THE HISTORIC CENTRE

The colonial port houses Greenland's oldest fountain (1932) surrounded by several historic buildings, including the oldest building built of black log wood and formerly the blacksmith's shop. Designed by the Danish royal architect Kirkerup, it was designed in Denmark, delivered in parts and assembled on site in 1804. Today, buildings are acquiring new functions (restaurants, cafés, shops, museums, etc.). The fountain, represented with whales gushing into the water, was for a long time the only fountain in the country until the construction of the Sisimiut fountain. Nearby is the bright red Lutheran Church of Our Saviour (Annaasisitta Oqaluffia). Commissioned and built in Norway in the city of Drammen, it was moved to pieces and assembled on site in 1832. The church was renovated and rebuilt several times until the new Gertrud Rasch church, with its more modern appearance on the heights, was built in 1973 to compensate for the lack of space. Beautiful concerts with choirs are regularly organised there. In front of the old church you will find a memorial stele in honour of the missionary Hans Egede and his wife Gertrud Rasch. Not far away is the open-air market where hunters and fishermen come to sell the day's catch and then the port where you can admire all the local maritime activity but also all the ships that take you on excursions in the region.