General: Greenland

Advantages: Explore the whole Capital on foot in less than 30minutes
Disadvantages: No night life!!

...Qaqortoq when translated means “The White Place” and although there are only just over 3,000 inhabitants it is still regarded as “The Big City”. It is also the hub of life in South Greenland. It is naturally centred around the harbour where you can find trawlers, cargo ships and some yachts belonging to the more adventurous traveller. The fact that icebergs are often found in the harbour is just a reminder of how far North we are and of the hazards of these Arctic waters. The black-tarred log building on the waterfront was shipped to Greenland log by log in 1797. It was designed by the Danish royal architect, Kirkerup and prefabricated in Denmark The blacksmith’s shop, which was built in yellow stone in 1871, now houses the Qaqortoq museum. This is one of the best museums I have seen. It shows Greenland culture right through... Read review

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Advantages: Wonderment
Disadvantages: None

...This year we cruised to Greenland via the Faroes and Iceland and back to Scotland stopping on the north side of Iceland and then the Orkneys. You may say WHY? Iceland was pretty much as you would expect, you know geysers, whales, dolphins, puffins (strange, strange birds whose wings are not very efficient) and a lot of tourist type stuff, but Greenland was magnificent. Great snow topped mountains fall straight into a blue, blue unpolluted sea, and occasionally there are tiny wee inlets with two or three houses, painted such bright colours, only accessible by sea. A sea, littered with icebergs that have broken off the enormous glaciers,that slide gracefully into the sea. Small rivers of water cascade into the sea down the sides of the mountains forging picturesque channels. We entered the iceberg-strewn waters at about five... Read review

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Advantages: The place is beautiful
Disadvantages: There is very little there

...Narsarsuaq occupies one of the few areas of flat land on Greenland’s Southern coast and the main reason for its existence is “the International airport”. It is round this airport that you will find most of this tiny settlement’s amenities. By far the largest of these is an American hotel, which caters for up to one hundred people, huge eh? This part of Greenland is known by the locals as “the Banana coast” because the climate is almost tropical compared to the climate just a little further North, but it is still dominated by towering peaks, fjords AND icebergs. The Ice Patrol is based in Narsarsuaq and uses aircraft and helicopters to monitor the ice in these waters and inform shipping of any potential hazards You can see these helicopters flying in and out much of the time and it was only as we left that we found out why. From... Read review

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