Guide to Greenland
Must See Greenland
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At a glance
Greenland, and especially its northern regions of Ultima Thule, remains a land of fantastical and semi-mythical proportions, with aurora borealis, the vast tundra, glittering columns of ice, monstrous glaciers that calve icebergs into the sea and the proverbially tight-lipped Inuit.
Fast Facts
- Full name:
- Greenland (Grønland) or Kalaallit Nunaat (local name)
- Capital city:
- Nuuk (Godthab)
- Area:
- 2,166,086 sq km / 836,326 sq miles
- Population:
- 56,385
- Time Zone:
- GMT/UTC -2 (Greenwich Mean Time)
- Language:
- Greenlandic (official)
English (official)
Dutch (other)
- Religion:
- Evangelical Lutheran, shamanism
- Currency:
- Danish Krone
- Electricity:
- 220V 50Hz
- Electric plug details:
- European plug with two circular metal pins
