Nuuk

Worth seeing in and around Nuuk

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   University of Greenland

   The University of Greenland is Greenland's only university. It is in the capital city of Nuuk.

   2.5 km · university in Nuuk, Greenland · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Nuuk Stadium

   Nuuk Stadium is a multi-purpose venue in Nuuk, Greenland. It is currently used mostly for football matches.

   500 m · stadium in Nuuk, Greenland · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Public and National Library of Greenland

   The Public and National Library of Greenland is the public and national library of Greenland, located in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. It is the largest reference library in the country, devoted to the preservation of national cultural heritage and history.

   200 m · national library · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Nuuk Cathedral

   Nuuk Cathedral or Church of Our Saviour is a wooden Lutheran cathedral in the Old Nuuk neighborhood of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. It was established in 1849.

   500 m · Lutheran cathedral in Nuuk, Greenland · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Greenland National Museum

   The Greenland National Museum is located in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. It was one of the first museums established in Greenland, inaugurated in the mid-1960s.

   500 m · history museum in Nuuk, Greenland · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Hans Egede

   The Statue of Hans Egede is a monument in Nuuk, Greenland. It commemorates the Dano-Norwegian Lutheran missionary Hans Egede who founded Nuuk in 1728.

   600 m · statue in Nuuk, Greenland · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Nuuk Art Museum

   Nuuk Art Museum is a local museum in Greenland, located in Nuuk, the capital. The museum contains a notable collection of paintings, watercolors, drawings, graphics, figures in soapstone, ivory, and wood, with many items collected by the businessman Svend Junge.

   400 m · museum in Greenland · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Nuuk Center

   Nuuk Center, also shortened NC, is a shopping mall located in Nuuk, Greenland. The mall, which is the first shopping mall in Greenland, was inaugurated on July 27, 2012.

   200 m · shopping mall located in Nuuk, Greenland · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Ukkusissat

   Ukkusissaq or Ukkusissat is a 772 m tall mountain in the Sermersooq municipality in southwestern Greenland, located to the southeast of Nuuk Airport, an airport in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. It is the terminus of a long mountain range of a peninsula jutting into Nuup Kangerlua, the longest fjord in southwestern Greenland, to the north of Kangerluarsunnguaq Fjord splitting the peninsula into two.

   4.9 km · mountain · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Kalaaliaraq Market

    Kalaaliaraq Market is a fresh food market in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. It is located in the Old Nuuk neighborhood, approximately 150 m to the southeast of the Nuuk Cathedral, and its name means "The little Greenlander" in Greenlandic language.

    400 m · Market in Nuuk, Greenland · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Greenland National Museum
2. 02
   Nuuk Art Museum
3. 03
   Nuuk Cathedral

   Also known as the "Cathedral of Our Saviour", the red wooden church building was established in 1849.

4. 04
   Pingu
5. 05
   Statue of Hans Egede

   Hans Edege is the Norwegian Missionary who founded Nuuk.

6. 06
   Hans Egede's House

   Built in 1728 and reputably the oldest house in the country.

From Wikivoyage: Nuuk, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

1. 01
   Katuaq
2. 02
   Nuuk Golf Club

   6 hour trip into a fjord as far as it is safe with icebergs getting larger and closer.

From Wikivoyage: Nuuk, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

1. 01
   Cafe Esmeralda

   Aqqusinersuaq 7, kontakt@cafeesmeralda.gl.

2. 02
   Charoen Porn

   Good Thai food with a Greenlandic touch: mattag, halibut, whale and musk ox.

3. 03
   Restaurant Unicorn

   Hans Egedesvej, unicornnuuk@outlook.com.

From Wikivoyage: Nuuk, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Nuuk

Airports

Nuuk (GOH), 3 km

Stations

Nuuk Airport, 3.3 km · Port of Nuuk, 1 km

• Reykjavík → Nuuk

  1432 km · quickest by air, 7h 49m · kr50,440–77,930
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