Nuuk

Capital and largest city of Greenland

For the album by Thomas Köner, see Nuuk (album).

Not to be confused with Nuke.

Capital city in Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark

Nuuk

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Coordinates: 64°10′36″N 51°44′10″W﻿ / ﻿64.17667°N 51.73611°W﻿ / 64.17667; -51.73611
Sovereign state|  Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country|  Greenland
Municipality| Sermersooq
Founded| 29 August 1728
Incorporated| 1728
Area

• Total

| 49 km2 (18.8 sq mi)
Elevation

| 5 m (16 ft)
Population

(2025)

• Total

| 20,085 (Largest in Greenland)
| [a]
Demonym| Nuummioq
Time zone| UTC−02:00 (WGT)
• Summer (DST)| UTC−01:00 (WGST)
Postal code|

3900, 3905

Nuuk (Greenlandic pronunciation: [nuːk] ⓘ; Danish: Nuuk,[1] formerly Godthåb [ˈkʌtˌhɔˀp])[2] is the capital and most populous city of Greenland, an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark. Nuuk is the seat of government and the territory's largest cultural and economic center. It is also the seat of government for the Sermersooq municipality. In January 2025, it had a population of 20,113[3] - more than a third of the territory's population - making it one of the smallest capital cities in the world by population.

The city was founded in 1728 by the Danish-Norwegian missionary Hans Egede when he relocated from the earlier Hope Colony (Haabets Koloni), where he had arrived in 1721; the governor Claus Paarss was part of the relocation. The new colony was placed at the Inuit settlement of Nûk and was named Godthaab ("Good Hope"). "Nuuk" is the Greenlandic word for "cape" and is commonly found in Greenlandic place names. It is so named because of its position at the end of the Nuup Kangerlua fjord on the eastern shore of the Labrador Sea. Its latitude, at 64°11' N, makes it the world's northernmost capital, a few kilometres farther north than the Icelandic capital Reykjavík. When home rule was established in 1979, the authorization of place names was transferred to Greenlandic authorities, who subsequently preferred Greenlandic names over Danish ones. The name Godthåb mostly went out of use over the next two decades.

The campus of the University of Greenland, hosting Statistics Greenland and the main holdings of the Public and National Library of Greenland,[4] is at the northern end of the district, near the road to Nuuk Airport.[5]

Nuuk receives its electric power mainly from the renewable energy-powered Buksefjord hydroelectric power plant by way of a 132 kV powerline crossing Ameralik fjord over a distance of 5,376 m (17,638 ft), the world's longest free span.[6][7]

## History

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The site has a long history of habitation. The area around Nuuk was first occupied by the ancient, pre-Inuit, Paleo-Eskimo people of the Saqqaq culture as far back as 2200 BC when they lived in the area around the now abandoned settlement of Qoornoq.[8] For a long time, it was occupied by the Dorset culture[failed verification] around the former settlement of Kangeq, but they disappeared from the Nuuk district before AD 1000. The Nuuk area was later inhabited by Norse settlers from around 1000 AD until the disappearance of the settlement for uncertain reasons during the 15th century. (Western Settlement).[9]

The statue of Hans Egede in Nuuk

The city proper was founded as the fort of Godt-Haab in 1728 by the royal governor Claus Paarss, when he relocated the missionary and merchant Hans Egede's earlier Hope Colony (Haabets Koloni) from Kangeq Island to the mainland. At that time, Greenland was formally still a Norwegian colony (until 1814) under the united Danish-Norwegian Crown, but the colony had not had any contact for over three centuries. Paarss's colonists consisted of mutinous soldiers, convicts, and prostitutes; and within the first year, most died of scurvy and other ailments. In 1733 and 1734, a smallpox epidemic killed most of the native population as well as Egede's wife.[10] Hans Egede went back to Denmark in 1736 after 15 years in Greenland, leaving his son Poul to continue his work.[11] Godthaab became the seat of government for the Danish colony of South Greenland,[12] while Godhavn (modern Qeqertarsuaq) was the capital of North Greenland until 1940, when the administration was unified in Godthaab.[13]

In 1733, Moravian missionaries received permission to begin a mission on the island; in 1747, there were enough converts to prompt the construction of the Moravian Brethren Mission House and the formal establishment of the mission as New Herrnhut (Danish: Nye-Hernhut). This became the nucleus for present-day Nuuk as many Greenlanders from the southeastern coast left their territory to live at the mission station. From this base, further missions were established at Lichtenfels (1748), Lichtenau (1774), Friedrichsthal (1824), Umanak (1861), and Idlorpait (1864),[14] before they were discontinued in 1900 and folded into the Lutheran Church of Denmark.[15]

Nuuk (Danish: Godthåb), c. 1878

Around 1850, Greenland, and especially the area around Nuuk, were in crisis. The Europeans had brought diseases and a culture that conflicted with the ways of the native Greenlanders. Many Greenlanders were living in poverty. In 1853, Hinrich Johannes Rink came to Greenland and was surprised at how local Greenlandic culture and identity had been suppressed under Danish influence. In response, in 1861, he started the Atuagagdliutit, Greenland's first newspaper, with a native Greenlander as editor. This newspaper based in Nuuk later became an important token of Greenlandic identity.

During World War II, there was a reawakening of Greenlandic national identity. The use of written Greenlandic grew, a council was assembled under Eske Brun's leadership in Nuuk. In 1940, an American and a Canadian Consulate were established in Nuuk.

Under new regulations in 1950, two councils amalgamated into one. This Countryside Council was abolished on 1 May 1979, when the city of Godthåb was renamed Nuuk by the Greenland Home Rule government. The city boomed during the 1950s when Denmark began to modernize Greenland. As in Greenland as a whole, Nuuk is populated today by both Inuit and Danes. Over a third of Greenland's total population lives in the Nuuk Greater Metropolitan area.[16]

A 2016 article in The Guardian examining indigenous influences on cities worldwide[17] suggested that

> One city... stands out. Nuuk... has probably the highest percentage of aboriginal people of any city: almost 90% of Greenland's population of 58,000 is Inuit, and at least eight in 10 live in urban settlements. Nuuk also celebrates Inuit culture and history to an extent that is unprecedented in many cities with higher total aboriginal populations. By proportion and by cultural authority and impact, it may well be tiny Nuuk that is the most indigenous city in the world.[17]

## Geography

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Left: Satellite view. Right: Aerial view of Nuuk

Map of Nuuk

Nuuk is located at approximately 64°10′N 51°44′W﻿ / ﻿64.167°N 51.733°W﻿ / 64.167; -51.733[18] at the mouth of the Nuup Kangerlua fjord (formerly Baal's River[19]), some 10 km (6.2 mi) from the shores of the Labrador Sea on the southwestern coast of Greenland, and about 240 km (150 mi) south of the Arctic Circle. Initially, the fjord flows to the northwest, to then turn southwest at 64°43′N 50°37′W﻿ / ﻿64.717°N 50.617°W﻿ / 64.717; -50.617, splitting into three arms in its lower run, with three big islands in between the arms: Sermitsiaq Island, Qeqertarsuaq Island, and Qoornuup Qeqertarsua.[20] The fjord widens into a bay dotted with skerries near its mouth, opening into Labrador Sea at approximately 64°03′N 51°58′W﻿ / ﻿64.050°N 51.967°W﻿ / 64.050; -51.967. Sermitsiaq mountain, reaching a height of 1,210 m (3,970 ft), some 20 km (12 mi) to the northeast, can be seen from almost everywhere in Nuuk. The mountain has given its name to the nationwide newspaper Sermitsiaq. Closer to the town are the peaks of Store Malene, 790 m (2,590 ft), and Lille Malene, 420 m (1,380 ft).[21] The magnetic declination at Nuuk is extreme.[22][23]

View from the mountain Ukkusissaq, which means "soap stone" (in Danish it is called Store Malene)

Panorama of Nuuk

### Climate

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Climate chart of Nuuk

Nuuk has a maritime-influenced tundra climate (Köppen ET) with long, cold, snowy winters and short, cool summers. Although the winters in Nuuk are very cold, they are still milder than other tundra climates at similar latitudes, such as in Alaska, or parts of Eastern Siberia. Instead, peak winter is similar to identical latitudes in the Nordic countries. On 21 December, the shortest day and longest night of the year, the sun rises at 11:22 am and sets at 3:28 pm. By contrast, on the longest day and shortest night of the year, 21 June, the sun rises at 3:53 am and does not set until 1:03 am, producing constant civil twilight. Nuuk can have mild temperatures on brief occasions year-round, with each month having recorded 13 °C (55 °F) or warmer, although only June, July, August, and September have recorded what could be considered hot weather (defined as 22.5 °C (72.5 °F) or higher). The monthly averages range from −9 °C (16 °F) to 7 °C (45 °F), whereas all-time extremes range from −32.5 °C (−26.5 °F) on 14 January 1984 to 26.3 °C (79.3 °F) on 6 July 2008. The record wind in Nuuk is 68 km/h.

The average monthly temperature (7.4 °C (45.3 °F) in July) is colder than what is considered the limit for trees (10 °C (50 °F) during the warmest month). There are a few planted trees[24] which do not sustain well.

Climate data for Nuuk (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1866–present)

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Record high °C (°F)  | 15.3
(59.5)  | 13.0
(55.4)  | 15.2
(59.4)  | 16.9
(62.4)  | 18.3
(64.9)  | 23.8
(74.8)  | 26.3
(79.3)  | 25.1
(77.2)  | 23.8
(74.8)  | 19.9
(67.8)  | 15.8
(60.4)  | 13.3
(55.9)  | 26.3
(79.3)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)  | −5.0
(23.0)  | −6.0
(21.2)  | −5.1
(22.8)  | −0.7
(30.7)  | 3.9
(39.0)  | 8.4
(47.1)  | 11.1
(52.0)  | 10.2
(50.4)  | 6.5
(43.7)  | 2.3
(36.1)  | −1.1
(30.0)  | −3.2
(26.2)  | 1.8
(35.2)
Daily mean °C (°F)  | −7.5
(18.5)  | −8.6
(16.5)  | −7.7
(18.1)  | −3.0
(26.6)  | 1.2
(34.2)  | 5.0
(41.0)  | 7.4
(45.3)  | 7.0
(44.6)  | 4.0
(39.2)  | 0.2
(32.4)  | −3.3
(26.1)  | −5.5
(22.1)  | −0.9
(30.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)  | −9.7
(14.5)  | −10.9
(12.4)  | −10.0
(14.0)  | −5.2
(22.6)  | −1.2
(29.8)  | 2.0
(35.6)  | 4.4
(39.9)  | 4.5
(40.1)  | 2.0
(35.6)  | −1.8
(28.8)  | −5.3
(22.5)  | −7.7
(18.1)  | −3.3
(26.1)
Record low °C (°F)  | −32.5
(−26.5)  | −29.6
(−21.3)  | −27.5
(−17.5)  | −30.0
(−22.0)  | −19.0
(−2.2)  | −10.3
(13.5)  | −6.6
(20.1)  | −4.7
(23.5)  | −8.2
(17.2)  | −16.6
(2.1)  | −24.4
(−11.9)  | −25.2
(−13.4)  | −32.5
(−26.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches)  | 67.1
(2.64)  | 51.1
(2.01)  | 58.9
(2.32)  | 53.3
(2.10)  | 57.4
(2.26)  | 61.7
(2.43)  | 69.3
(2.73)  | 90.8
(3.57)  | 104.6
(4.12)  | 80.5
(3.17)  | 79.0
(3.11)  | 74.5
(2.93)  | 852.6
(33.57)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 13.8  | 12.7  | 15.1  | 13.2  | 13.0  | 10.5  | 12.5  | 12.5  | 14.1  | 13.5  | 14.3  | 14.4  | 159.6
Average snowy days  | 13.6  | 12.1  | 14.5  | 11.4  | 9.4  | 2.8  | 0.1  | 0.2  | 4.3  | 9.8  | 12.7  | 13.8  | 104.7
Average relative humidity (%)  | 73.8  | 74.7  | 74.3  | 78.3  | 81.1  | 85.0  | 85.3  | 86.7  | 82.3  | 76.7  | 73.3  | 73.4  | 78.7
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 15.5  | 65.0  | 148.8  | 180.0  | 189.1  | 204.0  | 195.3  | 164.3  | 141.0  | 80.6  | 30.0  | 6.2  | 1,419.8
Mean daily sunshine hours | 0.5  | 2.3  | 4.8  | 6.0  | 6.1  | 6.8  | 6.3  | 5.3  | 4.7  | 2.6  | 1.0  | 0.2  | 3.9
Source 1: Danish Meteorological Institute[25][26]
Source 2: Meteo Climat (record highs and lows),[27] Deutscher Wetterdienst (sun 1980–1990),[28] NOAA (humidity 1991-2020)[29]

## Demographics

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Historical populationYear| Pop.| ±%

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1980| 9,077| —
1990| 12,217| +34.6%
2000| 13,445| +10.1%
2010| 15,469| +15.1%
2020| 18,326| +18.5%
Source: Statistics Greenland[3]

With 19,872 inhabitants as of January 2024,[3] Nuuk is by far the largest town in Greenland. The population of Nuuk has doubled since 1977, increased by over a third since 1990, and risen by almost 21% since 2000. In addition to those born in Greenland, data from 2015 showed 3,826 were born outside the country.[30] Attracted by good employment opportunities with high wages, Danes have continued to settle in the town. Today, Nuuk has the highest proportion of Danes of any town in Greenland.[30] Half of Greenland's immigrants live in Nuuk, which also accounts for a quarter of the country's native population.[21]

## Government

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As the capital of Greenland, Nuuk is the administrative center of the country, containing all of the important government buildings and institutions. The public sector bodies are also the town's largest employer.[21]

As of January 2021, the mayor of Nuuk is Charlotte Ludvigsen. She replaced former mayor Asii Chemnitz Narup in 2019 following a social media scandal involving posts criticizing her party. Like Narup, Ludvigsen is a member of the Inuit Ataqatigiit party.[31]

Greenland's self-government parliament, the Inatsisartut, is in Nuuk. It has 31 seats and its members are elected by popular vote on the basis of proportional representation to serve four-year terms.[32] All of Greenland's major political parties have their headquarters in Nuuk, including the Inuit Ataqatigiit, Siumut, Democrats, Atassut, Association of Candidates and the Women's Party.[33]

### KANUKOKA

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Main article: KANUKOKA

KANUKOKA (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaanni Kommunit Kattuffiat) was based in Nuuk. It was an association of Greenland's municipalities, led by Enok Sandgreen.[34] The aim of the organisation was to facilitate cooperation among all five municipalities of Greenland: Avannaata, Kujalleq, Qeqertalik, Qeqqata, and Sermersooq. However, Sermersooq and Qeqertalik both withdrew and KANUKOKA was dissolved as of Tuesday, 31 July 2018.[35][36] The organisation ran the municipal elections every four years, with the last election taking place in 2016. All municipal authorities in Greenland were members of the organisation until its 2018 dissolution.[37] The association was overseen by Maliina Abelsen, the Minister for Social Affairs in the Government of Greenland.[34][38]

## Economy

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The port of Nuuk Air Greenland headquarters in Nuuk

Although only a small town, Nuuk has developed trade, business, shipping and other industries. It began as a small fishing settlement with a harbor, but as the economy developed rapidly during the 1970s and 1980s, the fishing industry in the capital declined.[39] The port is nevertheless still home to almost half of Greenland's fishing fleet. The local Royal Greenland processing plant absorbs landed seafood amounting to over DKK 50 million (US$7 million) per annum, mainly (80%) shrimp, but also cod, lumpfish and halibut.[21] Seafood, including seal, is also sold in abundance in Nuuk's fish markets, the largest being Kalaaliaraq Market. Minerals including zinc and gold have contributed to the development of Nuuk's economy.[40]

The city, like much of Greenland, is heavily dependent upon Danish investment and relies on Denmark for block funding.[41]

### Energy

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All of Greenland's electricity is supplied by the government-owned company Nukissiorfiit, which has a monopoly on the electricity in Greenland.[42] Since 1993, Nuuk has received its electric power mainly from Buksefjord hydroelectric power plant by way of a 132 kV powerline crossing Ameralik fjord over a distance of 5,376 m (17,638 ft), the world's longest free span.[6][7]

### Education

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University of Greenland

Nuuk has several educational institutions of higher learning. The University of Greenland (Ilisimatusarfik), the only university in Greenland, is in Nuuk. The university was founded in 1987 and expanded in 2007 with the new building, Ilimmarfik, housing departments of journalism, management and economics, language, literature and media, cultural and social history, theology and religion and social work. Nuuk is also home to the Department of Learning (Ilinniarfissuaq), the oldest educational facility in Greenland, in the old colonial part of Nuuk (Nuutoqaq: Old Nuuk). Other notable educational institutions include the Department of Nursing and Health Science, Nuuk Technical College and the Iron & Metal School.

### Healthcare

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Queen Ingrid's Health Center

The city is served by Queen Ingrid's Health Center. The health center serves as the regional health center for Region Sermersooq. It has an emergency room, and a central clinic with several general practitioners. Nuuk also has Queen Ingrid's Hospital which is the central hospital of Greenland.

### Tourism

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The Nuuk Tourist Office was built in 1992 to house the headquarters of the new National Tourist Board of Greenland.[43]

### Shopping

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Shops in Nuuk offer local art and craftwork. In July 2012, Greenland's first shopping center, Nuuk Center (NC), opened. The center has Greenland's first underground parking. Several supermarkets exist, such as Nuuk Center, Pisiffik, Brugseni, and Spar.

## Transportation

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Nuuk Airport terminal, opened in 2024. A Royal Arctic Line container ship in Nuuk

### Airport

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Main article: Nuuk Airport

Nuuk has an international airport 4 km (2.5 mi) to the northeast of the town center. Originally built in 1979, it was extensively rebuilt and expanded in 2024 and is now Air Greenland's international and domestic hub and base of operations.[44] Most traffic to, from and within Greenland passes through the airport. It is served year-round with direct flights to Copenhagen and Reykjavík-Keflavík as well as almost all airports in Greenland. Seasonal routes are also operated to New York-Newark, Billund, Aalborg and Iqaluit[45]

### Sea

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Nuuk is connected to Denmark by the Royal Arctic Line (in cooperation with Eimskip) which sails container ships from Aalborg via Iceland. They generally bring clothing, flour, medicine, timber, machinery and non-perishable goods, and return with deep-frozen shrimp and fish. Most sea freight to other destinations in Greenland is trans-shipped in Nuuk via Royal Arctic Line.[46]

Nuuk is served twice-weekly by the coastal passenger ferry of the Arctic Umiaq Line, which links the communities of the western coast, for most of the year.[47]

### Roads

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A bus in Nuuk

As of 2017, there are 80 km of local roads in Nuuk.[48] However, there are no roads connecting Nuuk with other areas of Greenland.[49] The majority of buses and cars owned in Greenland operate in Nuuk.[50] There are three traffic lights, 12 roundabouts and one road tunnel in Nuuk, the only such examples of such in Greenland.[51] The high street in the city is called Aqqusinersuaq.[52]

Since 1980, the bus service Nuup Bussii provides public transport services in the city.[53] Buses link the town center with the airport, the outlying districts and neighbourhoods[54] of Nuussuaq, Qinngorput, as well as Qernertunnguit in Quassussuup Tungaa.[55] In 2012, the buses transported more than 2 million passengers around the city of Nuuk.[56]

## Cityscape

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Tuapannguit low-rise residential buildings in Nuuk View of Nuuk from the top of Ukkusissat

### Historical buildings

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Hans Egede's House
Hans Egede's House, built in 1721 by the Norwegian missionary Hans Egede, is the oldest building in Greenland. Standing close to the harbor among other old houses, it is now used for government receptions.[46][57]

Nuuk Cathedral
The Church of Our Saviour of the Lutheran diocese of Greenland was built in 1849, and the tower was added in 1884. The red building with a clock tower and steeple is a prominent site on the landscape.[58] The church received the status of Nuuk Cathedral in 1994, when the first bishop was Kristian Mørk, followed in 1995 by Sofie Petersen, a native of Greenland and the second woman in Denmark to become a bishop.[59]

The Herrnhut House was the center of the Moravian mission of New Herrnhut. Other landmarks include the Hans Egede Church and the Statue of Hans Egede.

National Museum
Greenland National Museum is in Nuuk and was one of the first museums established in Greenland, inaugurated in the mid-1960s.[60] The museum has many artifacts and exhibits related to Greenland's archaeology, history, art, and handicrafts, and contains the Qilakitsoq mummies.

Modern architecture Examples of modern architecture include the Katuaq cultural center by Schmidt Hammer Lassen (1997), the campus of the University of Greenland by Tegnestuen Nuuk and KHR Arkitekter (2008), the Nuuk Center by KHR Arkitekter (2012) and the Anstalten Correctional Facility by Friis & Moltke and Schmidt Hammer Lassen (2019).

* Nuuk Cathedral

* Moravian Brethren Mission House

* University of Greenland

* Katuaq

* Nuuk Center

### Cultural

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Main articles: Katuaq and Nuuk Art Museum

Nuuk Art Museum

Katuaq is a cultural center used for concerts, films, art exhibitions, and conferences. It was designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen and inaugurated on 15 February 1997. Katuaq contains two auditoria, the larger seating 1,008 people and the smaller, 508. The complex also contains an art school, library, meeting facilities, administrative offices and a café.

The Nuuk Art Museum is the only private art and crafts museum in Greenland.[61] The museum contains a notable collection of local paintings, watercolors, drawings, and graphics, some by Andy Warhol; and figures in soapstone, ivory, and wood, with many items collected by archaeologists.

### Educational

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Main article: University of Greenland

Ilisimatusarfik, the University of Greenland, is in Nuuk and is the national university of Greenland. Most courses are taught in Danish, although a few are in Kalaallisut as well. As of 2007[update], the university had approximately 150 students (almost all Greenlanders), around 14 academic staff, and five administrators.[62] Its library holds approximately 30,000 volumes.

The National Library of Greenland in Nuuk is the largest reference library in the country, devoted to the preservation of Greenland's cultural heritage and history.[63] The library holdings are split between the public library in the town center and Ilimmarfik, the campus of the University of Greenland. As of 1 January 2008, there are 83,324 items in the library database at Ilimmarfik.[64]

## Sports

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Main article: Nuuk Stadium

Godthåbhallen exterior Teletårnet, Nuuk

Nuuk's sports clubs include Nuuk IL (established in 1934), B-67, and GSS Nuuk. Nuuk Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, used mostly for football games. The stadium has a capacity of 2,000.[65] The stadium can also be used as an entertainment venue: the Scottish rock band Nazareth performed at the venue. Nuuk also has the Godthåbhallen, a handball stadium. It is the home of the Greenland men's national handball team and has a capacity of 1,000.[65] There is a hill for alpine skiing with an altitude difference around 300 meters on the mountain Lille Malene,[66] with the valley station close to the airport terminal.[67] There is also the Nuuk golf course, the only arctic golf course in the world.[68]

## Notable people

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Múte Bourup Egede, 2021

* Johan Carl Christian Petersen (1813–1880), a seaman and interpreter
* Hans Lynge (1906–1988), writer, dramatist, painter, politician, printmaker and sculptor
* Finn Lynge (1933–2014), politician, Indigenous rights activist and priest; the sole MEP for Greenland, 1979 until 1984
* Agnethe Davidsen (1947–2007), Greenland's first female government minister
* Rasmus Lyberth (born 1951), musician and actor
* Sofie Petersen (born 1955), a Lutheran bishop & Bishop of Greenland from 1995 to 2020
* Minik Thorleif Rosing, (DK wiki) [da] (born 1957), geologist
* Bo Lidegaard (born 1958), historian and journalist
* brothers Otto Rosing (born 1967), film director & Lars Rosing (born 1972), actor
* Maliina Abelsen (born 1976), Greenland's Minister for Social Affairs
* Aaja Chemnitz Larsen (born 1977), politician, member of the Danish Folketing
* Sara Olsvig (born 1978), politician member of the Danish Folketing, 2011–2014
* Nive Nielsen (born 1979), singer-songwriter and actress
* Julie Berthelsen (born 1979), pop singer and songwriter
* Bibi Chemnitz (born 1983), fashion designer
* Múte Bourup Egede (born 1987), politician, seventh Prime Minister of Greenland

### Sport

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* Nils Nielsen (born 1971), football manager, head coach for the Switzerland women's national football team, 2018–2022
* Jesper Grønkjær (born 1977), footballer, played 400 games and 80 for Denmark
* Mads Andersen (born 1995), a Danish chess grandmaster

## International relations

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See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Greenland

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### Twin towns and sister cities

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Nuuk is twinned with:

* Aalborg, Denmark (2002–present)[69]
* Changchun, Jilin, China
* Tiverton, Rhode Island, United States
* Lyngby-Taarbæk, Denmark
* Huddinge, Sweden
* Reykjavík, Iceland
* Ushuaia, Argentina
* Bocas Town, Panama
* Sorong, Indonesia
* Stockholm, Sweden

## See also

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* Coat of Arms of Nuuk
* Sisimiut, the second-largest city in Greenland

## Notes

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1. ^ City and metropolitan population is co-extensive, the entire Metro area belongs to Nuuk City[clarify]

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## External links

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* Nuuk – Greenland's largest city and capital. Visitgreenland.com.

Nuuk at Wikipedia's sister projects:

* Media from Commons
* Travel guides from Wikivoyage

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Nuuk

Districts and neighborhoods|

* Centrum
* Nuussuaq
* Old Nuuk
* Qernertunnguit
* Qinngorput
* Quassussuup Tungaa

Institutions|

* Atuagkat Bookstore
* Bank of Greenland
* Greenland High Court
* KNR
* KANUKOKA
* NAPA
* Nanoq Media
* Queen Ingrid's Hospital
* Parliament of Greenland
* Pisiffik
* Public and National Library of Greenland
* Sermitsiaq
* Statistics Greenland
* University of Greenland

Landmarks|

* Art Museum of Nuuk
* Blok P
* Greenland National Museum
* Hans Egede Church
* Hans Egede House
* Kalaaliaraq Market
* Katuaq
* Moravian Brethren Mission House
* Nuuk Cathedral
* Nuuk Center
* Statue of Hans Egede

Sport|

* 2016 Arctic Winter Games
* Godthåbhallen
* Inussivik
* Nuuk Marathon
* Nuuk Stadium
* Arktisk Stadion

Transport|

* Aqqusinersuaq
* Air Greenland
* Arctic Umiaq Line
* Nuuk Airport
* Nuuk Port and Harbour
* Nuup Bussii
* Royal Arctic Line
* Royal Greenland

Tourism|

* Hotel Hans Egede
* Nuuk Tourist Office
* Seamen's Home

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Cities, towns, and villages in Greenland

Avannaata|

* Aappilattoq
* Ikerasak
* Ilimanaq
* Illorsuit
* Ilulissat
* Innaarsuit
* Kangersuatsiaq
* Kullorsuaq
* Naajaat
* Niaqornat
* Nutaarmiut
* Nuugaatsiaq
* Nuussuaq
* Oqaatsut
* Qaanaaq
* Qaarsut
* Qeqertaq
* Qeqertat
* Saattut
* Saqqaq
* Savissivik
* Siorapaluk
* Tasiusaq
* Ukkusissat
* Upernavik
* Upernavik Kujalleq
* Uummannaq

Kujalleq|

* Aappilattoq
* Alluitsup Paa
* Ammassivik
* Eqalugaarsuit
* Igaliku
* Nanortalik
* Narsaq
* Narsarmijit
* Narsarsuaq
* Qaqortoq
* Qassiarsuk
* Qassimiut
* Qorlortorsuaq
* Saarloq
* Tasiusaq

Qeqertalik|

* Aasiaat
* Akunnaaq
* Attu
* Iginniarfik
* Ikamiut
* Ikerasaarsuk
* Qasigiannguit
* Qeqertarsuaq
* Kangerluk
* Kangaatsiaq
* Kitsissuarsuit
* Niaqornaarsuk

Qeqqata|

* Atammik
* Itilleq
* Kangaamiut
* Kangerlussuaq
* Maniitsoq
* Napasoq
* Sarfannguit
* Sisimiut

Sermersooq|

* Arsuk
* Isertoq
* Ittoqqortoormiit
* Kangilinnguit
* Kapisillit
* Kulusuk
* Kuummiit
* Nuuk
* Paamiut
* Qeqertarsuatsiaat
* Sermiligaaq
* Tasiilaq
* Tiilerilaaq

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Capital cities of the Kingdom of Denmark

State capital: Copenhagen
(Seat of government: Folketing)

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* Copenhagen, Denmark
* Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
* Nuuk, Greenland

* Hillerød, Capital Region of Denmark
* Viborg, Central Denmark Region
* Aalborg, North Denmark Region
* Vejle, Region of Southern Denmark
* Sorø, Region Zealand

See also: List of cities in Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland

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Capitals of North America

Dependent territories are in italics

* Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis
* Belmopan, Belize
* Bridgetown, Barbados
* Castries, St. Lucia
* Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands (US)
* Cockburn Town, Turks and Caicos (UK)
* George Town, Cayman Islands (UK)
* Guatemala City, Guatemala
* Hamilton, Bermuda (UK)
* Havana, Cuba
* Kingston, Jamaica
* Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines

* Managua, Nicaragua
* Mexico City, Mexico
* Nassau, The Bahamas
* Nuuk, Greenland (Denmark)
* Ottawa, (National Capital Region), Canada
* Panama City, Panama
* Plymouth (de jure) • Brades (de facto), Montserrat (UK)
* Port-au-Prince, Haiti
* Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

* Road Town, British Virgin Islands (UK)
* Roseau, Dominica
* San José, Costa Rica
* San Juan, Puerto Rico (US)
* San Salvador, El Salvador
* Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
* St. George's, Grenada
* St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
* Tegucigalpa, Honduras
* The Valley, Anguilla (UK)
* Washington, D.C., United States

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Municipal seats of Greenland

Avannaata|

* Ilulissat

Kujalleq|

* Qaqortoq

Qeqertalik|

* Aasiaat

Qeqqata|

* Sisimiut

Sermersooq|

* Nuuk

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF
* FAST
* WorldCat

National|

* Germany
* United States
* Israel

Geographic|

* MusicBrainz area

Other|

* IdRef
* NARA
* Yale LUX

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