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Sisimiut

Holsteinsborg
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Town centre, Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay, and the massif of Palasip Qaqqaa
Sisimiut is located in Greenland
Sisimiut
Sisimiut
Location in Greenland
State Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country Greenland
Municipality Qeqqata
First settled 2500 BCE
Founded 1764
Population
 (2018)
 • Total 5,524
 • Rank 2nd in Greenland
Time zone UTC−03:00 (West Greenland Time)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−02:00 (DST)
Postal code
3911
Website sisimiut.gl

Sisimiut (also known by its Danish name 'Holsteinsborg') is a town in southwestern Greenland. With 5,247 people (as of 2005), it is the second biggest town in Greenland. It is 75 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle, and is Greenland's most northern year-round port which has no ice.

Images for kids

  • Iliveq-stone-grave-sisimiut

    Iliveq, a prehistoric Inuit stone grave near Sisimiut Airport. It is located on a hill above the airport built at the current sea level, near the small sand dunes of what used to have been the shoreline.

  • Sisimiut-valley-alanngorsuaq

    Sisimiut valley and the lakes under Alanngorsuaq are the primary recreation areas for the people of Sisimiut.

  • Nasaasaaq

    Nasaasaaq (784 m (2,572 ft)) is the highest mountain in the vicinity of Sisimiut, towering over the town from the southeast.

  • Pisiffik-sisimiut

    Pisiffik supermarket

  • Sisimiut-streetname-sign

    A street name sign in Greenlandic near the port.

  • Sisimiut-museum-colonial-manager-home

    The former Colonial Manager's Home, now part of the Sisimiut Museum

  • Sisimiut-knud-rasmussen-high-school

    Knud Rasmussen High School

  • Sisimiut-museum-turf-house

    A traditional Greenlandic peat house, reconstructed at the Sisimiut Museum.

  • Sisimiut-airport-from-palasip-qaqqaa

    Sisimiut Airport runway

See also

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