Baltic cruising

#1 (**permalink**) May 17th, 2003, 09:07 PM

My husband and I are going on a 14 nights Baltic cruise on June 7, 2003. We are not sure what kind of clothings to bring. Do we need to bring warm clothes?

Kuki · #2 (**permalink**) May 18th, 2003, 10:46 AM

I havent cruised the Baltic yet (I'm going in Aug). However I understand it is very similar to packing for an Alaska cruise. Take clothing you can layer as need depending on the weather conditions.

#3 (**permalink**) May 18th, 2003, 11:04 AM

We cruised the Baltic at about the same time of year (Galaxy ex-Amsterdam) in 2001, and the weather was mostly excellent, temperatures in the 70s and 80s, but we had the odd cool day, and a little rain in Helsinki. Basically, this is normal Northern European stuff (we are British), so the advice to take layers is sound; I would also suggest packing a small folding umbrella - we take one most places either as a rain guard or a sun shade.

By the way, to see as much as possible is pretty hard work, but is well worth it.

Enjoy it,

Carol & Richard

Barbaralee · #4 (**permalink**) May 18th, 2003, 06:23 PM

We did the Baltic cruise on another line (Norwegian Dream) summer of 2000. It was hot everywhere we went on land-the evenings on the deck were cool and pretty windy. That was my favorite cruise out of the 9 I've been on-one that I would gladly repeat again.

Barb

#5 (**permalink**) May 18th, 2003, 08:10 PM

Did the Baltic cruise 4 years ago. You definitely need to bring layered clothing. It can be warm one minute and an hour later you need a jacket. Enjoy your cruise.