A UNESCO World Heritage with historic sites from the Viking Age, the Inland Ice Cap, fertile mountains with sheep farms, deep blue fjords with multi-coloured icebergs and calving glaciers all around – and all of this within short range of your hotel. Welcome to Narsarsuaq.
Nuuk is the northernmost as well as the smallest capital in the world – though still the largest and oldest city in Greenland with just over 16,000 inhabitants.
Winter in Sisimiut is a feast of adventures; make the most of your time there by exploring the area by snowshoe, on skis or experience the ancient traditional way of travelling; Dog sledging in the Arctic nature just a few steps from your hotel. Depending on the ice situation, you may also choose to join boat excursions to remote abandoned settlements nearby.
Sisimiut (Greenlandic for ‘Those who live in fox holes’) is where the traditional and the modern Greenland meet. Being situated 50 kilometres north of the Polar Circle makes Sisimiut one of the best places in the world for seeing Northern Light. Furthermore; due to the fantastic backcountry it is also one of the best places to enjoy dogsledding, snowmobiling and skiing.
A wonderful introduction to South Greenland. Experience the quaint town of Narsaq before you travel to Narsarsuaq which borders an area which has recently been awarded UNESCO World Heritage status. There is plenty to see; from hikes to the Inland Ice Cap to remains from both the Inuit and Viking settlers that once lived in the area.
South Greenland is the often overlooked by visitors travelling to Greenland - and it is a real shame. The area has so many Arctic experiences to offer: From iceberg-filled fjords to dramatic glaciers, not to mention archaeological remains from the Inuit and Viking settlers.Narsarsuaq is the gateway to South Greenland. Meaning ‘great plain’ in Greenlandic it is today the site of a small international airport.