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Sermersooq · Ittoqqortoormiit and Scoresby Sund

Ittoqqortoormiit

One of Greenland’s most isolated settlements, with about 350 residents, on the edge of the vast Scoresby Sund. Founded in 1925, it survives on hunting and fishing, with colorful houses on a slope above the sea. To the north begins the large protected northeastern area, and the settlement is the base for boat and kayak trips into the fjord.

Avannaata · Uummannaq

Uummannaq

A town of about 1,400 residents on a small island in the Uummannaq fjord, at the foot of a two-summit, heart-shaped mountain. It has colorful houses on the rocks, the stone church, the museum and historic turf houses. In winter, when the surrounding water turns to solid ice, hunters use dog sleds to leave the island.

Sermersooq · Tasiilaq and Kulusuk

Tasiilaq

The largest town on Greenland’s east coast, with about 1,800 inhabitants, in a natural harbor on the island of Ammassalik, surrounded by mountains. Founded in 1894 as a trading post, it has the museum in the old church, the Valley of Flowers a few steps from the center, and serves as a base for the Sermilik fjord icebergs and for Tunumiit culture.

Kujalleq · Qaqortoq and Kujataa

Qassiarsuk

A settlement of sheep herders on the shore of the Tunulliarfik fjord, on the site of Brattahlíð, the farm of Erik the Red. It has Norse ruins, a reconstructed longhouse and church, a statue of Leif Eriksson, and trails through the farms. On the other side of the fjord is Narsarsuaq, where the hike to the Kiattuut glacier starts.

Qeqqata · Sisimiut

Sisimiut

A port town about 50 km above the Arctic Circle, with colourful houses on the slopes and a colonial neighbourhood where the museum and Bethel Church are located. Mount Nasaasaaq closes the view to the east. This is the end of the Arctic Circle Trail, and in winter sled dogs return to pull sleds on the trails around town.

Avannaata · Ilulissat and the Icefjord

Ilimanaq

A settlement of only a few dozen residents just south of the Icefjord entrance, founded in 1741 under the name Claushavn. It has two restored 18th-century wooden houses, a 1908 church and viewpoints over the icebergs that flow from the fjord. It is reached only by boat, and those who stay there sleep with the bay in silence, away from Ilulissat’s bustle.

Kujalleq · Qaqortoq and Kujataa

Qaqortoq

The largest town in southern Greenland and the seat of Kujalleq, with about three thousand residents, colorful houses arranged like an amphitheater above the harbor, and a square with the country’s oldest fountain. There are sculptures carved into the rocks around town, the museum in the old forge, and the red church from 1832. Boats depart from the harbor to Hvalsey Church and to the Uunartoq hot springs.

Sermersooq · Tasiilaq and Kulusuk

Kulusuk

A settlement of about 200 residents on an island off the east coast, with colourful houses on the rocks, a 1908 church built from shipwreck timber and the tradition of drum dancing. It has the region’s airport, two hours’ flight from Reykjavík, and is the gateway to Tasiilaq and the fjords full of icebergs in the east.

Kujalleq · Nanortalik and the Tasermiut Fjord

Nanortalik

A small town of about a thousand inhabitants on an island at the extreme south, whose name means “place of polar bears” in Greenlandic. The old harbour houses became a museum, and trails lead from the streets up the island’s hills. This is the departure point for boats to the Tasermiut mountains and the hot bath at Uunartoq.

Qeqertalik · Aasiaat

Aasiaat

Seat of Qeqertalik and the fifth-largest town in Greenland, with about three thousand residents, on an island in a low-lying archipelago at the southern entrance of Disko Bay. Founded in 1759 as Egedesminde, it has colonial houses by the harbor, a museum and a sea of islands for boat and kayak trips, with whales at various times of year.

Qeqqata · Kangerlussuaq and the ice cap

Kangerlussuaq

A settlement of a few hundred people at the head of the long Kangerlussuaq fjord, formed around a former U.S. airbase. It has the country’s driest and most stable climate and is the easiest place to reach the ice cap by road, along a dirt track to Point 660. The surrounding tundra has muskoxen and reindeer, and the Arctic Circle Trail begins here.

Avannaata · Ilulissat and the Icefjord

Ilulissat

The third-largest town in Greenland, on Disko Bay beside the Icefjord. The name means “icebergs” in Greenlandic. It has colorful houses scattered across the rocks, thousands of sled dogs, a museum in the house where Knud Rasmussen was born, and trails that lead to viewpoints over the ice, plus boat trips out to the Eqi glacier.