Garðar Ruins
The remains of the settlers’ old bishopric, with the cathedral of St. Nicholas, the bishop’s residence and large barns, in the middle of the settlement of Igaliku.
Antarctica
Kujalleq · Greenland
In the destination Qaqortoq and Kujataa.
In the photo: Igaliku, among fields and inlets of southern Greenland.
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
A village of sheep farmers with a few dozen residents, stone houses and green pastures by a fjord. In the middle of the houses are the foundations of Garðar, where the settlers’ bishop lived and where the cathedral stood. You reach it by boat to the Itilleq pier and then on foot, along a path of about 4 km.
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The local experience
The remains of the settlers’ old bishopric, with the cathedral of St. Nicholas, the bishop’s residence and large barns, in the middle of the settlement of Igaliku.
A roughly 4 km dirt path between the Itilleq jetty and Igaliku, across an isthmus between two fjords, with pastures, small lakes and views of the icebergs.