City Walking Tour & National Museum

OVERVIEW

Enjoy a leisurely walk through Nuuk’s atmospheric Old Town and browse the National Museum, two experiences that will greatly enhance your historical understanding of Greenland’s capital. During the walk, the guide will describe Nuuk’s development since its founding in 1728. The house of the missionary founder Hans Egede still stands downtown. Other highlights include the Parliament building and the modern Katuaq Cultural Center, whose organic design symbolizes how the light of the aurora borealis reflects on the ice and snow. The Inuits and Vikings lived in this area long before Nuuk became a city as you will discover through the enlightening exhibits in the National Museum. You may learn about the first Arctic Stone Age cultures, how the Norse settlers lived during the Viking Age and how the Inuits traveled on dog sledges and hunted in sealskin-covered kayaks. In the adjoining stone warehouses, you can see equipment once used to extract oil from blubber.

HIGHLIGHTS
• Walk through Old Town and learn about Nuuk’s history since its founding in 1728.
• Delve much deeper into Greenland’s history by browsing the National Museum.
• Discover what life was like for the indigenous Inuits and Vikings that settled in the area.

HELPFUL HINTS
• Dress in weather-appropriate clothing.
• Wear flat comfortable walking shoes.