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Saint Patrick Cathedral, WINDSTAR’S
Dublin, Ireland
FAVORITE FIVE:

• Bergen, Norway
• Bordeaux, France
• Portrush, Northern
Ireland
• Seville, Spain
• Harlingen,
the Netherlands

EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN

WHY WINDSTAR’S NORTHERN EUROPE:
• View Northern Europe’s more during extended • Enjoy unique and popular ship-only crossing of the
sparkling fjords from the sea stays and overnights itineraries including a Kiel Canal
where their beauty is most • Travel to far-flung isles that complete circumnavigation • See the best of Northern
impressive, and from a small are difficult to reach by other of Iceland Europe on an 85-day
ship where their scale is best means, like Portrush, • Explore Germany and the grand tour that starts in
appreciated Portree, Heimaey Island, Netherlands with overnights Scandinavia and ends in
• Take advantage of the Seydisfjordur, Isles of Scilly, in key cities, small ports off the Aegean Sea
Midnight Sun to see and the Isle of Man the tourist radar, and a small
FEATURED PORTS:
Heimaey Island, Iceland – Off the south coast of Iceland Binz, Germany – Few people outside of Germany know about
there’s an archipelago called the Westman Islands, and the this Baltic jewel with its sandy beaches dotted with Stranskorbs
largest of these is Heimaey. The area is famous for its bird life, (beach baskets) and elegant seaside walkway. The island was
including the world’s largest puffin breeding colony, but it’s also the preferred playground of the German elite during the late
known for its geology. In 1973, a volcano on the island erupted 1800s. Binz is conveniently close to Jasmund National Park
and hot lava threatened its only harbor. Before evacuating, with its dramatic white chalk cliffs, as well as a U-boat museum.
the locals sprayed seawater on the advancing lava, stopping
its advance and saving the harbor. Now reoccupied, the island
offers a rare glimpse of the old town — a modern-day Pompeii.

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