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Former administrative division of Greenland
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Western Greenland (Greenlandic: Kitaa, Danish: Vestgrønland) is a region of Greenland. Home to the capital, Nuuk, this is the part of Greenland that you would probably think of if you've only seen the stereotypical picture. Large icebergs can be seen floating in the ocean with dogsled trips from one small settlement to another. In these settlements, fish and sharkmeat are often hanging outside small colorful houses along with the constant barking of dogs in the background.
The trans-oceanic service to Greenland either lands at Kangerlussuaq, Narsarsuaq (the only two airports in the country which can accept anything larger than a turboprop), or the capital Nuuk from Iceland and Canada with…
Read in the guideThere is no road system between settlements. The easiest way to get around Greenland is by plane, particularly Air Greenland.
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Capital of Greenland
Aasiaat is a town in Western Greenland with a population of 3,069 in 2020, making it the fourth largest settlement in Greenland.
Ilulissat (lit. "City of icebergs"; Danish: Jakobshavn) is the third largest city in Greenland, in the Disko Bay just by the icefjord, from which it got its name.
Kangerlussuaq (also called Sondrestrom) is a settlement on the west coast of Greenland near the end of a fjord of the same name. Its Danish name is Søndre Strømfjord, and until the early 1990s was home to a U.S. military base known as Bluie West Eight.
Oqaatsut (old Danish name: Rodebay) is a village in Western Greenland.
Qasigiannguit is a fishing town of about 1,200 in Western Greenland. It is located on the shore of Disko Bay.
Sisimiut (Danish: Holsteinsborg) is a town in Western Greenland. It is the second-largest city of Greenland after Nuuk.
Uummannaq (Danish: Umanak) is a city in Western Greenland. Uummannaq is a town of about 1,300 people (2013) with another 1,300 residing in the surrounding settlements.
Articles and travel topics about Western Greenland and Greenland.
Travel tipsGreenland night photography is a route through Southern Greenland and Eastern Greenland, focusing on the "Darkland" aesthetic: the intersection of polar twilight, ancient ice, and modern settlement lights.
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Culture & historyVikings redirects here. For the town in Alberta, see Viking (Alberta) The Nordic countries are remembered for the Viking Age, a period during the 9th and 10th centuries, when the Norsemen sailed the seas and rivers of…
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Culture & historyThis article describes old towns and other remnants in the Nordic countries from the unification of Sweden, Norway and Denmark in the 11th century, to the Industrial Revolution of the mid-19th century.
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Nature & adventureMidnight sun is the sun being above horizon throughout the night, while polar night is when the sun stays below it even in the day. They can be experienced in the Arctic and Antarctica.
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