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7 unusual facts about Qaqortoq


Aappilattoq, Kujalleq

Since January 1, 2009, the settlement has been part of the Kujalleq municipality, when the former municipalities of Qaqortoq, Narsaq, and Nanortalik ceased to exist as administrative entities.

Aka Høegh

Born in Qullissat on Disko Island, she moved to Qaqortoq in her childhood, and has lived in southern Greenland ever since.

Gertrud Rask

Roads in both Greenland and Denmark, a church in Qaqortoq (then known as Julianehåb), a children's home and a restaurant in Nuuk have all been named after Gertrud Rask.

Great Greenland Furhouse

Great Greenland Furhouse is a modern tanning and production company that processes furs and sells clothing, fashion wear and other products made of Greenland fur and seal skin, located in Qaqortoq, south Greenland.

Hinrich Johannes Rink

The following year, he entered the service of the monopoly trade and was the first colonial administrator in Godthaab and Julianehåb.

Hvalsey

Hvalsey ("Whale Island"; Greenlandic Qaqortukulooq) is located near Qaqortoq, Greenland and is the site of Greenland's largest, best-preserved Norse ruins in the area known as the Eastern Settlement (Eystribyggð).

Pisiffik

Pisiffik's roughly 30 stores are restricted to the six largest towns in Greenland, with stores in Aasiaat, Ilulissat, Maniitsoq, Nuuk, Qaqortoq, and Sisimiut.


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