Holland America Line will be setting a course to offer its most extensive and diverse line-up of cruises to Europe in 2009.

Six of HAL’s ships -- including the soon-to-be-launched Eurodam -- will cruise to 166 ports of call on 70 itineraries throughout the season. Sailing from March through November, the 2009 Europe season also features 16 maiden ports scattered throughout countries that reach from the Arctic Circle to the shores of North Africa and the Black Sea.