People are moving to locations where there are opportunities for education, jobs and housing. As towns and cities increase in size, new cafés, restaurants, shops and cultural attractions are being established.
"There’s plenty to look at."
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Gastronomy in Greenland continues to develop – and at an ever higher level. Fusion between the global and the local is clearly beginning to manifest itself in a new Greenlandic cuisine. The high level of quality and creative use of Greenland’s unspoilt raw ingredients are naturally a source of delight.
There are more than 20 museums in Greenland, which means one in almost every town.
These museums contain unique collections of everything from historical hunting tools, unique stones and minerals, as well as examples of the many cultures that have populated Greenland during the last 4,500 years.
Contemporary art in Greenland is also a reflection of the surrounding society and therefore often combines traditional symbols with global trends.
Irrespective of whether you head out on your own or choose to attend a guided tour in one of Greenland’s towns, there’s plenty to look at. Almost every town has a historic quarter, which often lies alongside new energy-friendly buildings.
The architecture of different decades is often bound together by striking colours from a time when each colour had a particular significance for the function of the building in question, but which has now merely become synonymous with Greenland.
With respect for traditional customs, social get-togethers – kaffemik – are held on all festive occasions, such as birthdays or when graduating from completed courses of education, whilst modern Greenland boasts international conferences and a pulsating nightlife featuring live bands from both at home and abroad.
New and old meet when, for example, jewellery made of animal bone and stone are worn as accessories to popular brands of high-fashion clothing, or young skaters wave to a family heading out of town to the fjord to spend the weekend hunting and fishing.
