Talk:Hurtigruten

Book recommendations
Are those okay per policy? Hobbitschuster (talk) 22:29, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
 * IMO, no, because they're guides. I think they violate some of the purposes of external links. Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:53, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I would lean in the same direction. At any rate, this article could use some expansion, but if I know anything about the demographics on those ships, our editor base probably has no major overlap with said demographics. Hobbitschuster (talk) 23:42, 8 September 2017 (UTC)


 * I've moved the listings here, in case there's a decision to put them back into the article, or in case anyone can glean useful information from the descriptions to add to the article:



Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:13, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

Steamer?
Hurtigruten is described as "Norwegian Coastal Steamer", here and at Ferries. That was probably true in the 19th century, but now? From where does that description come? Are there still steamships on the route? --LPfi (talk) 13:00, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I guess it is just a convention to call this kind of service "steamer" even long after steam engines were replaced by diesel engines. Before Norway's coast and fjords had roads, "steamers" were the first and only public transport. Until recently (around 2010 I think) firms operating Hurtigruten had names like Troms Steamship Company or Bergen Steamship Company. Diesel engines were introduced in the 1950s. Seems like "coastal express" or "coastal cruise" is used now. --Erik den yngre (talk) 13:38, 1 January 2020 (UTC)