Today we had another city day ahead of us – now heading for Greenland’s capital and the biggest city of the country – Nuuk.

With a population of about 17,000 people Nuuk finally comes close to, what the casual traveler from Europe would consider a city. It not only features Greenland’s government, but also a few museums, Greenland’s only pedestrian area, Greenland’s tallest building, all of Greenland’s traffic lights – and it makes up an odd combination of old colonial buildings, added on traditional housing (small, colorful houses) then leading to housing blocks built in the brutalist style of the 1960s/70s – with further apartment blocks added in more modern times.

I started my journey around town in the excellent National Museum, from where I continued on to the Nuuk Art Museum (featuring a broad collection from Greenland-themed expressionist paintings to contemporary and abstract art).

I continued circling around town, making my way through the pedestrian area, visiting Greenland’s only mall (certainly a fairly small one, but still massive for a town of 17,000) and over to the historic center with the Church of Our Saviour (mid 19th century) and the hill with the statue of the Hans Egede – missionary (sometimes referred to as the Apostle of Greenland) and founder of Nuuk (then known as Godthåb).

I once more made it back to the ship in time for a late lunch – and the rest of the day at (now much quieter) sea (again with plenty of lectures on offer, plus a bit of sport and relaxation thrown in).