Viking has taken delivery of the Viking Eldir, the company’s newest Viking Longship^®. Built at Meyer’s Neptun Werft shipyard in Germany, the 190-guest Viking Eldir joins the company’s growing fleet of state-of-the-art sister ships and will sail itineraries on the Rhine, Main and Danube rivers.

“We are pleased to welcome the Viking Eldir to our growing river fleet,” said Torstein Hagen, Chairman and CEO of Viking. “With our exclusive docking locations, we proudly bring our guests closer to destinations along the great rivers of the world. Now, with the addition of our newest Viking Longship, we look forward to inviting even more curious travellers to explore Europe in Viking comfort.”

Accommodating 190 guests in 95 staterooms, the Viking Eldir longship has been built specifically to navigate the Rhine, Main and Danube rivers and features Viking’s Scandinavian design and industry-innovations for which Viking is known, including a space-saving square bow, three full decks, indoor/outdoor Aquavit Terrace, asymmetric corridor and true two-room suites. 

Itineraries will include the Rhine Getaway, Grand European Tour, Passage to Eastern Europe, European Sojourn and Christmas on the Rhine.

Viking remains focused on long-term growth plans and the company expects to take delivery of 22 additional river ships by 2028, 10 additional ocean ships by 2031 and two additional expedition ships by 2031. With these orders, Viking will have 112 river ships in 2028 and 25 ocean and expedition ships
in 2031.