Qoornoq
An abandoned fishing village in the Nuuk fjords, where the colorful cabins are now mostly summer houses. It is a common landing stop on fjord day trips.
Qoornoq lies about 50 km from Nuuk. After the last residents moved away in 1972, it became an abandoned village, and its colorful wooden houses are now mostly used by people from Nuuk as summer cabins. The village sits on a rocky island surrounded by calm bays and distant mountains. You can stroll past the old church and the remains of a fish processing plant to experience traditional Greenlandic fishing village life. There is no public transport, so reach it on a fjord day tour or by chartered boat. The boat trip takes about 1 to 1.5 hours.
Opening hours
Accessible only by boat tour
Nearby sights
- Nuup Kangerlua (Nuuk Fjord)
- Sermitsiaq
- Quassussuaq (Lille Malene)
- Myggedalen
- Nuuk Art Museum
- Katuaq Cultural Centre
- Hans Egede Statue
- Nuuk Cathedral (Church of Our Saviour)