Cruise ships in Øresund 2012 (1)

2012 was another great season for cruise ships in Øresund. Copenhagen - again this year chosen "Europe's Leading Cruise Port" - set a new record this year with 376 cruise ship calls, 840,000 visiting passengers and 230,000 crew members. In addition a number of cruise ships visited the ports of Helsingborg and Helsingør.

Below are some of my favorites during the first part of the 2012 cruise season. (A selection of pictures from the rest of the season will be published later.)

AidaCara - here photographed on April 20 - was the earliest cruise ship in the Sound in 2012. 

AidaBlu on 30 April

Mein Schiff 2 in the early morning hours.

Queen Elizabeth early in the morning on its first 2012 Øresund visit on May 12.

Norwegian Sun sailing northwards in the Sound on May 13.

Discovery on its way to Copenhagen on May 14.

AidaCara on its way to southwards in the Sound on May 18.

MSC Poesia  sailing northwards in  Øresund on May 20.

Azura on its way to Copenhagen on May 22.

AidaBlu  and a swan on May 24.

Costa Fortuna in the early evening on May 27.

Silversea on May 30.

Balmoral in the Sound on Jun 2.

CostaNeoRomantica and Hamlet's Kronborg castle on June 4.

Classic cruise liner Marco Polo on a gray and hazy June 8.

MSC Lirica on June 10. 

Jewel of the Seas going northwards in the Sound on June 10

Delphin heading north on June 15.

Queen Elizabeth on its way to Copenhagen on June 15.