Guide to Greenland
Must See Greenland
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Qaqortoq, sitting at the tip of the peninsula in the south of Greenland, is a clean pleasant harbour town. Although only boasting 3500 people, it's considered to be the hub of the south and is worth visiting in summer when the place explodes with wildflowers.
Qaqortoq is mostly used as a convenient base for hiking treks: either one day hikes up 'Peter's Cairn', or around the edge of the Tasersuaq lake, or as a departure point for the three- to four-day treks to the neighbouring town of Igaliku.
The Hvalsey ruins, sitting on a coastal strip just out of Qaqortoq, are the most extensive and best preserved Norse ruins in Greenland. Hvalsey is mentioned in the Icelandic annals, Flateyjarbók. It lays claim to being the site of witch-burnings in the early 15th century, as well as being the church of choice for the last of the marriages between an Icelander and a Greenland colonist.