Sweden has got a new cruise port!

Municipality of Trelleborg, Port of Trelleborg and the local business community are working on a wide front to best accommodate the passengers when a cruise ship visits the city for the first time.

A total of 1200 German tourists are expected on July 19 when M / S Artania arrives to Port of Trelleborg. The passengers will be welcomed with music of the city's orchestra and information about Trelleborg. Thereafter, a lively city is waiting with various activities to visit, excursions by bus to Smygehuk or “Trelleborgen” and also shopping with special offers.

- There will also be German-speaking guides in the city and the stores have been asked to, if possible, receive euro as payments. We want the passengers to feel welcome in Trelleborg, says Ditte Fagerlund, CEO of Visit Trelleborg.

Even for the citizens there is the opportunity to make the day something out of the ordinary. Early in the morning, the London bus departs from Stortorget on a regular basis to the viewpoint west of Port of Trelleborg. There you can enjoy a picnic while watching the ship slip into the port at 8 o'clock in the morning.

This is the first time that a cruise ship enter Port of Trelleborg. It is the longer newly built ferry berth and the breakwaters that enabled Port of Trelleborg to receive M / S Artania.

- We have received inquiries earlier, but the port was too small before we expanded the breakwaters and the port basin for ships longer than 200 meters. After we reached an agreement with M / S Artania other shipping lines have also been interested, but nothing is decided yet, says Tommy Halén, CEO of the Port of Trelleborg.

The cruise ship is 231 meters long. It starts from Kiel in Germany, and is currently on a ten-day long trip in the Baltic Sea. The last stop before M / S Artania arrives to Trelleborg is Bornholm and after 12 hours at ferry berth 10 in the Port of Trelleborg, the crew will return at 8 pm on July 19 to Kiel, where the trip ends.

Questions
For more information and any questions about the visit of the cruise ship to Trelleborg, please contact Ditte Fagerlund, CEO, Visit Trelleborg., ditte.fagerlund@trelleborg.seor +46410 733194.