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

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.

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: local boats land you at Albert Pier, Castle Cornet costs £12, and the harbour drained by a 10-metre tide is free.

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.