Introducing Nuuk Town (Godthåb)
Nuuk is Greenland's capital and by far its biggest, most cosmopolitan town. It commands a grand fjord system and is backed by a splendid panorama of mountains. From carefully chosen angles the town can look picturesque, and if you haven't seen anywhere else in Greenland you may find it almost quaint. But if you've been travelling around the country it's easy to get depressed by Nuuk's decaying heart of long-slab apartment blocks and its rather pervasive sense of economic apartheid. You'd do better to start than to end a trip here.
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Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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RE: Ferry from Nuuk to Ilulissat
by max_mexico 19 August 2011
Thank you to both. For this trip I can not risk a delay, so it looks like I will seek alternative travel plans and save Greenland for…
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RE: Ferry from Nuuk to Ilulissat
by chriskean1 19 August 2011
I took a small ferry from xIlulissat to xAasiaat and then one of the big ones from xAasiaat down to xNuuk in July 2005. It's really a…
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RE: Ferry from Nuuk to Ilulissat
by Bjoern 15 August 2011
Have done part of the trip - mostly you are pretty far from the coast (distant mountains - and none if foggy - it WILL be foggy part of…
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