Ilulissat and the Icefjord
The city of icebergs, beside the Icefjord, a UNESCO World Heritage site: trails to viewpoints above the ice, boats in Disko Bay and the Eqi glacier.
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11 destinations · 16 citiesin Greenland
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A destination is a region you visit as a single trip: it can bring together several cities or be a large city with everything it offers. Each destination has the tours, the itineraries, the best time to go month by month and how to get there.
The guide currently has 11 destinations, with 16 cities in 5 municipalities.
Today's highlights
A destination is more than a city: it's everything you can experience there.
The city of icebergs, beside the Icefjord, a UNESCO World Heritage site: trails to viewpoints above the ice, boats in Disko Bay and the Eqi glacier.
The town of an archipelago of thousands of islands at the entrance to Disko Bay, with a colonial museum, kayaking among islets, and whales at various times of year.
Disko Island, of volcanic basalt mountains, with the town of Qeqertarsuaq, the Kuannit coast and dog-sledding even in summer on the Lyngmarksbræen glacier.
The east coast of Greenland, home to the Tunumiit culture, drum dancing, the Valley of Flowers and the giant icebergs of the Sermilik fjord.
The settlement of the former airbase, at the head of a fjord over 100 km long, where a dirt road leads to the edge of the ice cap and to the Russell Glacier.
One of the most isolated settlements in the country, on the edge of Scoresby Sund, among icebergs, tundra and musk oxen.
The town at the foot of the heart-shaped mountain, on an island in the Uummannaq fjord, with icebergs in summer and dog sleds across the frozen sea in winter.
The capital of Greenland, between the colonial harbor and modern buildings, with the National Museum, the wooden cathedral and boats on the large Nuuk fjord.
The green fjords of the south, with the Norse ruins of Kujataa, a UNESCO World Heritage site: Hvalsey Church, Brattahlíð and Garðar, among sheep farms and icebergs.
The southernmost town in the country and the Tasermiut Fjord, with granite walls, green valleys and a rare woodland, plus the hot springs of Uunartoq.
The second-largest town in Greenland, with the country’s oldest standing church, a colonial neighbourhood, Mount Nasaasaaq and the end of the Arctic Circle Trail.
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