Visit Qaanaaq Northern Greenland

Qaanaaq Northern Greenland

Qaanaaq Northern Greenland

Qaanaaq is a town in Northern Greenland with a population of approximately 635 inhabitants. Qaanaaq is located in qaasuitsup Municipality, and was from 1953 - 2009 the capital of the former Qaanaaq municipality. Qaanaaq is that which used to be a small fishing location. The current Qaanaaq was established in 1953 when the residents of ancient Thule (Uummannaq) were relocated in connection with the construction of the Thule Air Base.

Qaanaaq Northern Greenland

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Qaanaaq is centrally located for both the industries narwhal catch walrus hunting and reindeer hunting. Just 30 km separate Greenland and Canada

Qaanaaq has its own school with 12 teachers and space for 121 pupils from first to 10th grade, the school called Avanersuup Atuarfia. For Avanersuup school is also associated with a community home, home to students from the related settlements. In addition there are, inter alia, in Qaanaaq care center, kindergarten, police station, hospital and a church. Qaanaaq Museum is housed in the polar explorer Knud Rasmussen's residence from the old Thule.

Qaanaaq Airport is about 3.5 km northwest of the city. 

Area and Nature

Qaanaaq Northern Greenland

Qaanaaq area is the place if you want to completely close the Greenlandic Inuit culture. And the village Siorapaluk one of the world's northernmost settlements. Here you get the word authentic a special meaning. The landscape is different, and the conditions of family life is harsh. Here you go to Pilersuisoq supermarket to buy it, as the season requires to survive in the harsh landscape. The stores 'selection changes during the year in line with the prisoners families' needs. Only two to three times a year there will be supply ships to northern Greenland. The inhabitants are living examples of a hardy population who are able to maneuver by the possibilities that the conditions now even offers.

Over the centuries, the inhabitants of towns and villages in northern Greenland lived by hunting marine mammals and polar bears, and they still do

A wonderland but tough

Qaanaaq Northern Greenland

Qaanaaq is below the bright star called Ultima Thule. Nature is hard and tough, and the outlook far exceeds the imagination. Here you will find kamiks, agile kayaks, bear skins and skulls on stands, midnight, black dark and the magical Northern Lights - Aurora Borealis.

Step into the world, meet Inuit and learn what it means to be human in northern Greenland. Remember to stop by the White House, which houses Qaanaaq Museum. Exactly who started seven of Knud Rasmussen's Thule expeditions.

the Aurora Borealis around the Arctic Circle

The town of Qaanaaq sloping down to the sea that is dead straight roads, and houses lie in a row. Gradually see new and modern houses up the slope. Qaanaaq looks like no other cities, and no other cities have had similar development through the ages.

What are Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis?
We are North of the Arctic Circle, and in summer the sun shines 24 hours a day for later this year to turn black and leave the stage to the colorful northern lights - Aurora Borealis.

Dramatic history

The Americans established in 1952 Thule Air Base, and already a year later there was a need to broaden the base. Which had consequences for the indigenous population of the Uummannaq settlement who were forcibly moved 100 km north to the newly built city; Qaanaaq.