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

Stockholm is a cruise port you can do on your own if your ship docks at Stadsgården: a 30-minute waterfront walk to Gamla Stan, the Royal Palace and Storkyrkan a few steps …

Saint Peter Port is a tender port where you need no excursion: local boats land you at Albert Pier in the town centre, Castle Cornet costs £12, and the best sight — …

Malmö and Lund in one June day — Lilla Torg and the Turning Torso, then Lund’s Romanesque cathedral, where a 15th-century astronomical clock still plays at noon.

How to reach the Ring of Brodgar and Skara Brae from Kirkwall’s cruise pier by bus or taxi — costs against a ship excursion, timings, and the return buffer to plan.

Narsaq in South Greenland — a town of fewer than 1,400 people, ringed by fjords, glaciers and drifting ice. What to see on foot, and why photographers keep returning.

Grytviken on South Georgia — a former Norwegian whaling station of rusting boilers and oil tanks, a white 1913 church, and Shackleton’s grave on the hill above the bay.

Saint Peter Port, capital of Guernsey — Castle Cornet guarding the harbour, steep cobbled lanes, and a place where British and French habits sit comfortably side by side.

Terceira in the Azores — the UNESCO old town of Angra do Heroísmo, the lava-walled vineyards of Biscoitos, and the green patchwork seen from Serra do Cume.