Viking River Cruises · Main & Moselle river

Viking River Cruises on the Main & Moselle

Scandinavian-styled Longships exploring Europe's great waterways. — currently sailing 3 vessels on the Main & Moselle.

Ships on river3
Avg. passengers190
First launched2013
Latest hull2019

Viking River Cruises on the Main & Moselle at a glance

Viking River Cruises currently operates 3 river-cruise vessels on the Main & Moselle, with an average passenger count of 190. The line is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland and was founded in 1997; Viking River Cruises pioneered the modern European Longship class in 2012 and remains the largest single operator on the Rhine, Main, Danube and Seine. Each Longship carries about 190 guests across three passenger decks, with floor-to-ceiling glass doors in most staterooms, a bow Explorer Suite and a sun deck framed by an organic herb garden.

The Main & Moselle itself flows through Germany, Luxembourg, France over 1069 kilometres. The Main and Moselle are the most picturesque tributaries of the Rhine. The Moselle in particular — a thirty-mile sequence of horseshoe bends lined with the world's steepest commercial vineyards — is many guests' favourite stretch of any European cruise. Headline destinations served by Viking River Cruises on this river include Würzburg, Bamberg, Trier, Cochem, Bernkastel.

Viking River Cruises ships sailing the Main & Moselle

ShipPassengersLaunched
Viking Egdir 190 2019
Viking Forseti 190 2013
Viking Skirnir 190 2014

Featured itineraries

ItineraryLengthSample ports
Moselle Magic 8 nights Paris · Trier · Bernkastel · Cochem · Koblenz · Frankfurt
Main, Moselle & Rhine 11 nights Frankfurt · Würzburg · Bamberg · Nuremberg · Regensburg · Passau