The resumption of weekly direct flights between Iqaluit and Nuuk, Greenland, after nearly 10 years is a “great opportunity” for friends and family in the two countries to see each other more easily, says Navarana Beveridge, the Danish honorary consul in Iqaluit. Here’s her advice to travellers visiting Greenland for the first time, in a phone interview on Tuesday. “It’s just breathtakingly beautiful,” she said, adding the water has healing minerals and its temperature is around 38 C all year.
Igaliku is also known for the ruins of Garðar, remnants of the nine-century-old residence of the Catholic bishops in the Norse settlements in Greenland. It’s a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Beveridge recommends visiting Ilulissat Icefjord, also a UNESCO World Heritage site which is the sea mouth to the famous Sermeq Kujalleq glacier.
It’s one of the biggest tourist attractions in Greenland, she said. “There is a tourism business over there where their whole thing is to take people out and give them a chance to see different kinds of whales,” said Beveridge, who has made the excursion with her family. “It’s not always guaranteed that you’ll see a whale every time, but it’s very likely.
” Seeing silhouettes of some of the 15 different species of whales that are common in Greenlandic waters, is something she recommends everyone should experience. If you are planning to go catch your own Greenlandic fish, Beveridge recommends bringing it to a Catch’n’eat resta.
