Nuuk and the Greenland National Museum

With a population of about 16,000, Nuuk, Greenland's capital and administrative center, is very well-liked by tourists because of the Greenland National Museum. Its collections of kayaks, carvings, hunting gear, and Viking artifacts provide a vivid picture of life here from the town's earliest times.

Some of the facial tattoos and color variations of the clothing material are still visible on the 500-year-old mummies of women and children, which were discovered in 1978. Regular geology and artistic displays are also held in the museum. The Godthb Fjord, one of Greenland's most picturesque places, can be seen on trips that leave from Nuuk, and the atmospheric buildings of the old colonial harbor definitely worth visiting.