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TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: WHAT TO VISIT IN GREENLAND
GREENLAND
 

Tourist attractions: The main attraction for tourists in Greenland are the wonderful country Arctic landscapes. Even natural phenomena such as the aurora borealis, are attractive for a stay in these latitudes, to remember that the aurora borealis occurs all year but that can be seen only with a dark and clear night sky, that means that it is more easily seen in the autumn months, but that can also be seen until March, but disappears from view in the bright summer nights. Another natural phenomenon is the midnight sun that can be seen from Qaanaaq from April 19 to August 24; from Uummannaq from May 16 to July 28; from Ilulissat from May 25 to July 25.

For nature lovers interesting is also the observation of wildlife, represented by reindeer, muskox, white bears, wolves, arctic foxes and hares, seals, whales. The National Park in the north-eastern corner of the country is larger than any other national park in the world, it is an Arctic paradise and a wilderness with wildlife including the largest predator of them all, the hardy polar bear, and giant walruses with powerful tusks.

There is 1 Greenlandic place in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites: the Ilulissat Icefjord (2004). Between the properties submitted on the Tentative List are: Church ruin at Hvalsø, episcopal residence at Gardar, and Brattahlid (A Norse/Eskimo cultural landscape) (2003); Aasivissuit, Arnangarnup Qoorua (Greenlandic inland and coastal hunting area) (2003).

 

 

 

 

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