Nuuk Centrum

Nuuk Centrum is a district of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. Together with the Old Nuuk neighborhood, it encompasses the southern and central part of the town. Most of the institutions and businesses are based in the district.

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Type: Suburb
Description: district of Nuuk, Greenland
Also known as: “Nuup Qeqqa”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Katuaq Culture Centre and Greenland National Museum.

Katuaq Culture Centre

Theater building

Photo: Alankomaat, Public domain.

Katuaq is a cultural centre in Nuuk, Greenland. It is used for concerts, exhibitions, conferences, and as a cinema. Designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen, it was constructed as a joint project of the Greenland Home Rule Government, the Nuuk Municipal Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers and was inaugurated on 15 February 1997.

Greenland National Museum

Museum

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The Greenland National Museum is located in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. It was one of the first museums established in Greenland, inaugurated in the mid-1960s.

Nuuk Center

Shopping center

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Nuuk Center, also shortened NC, is a shopping mall located in Nuuk, Greenland. The mall, which is the first shopping mall in Greenland, was inaugurated on July 27, 2012.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Nuuk and Radiofjeldet.

Old Nuuk

Neighborhood

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Old Nuuk may refer to several neighborhoods of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. The Lutheran mission was originally based on Hope Island at the head of the fjord but was moved to the mainland and christened Godthaab by the royal governor Claus Paarss in 1728.

Radiofjeldet

Neighborhood

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Radiofjeldet is a neighborhood.

Nuuk

Photo: Pcziko, CC BY 2.5.

Nuuk, also known by its Danish name of Godthåb, is the capital and administrative centre of Greenland, with a population of around 15,000. The city is sometimes accused of being rather soulless, with many high-rise blocks.

Nuuk Centrum

Categories: neighborhood and locality
Location: Sermersooq, Greenland, North America
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Latitude

64.17551° or 64° 10′ 32″ north

Longitude

-51.73887° or 51° 44′ 20″ west

Open location code

98PC57G6+6F

OpenStreetMap ID

node 10979711481

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

Wikidata ID

Q30606

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Satellite Map

Discover Nuuk Centrum from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Central Bikol to Swedish—“Nuuk Centrum” goes by many names.

Central Bikol: “Nuuk Centrum”
Danish: “Nuuk Centrum”
Danish: “Nuuks centrum”
Danish: “Nuup Qeqqa”
Dutch: “Nuuk Centrum”
French: “centre-ville de Nuuk”
French: “Centre-ville de Nuuk”
French: “Nuup Qeqqa”
German: “Nuuk Zentrum”
German: “Nuup Qeqqa”
Polish: “Nuuk Centrum”
Portuguese: “Nuuk Centrum”
Portuguese: “Nuup Qeqqa”
Swedish: “Nuuks centrum”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Public and National Library of Greenland and Imaneq.

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