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MS EUROPA 2
FROM LOS ANGELES TO LOS ANGELES
Los Angeles - Los Angeles
Premiere: America's West Coast with Canada
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13.04.25 to 01.05.25|18 days
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MS EUROPA 2
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EUX2507
The highlights of this cruise
This cruise takes you to the most impressive destinations on the diverse West Coast of the United States and Canada. Enjoy an exceptional mix of dazzling city life and untouched nature.
Start your cruise in Los Angeles by exploring the fascinating Hollywood district, the Walk of Fame, Sunset Boulevard or the famous Dolby Theatre. San Francisco then offers you an exciting kaleidoscope of cultures and the option of a wine tasting* in the scenic Sonoma Valley. After a relaxing day at sea, you will reach Astoria, a cosy small town attractively located on the Columbia River. As soon as the EUROPA 2 crosses the border to Canada and moors in Victoria, the impressive natural landscape will attract all eyes. Go hiking in Goldstream Provincial Park*, where gold was discovered in the 19th century. Relaxed coastal flair, in contrast, awaits you in Nanaimo, a tranquil little town. Did you know that Vancouver is considered one of the most liveable cities in the world? You have two days to discover it in depth – most impressively from a bird’s-eye view by seaplane*, for example. The way back south takes you via Seattle to Eureka. Finally, enjoy exclusive Santa Barbara, probably the most beautiful coastal city in California, and the beautiful beaches of San Diego before your cruise comes to an end in Los Angeles the next day.
* The pre- and post-cruise programmes and shore activities are not included in the cruise price and are in the planning stage. Subject to change.
At anchor
Further information
Subject to change.
Arrival and departure | optionally bookable
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Sun, 13.04.2025
Scheduled flight from Germany to Los Angeles and transfer to the embarkation point
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Thu, 01.05.2025
Transfer to scheduled flight to Germany -
Fri, 02.05.2025
Arrival in Germany
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Extend your trip
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Our popular before and after programs include a wide range of excursions and are usually accompanied by experienced Hapag-Lloyd Cruises tour guides. Recommended for travelers who like to share their experiences with a group of like-minded people. Experience selected highlights of your holiday destination and enjoy the amenities of a group trip - we take care of transfers, excursions and overnight stays.
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Explore your cruise destinations on a more personal basis as a couple – ideal for all those who don’t want to be part of a group. The excursions in the programmes are accompanied by a local tour guide who will be happy to attend to your individual wishes. There will also be enough time and space for your own activities. Transfers are exclusively by private car with private drivers. Prices for solo travellers or groups of three or more are available on request.
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Our travel concierge will be happy to put together tailor-made travel arrangements for you according to your wishes. From design hotels to luxurious beach resorts to ticket reservations for theater visits or restaurant recommendations for the most exciting cities. The Travel Concierge is available to you before your trip and of course on board.
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Price special
Exclusive advantages with cruise combination "Hawaii and North America"
Combine EUX2506 - EUX2610 and profit from € 10,000 combination discount per person as well as excursion credit balance worth € 1,500 per person (applies to the PLATINUM fare). Look forward to exclusive privileges, further information can be found here.
Entertainment on Board
Look forward to the following entertainment program on this cruise
art2sea
Look forward to an inspiring journey into the world of art. Dr Lisa Zeitz, editor-in-chief of WELTKUNST, Thole Rotermund, art dealer, and Carola Persiehl, gallery owner, and other experts will give inspiring talks, discuss with art-loving guests in panel discussions and provide insights behind the scenes of the international art scene on board. The individual shore excursions to collections and studios along the route are a highlight.
Credit: Catherine Peter
editor-in-chief
dr. lisa zeitz
Dr Lisa Zeitz is editor-in-chief of WELTKUNST and KUNST UND AUKTIONEN. After studying art history in Freiburg and Florence, she completed her doctorate on Titian in Munich. In New York, she worked for AXA ART Insurance, managed the Villa Grisebach office and was most recently art market correspondent for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Following the award-winning book "Napoleons Medaillen" (Michael Imof Verlag), which she wrote with her father Joachim Zeitz, she wrote the biography of Werner Muensterberger (1913 - 2011), who collected African art and was a psychoanalyst specialising in collectors and forgers: "Der Mann mit den Masken" (Berlin Verlag, 2013).
art dealer
thole rotermund
As a schoolboy, he met the publicist, collector and founder of the Kunsthalle Emden, Henri Nannen, who fuelled his enthusiasm for classical modern art. He went on to study art history and literature in Hamburg with study visits to San Francisco and Munich. After completing his master's degree, he joined the Berlin auction house Villa Grisebach as an expert in modern art. In 2000, Thole Rotermund finally turned his passion into a profession: he returned to Hamburg and founded an art dealership specialising in works of classical modern art. In addition to the classic art trade, as a competent consultant he not only advises established collections but also international collectors on the acquisition or sale of a work of art. Thole Rotermund Kunsthandel is represented at the leading art fairs in Cologne, Munich, Karlsruhe and Berlin. He is also a member of the board of the Federal Association of German Galleries and Art Dealers (BVDG).
art mediator
Christian kaspar schwarm
The beginning of Christian Kaspar Schwarm's passion for art is marked by a postcard: It depicted a painting by Sigmar Polke with the ironic sentence "Higher beings commanded: paint the top right corner black." The lightness and wit of this work opened Schwarm’s door to a new world around 25 years ago. Shortly thereafter, he began collecting himself and has since shared his enthusiasm for art with great joy. In 2008, he launched the digital platform "Independent Collectors," which, among other things, publishes the "BMW Art Guide" – the world’s only guide to publicly accessible private collections. For this type of bridge-building, Schwarm was awarded the "Art Cologne Prize" in 2019 for outstanding contributions to art mediation. As a future strategist, which is his primary profession, he particularly values contemporary art as a "precise guide to tomorrow." Schwarm is a voluntary member of the board of the "Friends of the National Gallery" and, according to his own words, along with his wife Lea, is "in a constant state of one great journey of discovery."
Artist
David Horvitz
David Horvitz was born in Los Angeles, where he currently lives and works. He studied at the University of California and at the Waseda University in Tokyo. He obtained a MFA from Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Bard College, in 2010.Witty and poetic, the work of David Horvitz meddles with systems of language, time and networks.
Eschewing categorization, his expansive, nomadic body of work traverses the forms of photographs, artist books, performances, the Internet, mail art, sound, rubber stamps, gastronomy, and natural environments. His work examines questions of distance between places, people and time in order to test the possibilities of appropriating, undermining or even erasing these distances. Using image, text and objects, his works circulate and operate independently of himself, penetrating ever more effectively the intimate sphere. When encountering his works– in the postal system, libraries, or the airport lost-and-found services– our attention to the infinitesimal, inherent loopholes and alternative logics, and the imaginary comes to the fore. Like lullabies impressed upon our minds, Horvitz deploys art as both objects of contemplation and as viral or systemic tools to affect change on a personal scale. Horvitz makes fictions that insert themselves surreptitiously into the real.
Curator / Writer
marc mayer
Marc Mayer is a writer and curator specializing in contemporary art based in New York City. From 2009 to 2019, he served as the Director and CEO of the National Gallery of Canada, where he expanded the institution's collection and oversaw critically acclaimed exhibitions spanning old master painting, contemporary art, Indigenous art, and photography. Previously, he was Director of the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Deputy Director for Art at the Brooklyn Museum, Director of the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery in Toronto, and Curator at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery (now AKG Buffalo). Among his notable curatorial achievements are the landmark retrospective of Jean-Michel Basquiat (2005) and the installation of Judy Chicago’s The Dinner Party, both for the Brooklyn Museum. His most recent exhibition, Edward Burtynsky: Abstraction/Extraction, premiered at the Saatchi Gallery in London and at M9 – Museo del ‘900 in Mestre, garnering widespread acclaim for its innovative perspective on Burtynsky’s work. An accomplished writer, Marc regularly publishes essays and reviews for museums, galleries, and his Substack newsletter. In recognition of his outstanding contributions to the arts, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2022.
Gallery owner
Carola persiehl
GallerY Commeter
When the Commeter'sche Kunsthandlung moved into its first premises in Johannisstraße in 1821, it was the first business of its kind in Hamburg. Ernst Georg Harzen and Matthias Commeter, the founding fathers, had a significant influence on art life in Hamburg. The gallery is still a defining institution in Hamburg's art scene today. Over the decades, it has always been run by family members with flair and passion. Carola Persiehl, whose great-great-grandfather once took over the Commeter'sche Kunsthandlung, has been running the business since 1997. With her, the gallery has arrived at the centre of contemporary art. Her programme is based on an attitude that has characterised the gallery from the very beginning: "You have to fall in love with a picture if you want to recommend it," she says about her work. Enthusiasm for art and business acumen, the combination of idealism and knowledge with the pragmatic maxim that the good, the true and the beautiful have their price - this is the legacy of Harzen and Commeter. It has been preserved through the vicissitudes of history and forms the solid foundation for all the "art things" that we will be able to discover in the Commeter Gallery in the future.
dance
Masters of choreography
Masters of Choreography is an Australian dance theatre production company and a global leader in commercial dance fusion entertainment. They have toured Australia and Singapore, performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and had two highly successful seasons in London's West End. An electrifying fusion of commercial street dance and ballet, featuring beatboxing, singing, comedic moments, and numerous 5-star reviews, has received standing ovations at every single performance! They present an exciting commercial rock ballet with elements of street dance, comedy, and dance theatre - an energetic show that makes you dance in your seat. With a great mix of classical rock and commercial music and a wonderful cast of versatile performers, Masters of Choreography offers cutting-edge entertainment and the finest dance fusion entertainment.
Popmusic
jessica Gall & Robert matt
Jessica Gall was born in 1980 into a musical family in Berlin. She began piano lessons with her grandmother and discovered her passion for the saxophone as a teenager. A workshop with the RIAS Big Band ignited her love for music and led her to study singing at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" in Berlin. To finance her studies, she toured as a background singer with artists like Sarah Connor.
During her studies, she met her future husband, film composer and pianist Robert Matt. He began his musical training with the Regensburger Domspatzen and continued it in Los Angeles. His compositions have been released in over 25 countries, and in 2022, he was nominated for the German Television Award in the "Best Music" category.
Together, the couple wrote numerous songs blending jazz, folk, and soul.
In 2006, Jessica Gall signed her first record deal with Sony/BMG. Over the following years, she released six more albums, reached the top ten of the German jazz charts, performed extensively, and had her songs featured in films like Der Vorname and Enkel für Anfänger.
In addition to their artistic work, Jessica Gall and Robert Matt teach at institutions like the University of the Arts (UdK) in Berlin. They live with their two daughters on the outskirts of Berlin.
klassik
lgt young soloists
The award-winning string ensemble LGT Young Soloists (sponsored by LGT Private Banking) consists of highly talented young soloists aged 13 to 23 from over 20 nations. Since its founding in 2013 by Alexander Gilman, the ensemble has become one of the leading and most traveled youth orchestras. Their unique concept brings together young exceptional talents, performing as soloists with their own orchestra.
After an 18-month Covid break, the LGT Young Soloists made a comeback with the world premiere of a string symphony by Philip Glass in London and Vienna. They have performed at prestigious venues such as the Berlin Konzerthaus, Vienna Musikverein, and the Elbphilharmonie. In 2023, they celebrated their 10th anniversary with a sold-out concert and their US debut at the Kennedy Center. Guest soloists included Alma Deutscher and Esther Yoo.
The LGT Young Soloists released their first album with Sony Music/RCA Red Seal in 2015, becoming the first youth orchestra in the world to do so. Since then, they have released several albums, including "Beethoven RECOMPOSED" (Naxos), which was internationally praised, and "Nordic Dream" (2018), nominated for the Opus Klassik. Other albums include "Russian Soul" (2017) and "Italian Journey" (2015).
pianist
Alexander krichel
Pianist and ECHO Klassik award winner Alexander Krichel is known for his captivating interpretations of demanding piano works by Beethoven, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, and Prokofiev. Born in Hamburg in 1989, he combines analytical clarity with fiery emotion in his playing. The Russian school has particularly influenced him, having studied with Vladimir Krainev and Dmitri Alexeev.
Krichel has released several albums, including a live recording of Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Piano Concerto, which was praised by the F.A.Z. He has performed worldwide, including at the Berlin Philharmonie, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, and Carnegie Hall in New York.
In addition to performing with prestigious orchestras, he is a sought-after chamber musician. During the COVID lockdown, he reached his audience through innovative streaming concerts. Krichel is the co-founder of the "Kultur Rockt" festival and is involved in projects that promote classical music and hospice work.
comedy
Chin meyer
Chin Meyer, born 1959 in Hamburg, studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute in London. He appeared in several movies (directed by Vivian Naefe and Paul Harather, amongst others). Since 1997 he has been developing several Stand-Up Comedy Programs and was first successful with his "alter ego" "IRS-Agent Siegmund von Treiber" at the Theatre-Restaurant "Pomp, Duck an Circumstance" in 2000. Chin Meyer is a frequent guest in German Kabarett-TV and TV-Talk-Shows and has been a part of several German "Schlager"-TV-Formats. He hosted his own TV-Show at MDR " Fun from Studio One - the Chin-Meyer-Show". Since 2013 he has a Theatre-Show with his brother Hans-Werner Meyer, a well-known German actor. From 2020 till last year he was a regular comedian in the show "SchleichFernsehen" on Bavarian TV . A greater audience discovered Chin Meyer through his YouTube-Hit "Booze-Bonds" at the "Markus Lanz" Talk-Show in 2011. His first book "Ohne Miese durch die Krise" was published in 2010, his second book "Warum Verschwendung wichtig ist" in 2015. Together with Timo Wopp, Chin Meyer has been producing a regular satirical podcast "Only for Winners" since 2021.
