Overview of a trip from Kiel to Oslo (and return) aboard Color Line's COLOR FANTASY, sandwiched between a couple of visits to Hamburg, all undertaken during 4 days at the end of August 2015.

1. Coloring the Great Belt
(With a bit of boat hopping in Hamburg)
August 2015Pictures by Krispen Atkinson

2. Where the idea came from……

3. Leaving Gatwick……

4. Views over London

7. Arrival at Hamburg, rude not to do a harbour trip (or two!)

13. Then a Grosshafenrundfahrt aboard this one……

18. Arrival at Kiel – this was the view from Hotel window

19. Down on the waterfront

20. Our next trip boat – down Kieler Forder

24. This is what it looked a few weeks later……

39. Day 2 - Kiel

40. The ship we would be going to Oslo on – Color Fantasy

41. Models in the Ferry Terminal

42. There’s a lot on board

43. The Atrium

52. The cabin

57. Outward bound from Kiel……

58. Passing the Kiel canal

61. Laboe memorial

71. Approaching the Great Belt Bridge

78. In the distance, the old Maersk Odense shipyard’s gantry can be seen

82. Danish Maritime Museum, Helsingor

83. Day 3 - Oslofjord

97. Another model, this time in the Oslo terminal

106. Oscarsborg Fortress – Sight of the Drobak battle in 1940

107. Which resulted in the loss of the German cruiser BLUCHER

112. Charlie Hill, Swinefleet

115. Faerder Lighthouse, entrance to Oslofjord

116. It can be lonely on deck

118. Late evening, passing Gothenburg

119. Fleet mate Color Magic passes by

120. The bar is invaded by pirates!

121. 4am, Great Belt Bridge
– seen from my bunk!

122. Day 4 – Passing Kiel Canal, inward bound

124. …..then back down to the Landungsbrucken for a few more trips around Hamburg’s port

130. Friday afternoon – everyone’s on the water enjoying the afternoon

143. One final German beer at the Flughafen before flying home

144. Late afternoon, looking westwards up the Thames (Tilbury on the right)