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Viking announced on Thursday that the cruise line had taken delivery of its newest river ships, the Viking Annar and the Viking Fjolvar; Viking’s new cruise ships will sail the company’s itineraries on the Rhine, Main and Danube and Seine rivers.
Viking’s new cruise ships were built at Meyer’s Neptun Werft shipyard in Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany. The Viking Annar will sail the company’s itineraries on the Rhine, Main and Danube rivers, while the Viking Fjolvar will sail itineraries on the Seine River.
For guests booking a journey on the Viking Annar, the ship can host 190 guests in 95 staterooms and features elegant Scandinavian design and industry-leading innovations. The vessel will sail itineraries that include Rhine Getaway, Grand European Tour, Passage to Eastern Europe, European Sojourn and Christmas on the Rhine.
The Viking Fjolvar will host 168 guests in 84 staterooms and features the same design elements as Viking Longships. It is scheduled to sail round-trip from Paris on Seine River itineraries, including Paris & the Heart of Normandy and the new Christmastime in Paris & Normandy.
“We are proud to welcome the Viking Annar and the Viking Fjolvar to our growing fleet of award-winning river ships,” Viking President and CEO Leah Talactac said. “Exploring by river offers an unmatched way to discover a destination’s history, culture and local life, and these new vessels allow even more curious travelers to experience Europe in Viking comfort.”
In addition to the two newest vessels, Viking expects to take delivery of 22 additional river ships by 2028, nine additional ocean ships by 2031, and two additional expedition ships by 2031.
Once delivered, Viking will boast a fleet of 114 river ships in 2028 and 26 ocean and expedition ships in 2031.
This article originally appeared in TravelPulse.
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About Viking
Viking® was named the #1 River Cruise Line by Condé Nast Traveler in their 2017 Readers’ Choice Awards, and for the second year in a row, the #1 Ocean Cruise Line* by Travel + Leisure readers in the World’s Best Awards 2017. The innovative travel company believes in offering extraordinarily well-designed cruises that bring travelers closer to the cultures of the world. With destination-focused itineraries across Europe, the Americas, Asia, Australia and beyond, Viking invites its guests to explore with like-minded travelers on what it calls The Thinking Person’s Cruise®, a culturally rich, immersive experience designed to help guests discover the most intimate nuances of their destination both on board and ashore-with enriching shore excursions, insightful lectures, Destination Performances, cooking classes and regionally inspired cuisine. Plus, with Viking Inclusive Value, just about everything is covered, from meals and beverages to shore excursions and shipwide Wi-Fi. Enjoy all this while sailing on board one of the state-of-the-art ships of the newest fleets in the industry. Whether it be a Viking Longship or an ocean sister ship, the award-winning vessels of Viking have been recognized for their small ship luxury, streamlined Scandinavian design, refined onboard ambience and understated elegance.
*Ship size category: 600-2,199 guests