Sisimiut

Sisimiut ^{[dead link]} (Danish: Holsteinsborg) is a town in Western Greenland.

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Sisimiut has an small airport to where Air Greenland operates flights from Kangerlussuaq and Nuuk daily, several times a week also from Ilulissat, Maniitsoq and Aasiaat.

There is a very simple road for 4x4 vehicles from Kangerlussuaq to Sisimiut.

Get around edit

66°52′34″N 53°35′11″W

Map of Sisimiut

Since the distances are very small, everything is walkable. However, a bus runs a loop through the town every 20 minutes. The airport is reachable by taxi.

See edit

66.9375-53.6505561 Taseralik (Cultural center), Postbox 3083, ☏ +299 862800. Sisimiut cultural center. It hosts a café, internet café, cinema, theatre/concert hall and conference room. It also has changing art on display, typically by contemporary Greenlandic artists.

A traditional Greenlandic peat house, reconstructed at the Sisimiut Museum

66.9385-53.67082 ^{[formerly dead link]} Sisimiut Museum, Jukkorsuup aqq. 7 Postbox 308, ☏ +299 86 25 50.

Eat edit

^{[dead link]} Misigisaq, J. M. Jensen-ip aqq. ; P.O. Box 478, ☏ +299 86 38 88, +299 86 38 36.
^{[dead link]} Restaurant Nasaasaaq, Aqqusinersuaq 86, ☏ +299 86 48 40.

Drink edit

Starlight.
Pub Raaja.

Sleep edit

66.9394-53.64281 ^{[dead link]} Hotel Sisimiut, Aqqusinersuaq 86, ☏ +299 86 48 40. (updated Sep 2019)

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66.815-53.5143 Aasivissuit – Nipisat. Inuit Hunting Ground between Ice and Sea. Traditional hunting grounds, reportedly containing remains of 4,200 years of human history. This region was in 2018 added to the UNESCO World Heritage List as a cultural heritage site. (updated Jul 2018)

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