The massive white cruise ship Costa Diadema is docked in a port on calm blue water. The ship features numerous rows of glass passenger balconies, yellow lifeboats along its side, a yellow funnel with a blue "C" logo, and a background of fluffy white clouds in a blue sky.

Costa Cruises

Northern Europe & Fjords from Kiel

Europe

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Trip Details

Departs: May 7, 2027

Returns: May 21, 2027

Departure Port: Kiel

Ship: Costa Diadema

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Your Ship

Costa Diadema

Flagship of the old fleet, and the ship that swaps the Norwegian fjords for Brazil every November

Aboard

  • Built by Fincantieri at Marghera and delivered October 25, 2014, for €550 million
  • The largest ship ever built for Costa until Costa Smeralda arrived in 2019
  • An outdoor promenade running more than 500 metres around the ship
  • Six Wärtsilä engines, 67,200 kW, driving twin screws rather than pods
  • Northern European summers from Copenhagen and Kiel, Brazilian summers from Santos and Itajaí

Ashore

Where You Stop

Copenhagen

Bergen

Stockholm

Europe

The Norwegian Fjords

Sheer rock walls a mile high on either side of the ship, waterfalls falling straight into the sea, and summer daylight that simply refuses to end.

Best Time to Go
Mid-May to early September; June for the midnight sun
Typical Length
7 to 14 nights
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