travel42 Cruise Ship Review: Viking River Viking Egil

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Introduction and History

The Viking Egil launched in 2016, carries 50 crew members and displays contemporary Scandinavian style, including stripped wood and sophisticated neutral interiors. This ship set sail as part of Viking River Cruises' massive fleet-development program.

The company named the Longship class after the Vikings' models of technical perfection: The original rapierlike longships were so cutting-edge that modern scholars doubted the accounts of them until th...