours open up a whole new world waiting to be explored. Guests can see ports of call like never before, as the moonlight casts a magical spell.

Thanks to guests Carola and Maikel v.d. Wiel for sharing their memories aboard Noordam. We had a fantastic mother-and-son cruise on Noordam in August 2011. We are so repeating it! — Carola

Thanks to guest Noel Bell for sharing with us the video he made after his recent 15-day Adriatic Explorer Collectors Cruise on Noordam. I just finished this video. Hope you enjoy my trip’s highlights. I sailed on Noordam from Rome to Athens (15 Days) visiting Livorno, Florence, Venice, Naples and the Amalfi Coast in Italy;…   read more of “Video: Exploring…”

Lorna Gow just returned from a 12-day cruise on Noordam as a belly dancer with our On Location program. Read about her experience below. To see more of her cruise click here. What a beautiful Island! I flew into Rhodes in the afternoon. I was collected at the airport and taken to the hotel that…   read more of “On Location: Belly…”

Belly Dancer Lorna Gow sailed on Noordam as part of the line’s On Location enrichment program. She blogged about her experience and shared it with us. Here’s her first entry. Thanks, Lorna! So, my ‘normal’ job is that of a bellydancer on the Nile, Cairo. Granted there are perhaps few that would call this ‘normal’…   read more of “On Location:…”

Here are a couple of photos from the Church of Our Lady in Rhodes, Greece.

We arrived in Istanbul via the world (it seemed) on May 16, boarded the Noordam on the 17 and finally got to see a little of the city the next day. The ship docked just down from the Galata Tower, a structure built in 528 A.D. It sits atop one of the hills of the…   read more of “Exploring Istanbul…”

Here is a picture of Noordam and Eurodam docked overnight in Pireaus near Athens, Greece. Definitely a five-star Holland America day! Amy Kreft is Eurodam’s human resources manager.