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Viking Ocean

Viking Jupiter

5.0· 558 votesBuilt 2019 · 47,861 GT · 10 decks146 sailings from $243/night
Guests
928
Crew
465
Cabins
464
Length
228 m
Space ratio
52
Homeport pattern

Where she is right now

AIS reported 01:54 UTC · 4 Aug 2026
En route · Aalborg· 8/4/2026, 1:54:58 AM· Course 184°
Position
57.47°N, 10.74°E
Heading
184° · COG 184°
Speed
16 kn
Destination
Aalborg
Our take · opinion

Destination days, quiet nights

Viking Jupiter is identical-sister Viking Ocean calm for adults who care more about ports than pool decks. We’d put her for couples who want included excursions, every cabin with a veranda, and evenings that stay soft.

We experience Viking Jupiter as a destination machine with hotel manners rather than megaship neighborhoods. Days are built around longer calls and overnight stays, and onboard life stays walkable across ten decks instead of sprawling resort zones. Signature pockets we actually use include the aft Infinity Pool, Aquavit Terrace, the Explorers’ Lounge, and the complimentary Nordic Spa thermal circuit with snow grotto.

Cabins are the easy part of the Viking Ocean advice for most adult couples. Every stateroom has a private balcony, from verandas up through Penthouse and suite categories, with heated bathroom floors and a serious Explorer bed setup. We’d still ask about forward motion and above-venue noise before locking a category, because even a quiet all-balcony ship has a few banks we deliberately steer light sleepers away from.

Dining stays mostly inclusive across the main Restaurant, World Cafe, Chef’s Table, and Manfredi’s Italian grill without a nickel-and-dime scavenger hunt. Evenings are enrichment and conversation more than Vegas energy, with the Explorers’ Dome planetarium as a soft signature for curious guests. Ask us whether this sister’s itinerary beats a river or expedition alternative for your dates; the sailings on this page show where she’s actually going this season for real.

She's for
  • Adult couples who want port-intensive ocean itineraries
  • Travellers who value included excursions, Wi-Fi, and wine with meals
  • Spa-and-enrichment shoppers who skip megaship nightlife
  • Repeat Viking guests who want the same sistership product worldwide
She's not for
  • Families with children under 18
  • Guests chasing waterparks, casinos, or late-night party circuits
  • Shoppers who want a different ship personality on every sailing
Honest caveat

She’s one of many identical Viking Ocean sisters—great consistency, little hardware novelty. If you want a one-of-a-kind ship personality, ask us before you lock a sistership sailing.

The record · ship background

Viking Jupiter, on paper

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Viking Jupiter is the sixth identical Viking Ocean sister built by Fincantieri for Viking Ocean Cruises, delivered in 2019 and Norway-flagged out of Bergen. The series shares the same midsize hotel product: roughly nine hundred guests, all-balcony accommodations, and a Scandinavian spa-and-lounge layout rather than megaship atriums.

The class brief emphasizes destination cruising with fewer pure sea days, longer port stays, and overnight calls, plus fare-inclusions such as shore excursion package elements, Wi-Fi, wine and beer at lunch and dinner, and Nordic Spa access. Hybrid-leaning efficiency features and solar panels on the Magradome cover sit in the technical story; capacity and propulsion details live on the fact sheet on this page.

Like her sisters, Jupiter rotates seasonally rather than sitting on one year-round homeport: Nordic and Baltic summers, Mediterranean and repositioning shoulders, and longer South America or world-pattern segments in some years. Confirm embarkation and dates on the sailing you want; the live sailings table on this page is authoritative.

Build record

Keel to delivery
2018 – 2019
Inaugural
2019, Bergen
Fuel
Hybrid-efficient diesel-electric
Sisters
Viking OCEAN fleet
Commerce

Upcoming sailings

40 itineraries · 146 sail dates on Viking Jupiter. Fares are live and change daily.

7-Night Venice

Venice · 7n · $728/n · Oct 21, 2026

From $5,099 inside · Balcony $5,099

SailingDateDepartNights$/nInsideBalconySuite
British Isles ExplorerBergen | Bergen | Shetland Islands (Lerwick) | Aberdeen | Edinburgh (Newhaven Harbour) | Orkney Islands (Kirkwall) | The Highlands (Ullapool) | Belfast (Bangor) | Liverpool | Dublin (Dun Laoghaire) | Holyhead | Scenic Sailing English Channel | Dover | London (Greenwich) | London (Greenwich)
Aug 26, 2026Bergen14$707$9,899$9,899$16,999
British Isles ExplorerLondon (Greenwich) | London (Greenwich) | Dover | Scenic Sailing English Channel | Dublin (Dun Laoghaire) | Holyhead | Liverpool | Belfast | The Highlands (Ullapool) | Orkney Islands (Kirkwall) | Rosyth (Edinburgh) | Aberdeen | Shetland Islands (Lerwick) | Bergen | Bergen
Sep 9, 2026Greenwich14$871$12,199$12,199$16,999
7-Night VeniceVenice (Fusina) | Venice (Fusina) | Zadar | Dubrovnik | Kotor | Corfu (Kerkyra) | Katakolon (Olympia) | Athens (Piraeus)
Oct 21, 2026Venice7$728$5,099$5,099$7,799
Journey To AntiquitiesAthens (Piraeus) | Athens (Piraeus) | Ephesus (Kusadasi) | Crete (Souda Bay) | Sail The Ionian Sea | Sicily (Messina) | Naples | Rome (Civitavecchia)
Oct 28, 2026Athens7$743$5,199$5,199$8,199
Iconic Western MediterraneanRome (Civitavecchia) | Florencepisa (Livorno) | Florencepisa (Livorno) | Monte Carlo | Marseille | Sete | Barcelona | Barcelona
Nov 4, 2026Rome (Civitavecchia)7$586$4,099$4,099$4,999
Southern Atlantic CrossingBarcelona | Barcelona | Sail The Mediterranean Sea | Granada (Malaga) | Casablanca | Sail The Atlantic Ocean | Sail The Atlantic Ocean | Sail The Atlantic Ocean | Sao Vicente Island (Mindelo) | Sail The Atlantic Ocean | Sail The Atlantic Ocean | Sail The Atlantic Ocean | Sail The Atlantic Ocean | Recife | Sail The South Atlantic Ocean | Sail The South Atlantic Ocean | Rio De Janeiro | Sail The South Atlantic Ocean | Sail The South Atlantic Ocean | Montevideo | Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires
Nov 11, 2026Barcelona21$243$5,099$5,099$10,399
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