Ammassalik Museum
Museum in Tasiilaq’s first church, consecrated in 1908, with masks from east Greenland, tupilaks, kayaks and works by local artists.
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Sermersooq · Greenland
In the destination Tasiilaq and Kulusuk.
In the photo: The modern church and the houses of Tasiilaq, set among mountains.
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The city
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.
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The local experience
Museum in Tasiilaq’s first church, consecrated in 1908, with masks from east Greenland, tupilaks, kayaks and works by local artists.
A fjord west of the island of Ammassalik, full of icebergs that come from large glaciers, visited on boat trips from Tasiilaq and Kulusuk.
A valley just behind Tasiilaq, cut by a river, with Arctic flowers in summer, a lake and trails that climb the surrounding mountains.