Ilulissat - Gargantuan icebergs, whale filled fjords and fascinating Inuit hunters

When you have the opportunity to enjoy nature next to the corner, you just have to do it! It was Saturday and some of my friends wanted to have some outdoor activities, so we decided to take a short hike in Nuuk.     We started our walk from Qinngorput (getting there by bus is the easiest way) and then around Lille Malene mountain and ended at the airport.  It was summertime, and we had to wear a mosquito net, just in case we find some mosquitos in our trip, but ha

If you are coming to Nuuk between September and March, you won´t leave the island without having the chance to see the northern lights. We had a few tours in the city, hunting the northern lights around the city. In some other countries, we literally go chasing clear skies, not necessarily aurora borealis. Here in Nuuk, we just drive around the city, looking for the best spots to compose a nice picture with the northern lights, or a darker placer to admire them even more. 

  Fabulous fact, that no matter the tour you book in Nuuk, you will always end up having a wonderful experience. I had a deep fishing tour in Nuuk at the end of the summer and it was more than just a fantastic fishing day. It was perfect to sail on a cabin boat, comfortable, cozy and heated!  First we went sailing towards the deep part of Nuuk fiord, looking forward to catch the famous Acadian redfish.    On our way to the special spot, we visited a nice wate

Sunsets, icebergs and northern lights. If you are visiting Greenland during the end of the summer, you must book a boat trip. No matter where in Greenland you are, as long as you are close to the sea, don’t think it twice! Book a boat trip! We had a tour on an open boat trip and you may think it was colder than sailing on a closed boat, and yes, you are not wrong, it was pretty much colder, but the captain provided survival suits and warm rubber boots so we could not complain about the we

I had a dreamy tour to the Icefjord system in Nuuk, departing from the Tidestairs at the Atlantic Harbor. We were sailing on a cabin boat, very comfortable and heated, with restroom onboard.  This time our Captain chose a different route where we went sailing towards Narsap Sermia Glacier. The sky was a little bit cloudy over Nuuk, but once we left the city and approached to the big icebergs, the weather improved. In this route, first we had the chance to visit the waterfall, and ev

  Time to sail into Nuuk Nuuk Fjord and see the Icefjord  Every time I read something about “colourful Nuuk”, I used to think about the picturesque city, the color of the houses and buildings, but I never thought there could be so much color in the nature. I took a tour to Kapisillit, and first we sailed into Nuuk fiord for nearly 2 hours. Our Greenlandic guide shared her knowledge about the fjord, the Red mountain, her childhood in West Greenland and also her hobbi

One evening in June, my friend Inesa and I decided to go for a hike to the top of the mountain Quassussuaq also known as Lille Malene. The mountain is about 465 meters tall, and you can just follow the ski lift to the top of the mountain. It is a fairly steep hike, which will give your glutes and thighs a good workout but it’s not very far either. So it took us about an hour and 20 minutes to find a good spot with a great view. We eventually settled upon a viewpoint with a bit of

How a puffin looks like If you don’t know yet what a puffin is, this is a wonderful opportunity to meet these charming arctic creatures. Puffins are small birds, wearing a black and white plumage, and a colorful large peak from mid-April until mid-September. If you come to Nuuk during the summer, you will find an island inhabited by puffins, also known as sea parrots or “lunde”. I have joined the Puffin Safari tour and we sailed during almost one hour into the fior

Summertime in Greenland is pretty different from any other place in the arctic. First of all, the weather you can experience up here, is not what you expected. While the sun is brightly shining, you can get the nicest tan ever! I had a boat trip in Nuuk Fjord which I thought was going to be canceled due to weather conditions. When we were waiting for the tour to start, the fog came down to Nuuk city, and our Captain called Peter announced that we could probably head back earlier if the weather

I wanted a last insight into the Greenlandic culture before going back to Norway, so I decided to go to the national museum. From the small visit I did, I got to see and experience Greenland from the stone age 4500 years ago to world war II.I think what I found most interesting was to see how they made their tools back in the days and see how they lived. I found it very interesting to see all the different kayaks and how they were different from each part of Greenland.  The m