Northern Europe on foot, by ship, and with a camera

Ships berth at the cargo quay of Praia da Vitória, 20 km from Angra do Heroísmo. Bus, taxi or ship’s coach, what two hours in the UNESCO old town cover, and where …

A sea day is a day without a port — and a programme with twenty items on it. The whole day, from the first exercise class at eight to the late-night sausages: …

Copenhagen has three cruise quays and each gives you a different walk. From Nordre Toldbod and Langelinie the Little Mermaid, Amalienborg and Nyhavn are all on foot; from Oceankaj you need bus …

Invergordon on your own: the ship berths alongside, the town centre is ten minutes on foot, and the mural trail, church and museum fill about two hours.

Buckler’s Hard from Portsmouth: an hour by coach into the New Forest, 90 minutes in the village that built Nelson’s Agamemnon. Route, prices, timings 2026.

Haarlem from IJmuiden: half an hour by coach, a boat on the Spaarne, the Grote Markt and St Bavo’s organ. What fits into a half-day and what it costs.

Rye from Dover in half a day: one hour by coach across Romney Marsh, then 90 minutes through Mermaid Street, St Mary’s and the Ypres Tower.

Eleven landscape photographers who shaped the genre — Ansel Adams, Michael Kenna, Galen Rowell, Sebastião Salgado, Edward Burtynsky and six more — and what each of them changed.