Havila emerged in 1957 first as a fishing operation, expanding into shipping on the same route. The 1,489-nautical mile route has been dominated for the past 130 years by Hurtigruten, the heritage shipping line that has been connecting Norway’s far-flung coastal residents since 1893, more recently introducing tourists to the region. Havila’s first major stop, at the coastal town of Alesund – known for its elegant Art Nouveau architecture – puts voyagers in the region of the Unesco-listed Geirangerfjord, Romsdalsfjord, and the spectacular Atlantic Road bridge, which all feature in the new season and complement Succession’s austere drama with their grandiose scenery. Brian Cox as Logan Roy in season 4 of Succession, which was partly filmed in Norway (Photo: Home Box Office) The route, enjoyed by tourists for more than a century, runs from cosmopolitan Bergen to remote Kirkenes, only two miles from the Russian border on Norway’s north-east, Arctic coast.
The drama is timely, as parts of HBO’s new and final season of Succession filmed here, with the Roys travelling to meet with tech mogul Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård) in the Norwegian fjords. The mountains, the birds, the blues: there is a sense of drama along the coastline of Norway, the second-longest in the world after Canada (recent calculations put it at around 65,000 miles), which I am travelling over the course of six days with a new cruise line, Havila Voyages. They cut impressive silhouettes against the pale blue sky, soaring elegantly between the crowing gulls. Framed by towering cliffs and illuminated by a straining late-winter sun, seven or eight sea eagles swoop among the gulls above a fishing boat.
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