West Greenland - Land of the Arctic Circle
Around half of Greenland’s 57,000 inhabitants live in the large towns along the coast of West Greenland, in particular in Sisimiut and Maniitsoq in the north and Nuuk and Paamiut in the south. However, the region is not more densely populated than each inhabitant in West Greenland has an average of approximately 40 km2 (15 square miles) of nature to enjoy. The majority of West Greenland’s many fjord systems do not freeze over, and therefore sailing trips are available.
We offer overnight packages from Iceland to the iceberg town Ilulissat. Ilulissat means icebergs in Greenlandic, and the town has a beautiful location at the mouth of the 56 km long ice fjord that is filled with enormous icebergs from the most productive glacier in the northern hemisphere, Sermeq Kujalleq. In Ilulissat, which is also known as Jakobshavn, there are 4,500 people living today and at least 3,500 sled dogs, which underlines the importance of the dogsled as a means of transport even in a large modern town.
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