Restauration Crossings200 VOYAGE 2025

We repeated the voyage again in 2025

_{More information about the video here. Photo at the top: Frode Skarstein.}

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Sailing from Stavanger in Norway to New York City. To honor, among others, those who left in 1825 in search of a better life. History must not be forgotten, and is highly relevant in light of the current situation in the world.

On July 4, 2025, the emigrant ship Restauration set sail for New York, 200 years after the beginning of the major organized emigration from Norway to North America in modern times.
This journey was a part of the national 200-year commemorations in Norway and North America.

It reminds us of an important part of Norwegian history and our past struggle for better living conditions.

Voayage 2025

On July 4, 2025, RESTAURATION began its adventurous voyage toward New York City—“America,” as they called it in 1825, when 52 excited passengers embarked on their 98-day journey toward a new and unknown future, arriving in New York City on October 9.

The voyage became the most significant historical event of the 200-year anniversary of Norwegian emigration to North America in modern times.

More information including video, news releases about sailing again, the history of Norwegian emigration, and the new movie “The Emigrants”.

Departure

A Sail-away event the evening before, and a large public celebration on July 4—with approximately 15.000 people gathered to bid farewell to Restauration together with the King and Queen of Norway, the Royal Family, and the voyage’s patron Liv Ullmann—marked a truly historic beginning.

See photos, videos, and read more here.

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The voyage

See photos, videos, and information from the voyage on Restauration's Facebook page and in some of the news articles on this website.

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Arrival

The arrival in New York City on October 9 was memorable—exactly 200 years after the last arrival of the original Restauration.

Watch videos, see photos and read more here.

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A historical retrospective and comparison:
Take a historical look back at 1975 and the 150-year anniversary, with newspaper articles with photos from the public celebrations in the city of Stavanger in 1975 here. As well as video from the commemorative event in New York and images from H.M. King Olav’s visit to North America in 1975 and in Norsk Ukeblad (Norwegian Weekly Magazine).