Sisimiut
Sisimiut is Greenland’s second largest town and the northernmost, which is ice-free throughout the year, as well as the country’s main fishing port. The tow...
Maniitsoq
Maniitsoq, with 2,486 inhabitants, is located on an island in an archipelago area, and parts of the town are cut through by small canals where islands are conne...
Tasiilaq
Located on the shore of a fjord that looks like a lake, the town got the name, Tasiilaq, which means ‘the place that looks like a lake’. Tasiilaq has a popu...
Ittoqqortoormiit
On the border with the National Park in Northeast Greenland and at the mouth of the world’s largest fjord system, Kangertittivaq (Scoresby Sound), lies the no...
Aasiaat
Aasiaat is located on a roughly 7-km long and 3-km wide and relatively low archipelago island with very modest vegetation. The town shares the place as the coun...
Qeqertarsuaq
Qeqertarsuaq on the south side of the island of Qeqertarsuaq (Disko) is named after the island, which means ‘the big island’. Qeqertarsuaq is also the name ...
Kangaatsiaq
Kangaatsiaq, which means ‘the small promontory’, has never been a colony and has no Danish name. As the only district besides Upernavik, most of its residen...
Narsaq
Narsaq, meaning ‘the plain’, is situated on a large, flat grassy peninsula surrounded by the fjords Tunulliarfik (Eriksfjord) and Ikersuaq (Bredefjord). The...
Nanortalik
Nanortalik is located about 100 km northwest of Uummannarsuaq (Cape Farewell) and is Greenland’s southernmost town. Nanortalik means ‘the place with polar b...
Uummannaq
Uummannaq means ‘invigorating’ or ‘heart-shaped’ and is named after the town landmark, the 1,170 m high mountain north of the town. Unlike most other co...