For centuries ships have connected the countries and people around the North Sea bringing cargo and passengers from one place to the other. However, it was not until the introduction of steam power in the 1820s that vessels were freed of the uncertainty of the wind and regular lines with steady departure and arrival times emerged.

The exhibition tell the story of the North Sea passenger lines over a period of more than one hundred and fifty years. Each contribution has a national or even regional perspective but they all link together and prove just how the North Sea connects rather than divides the people around it.