Nuuk
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.
- City with about 18,300 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (20 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code GOH
- Description: capital of Greenland
- Also known as“Godthåb”“Nûk”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nuuk Airport and Greenland National Museum.
Nuuk Airport
Nuuk Airport is an international airport serving Nuuk, the capital of Greenland.
Greenland National Museum
The Greenland National Museum is located in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland.
Katuaq Culture Centre
Katuaq is a cultural centre in Nuuk, Greenland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nuussuaq and Nuuk Centrum.
Nuuk Centrum
Nuuk Centrum is a district of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland.
Qernertunnguit
Qernertunnguit is a neighborhood of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland.
Nuuk
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Latitude
64.1836° or 64° 11′ 1″ north
Longitude
-51.7215° or 51° 43′ 17″ west
UN/LOCODE
GL GOH
Open location code
98PC57MH+CC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afar to Zulu—“Nuuk” goes by many names.
NuukAfar
GodthåbAfrikaans
NûkAfrikaans
NuukAfrikaans
GodthåbAlbanian
NûkAlbanian
NuukAlbanian
ኑክAmharic
نوكArabic
NuukAragonese
NûkArmenian
ՆուուկArmenian
NuukArpitan
GodthåbAsturian
NûkAsturian
NuukAsturian
NuukAymara
GodthåbAzerbaijani
NûkAzerbaijani
NuukAzerbaijani
NuukBambara
NuukBanjar
GodthåbBasque
NukBasque
NuukBasque
GodthåbBavarian
NûkBavarian
NuukBavarian
ГатхобBelarusian
НукBelarusian
НуукBelarusian
নুকBengali
NuukBetawi
NuukBislama
NuukBosnian
NuukBrahui
GodthåbBreton
NûkBreton
NuukBreton
НуукBulgarian
GodthåbCatalan
NûkCatalan
NuukCatalan
GodthåbCebuano
NûkCebuano
NuukCebuano
Nuuk (ulohang dakbayan)Cebuano
NuukCentral Bikol
نووکCentral Kurdish
NuukChamorro
NûkChavacano
NuukChavacano
НуукChechen
NuukCherokee
NuukCheyenne
NuukChimborazo Highland Quichua
努克Chinese
哥特哈布Chinese
戈特霍布Chinese
NuukChoctaw
НоукъChurch Slavic
НуукChuvash
NûkCorsican
NuukCorsican
NuukCree
NuukCreek
NuukCrimean Tatar
NûkCroatian
NuukCroatian
GodthaabCzech
GodthåbCzech
NûkCzech
NuukCzech
GodthåbDanish
NûkDanish
NuukDanish
NûkDimli (individual language)
NuukDimli (individual language)
GodthåbDutch
NûkDutch
NuukDutch
NuukEastern Canadian Inuktitut
НуукEastern Mari
نوكEgyptian Arabic
NuukEmilian
GodthåbEsperanto
NûkEsperanto
NukoEsperanto
NuukEsperanto
GodthåbEstonian
NûkEstonian
NuukEstonian
NuukEwe
NuukExtremaduran
GodthåbFaroese
NûkFaroese
NuukFaroese
NuukFiji Hindi
NuukFijian
GodthåbFinnish
NookFinnish
NûkFinnish
NuukFinnish
Nuuk (Godthåb)Finnish
NuukFriulian
NuukFulah
NuukGagauz
GodthåbGalician
NûkGalician
NuukGalician
NûkGeorgian
ნუუკიGeorgian
NuukGheg Albanian
NuukGothic
NûkGreek
Nuuk (Godthåb)Greek
ΝουούκGreek
NuukGuarani
નૂકGujarati
NuukHaitian
NuukHakka Chinese
NuukHausa
NuukHawaiian
נואוקHebrew
נוקHebrew
NuukHerero
नुकHindi
NuukHiri Motu
GodthåbHungarian
NûkHungarian
NuukHungarian
GodthåbIcelandic
NûkIcelandic
NuukIcelandic
GodthabIdo
NûkIdo
NuukIdo
NuukIgbo
NuukIloko
NuukInari Sami
NûkIndonesian
NuukIndonesian
NuukInterlingua
NûkInterlingue
NuukInterlingue
ᓅᒃInuktitut
NuukInupiaq
GodthåbIrish
NûkIrish
NuukIrish
GodthåbItalian
NûkItalian
NuukItalian
Nuuk (Godthåb)Italian
NuukJamaican Creole English
ヌークJapanese
NuukJavanese
NuukJèrriais
NuukKabyle
NuukKadazan Dusun
GodthåbKalaallisut
NûkKalaallisut
NuukKalaallisut
ನುಕ್Kannada
NuukKara-Kalpak
NuukKashubian
NuukKazakh
НуукKazakh
Нуук қаласыKazakh
НүүкKazakh
NuukKikuyu
NuukKinaray-A
GodthåbKinyarwanda
NûkKinyarwanda
NuukKinyarwanda
NuukKölsch
НукKomi
NuukKongo
누크Korean
NuukKuanyama
NûkKurdish
NuukKurdish
GodthåbLadino
NûkLadino
NuukLadino
NūkaLatgalian
NuukLatgalian
GodthåbLatin
NûkLatin
NuukLatin
NûkLatvian
NūkaLatvian
NuukaLatvian
NuukLaz
NuukLigurian
NuukLimburgan
NuukLingala
NuukLingua Franca Nova
GodthåbLithuanian
NûkLithuanian
NukasLithuanian
NuukLithuanian
NuukLojban
NuukLombard
GodthåbLow German
NûkLow German
NuukLow German
NuukLower Silesian
NuukLower Sorbian
NuukLozi
NuukLushai
NûkLuxembourgish
NuukLuxembourgish
GodthåbMacedo-Romanian
NûkMacedo-Romanian
NuukMacedo-Romanian
НукMacedonian
NuukMainfränkisch
GodthåbMalay
NûkMalay
NuukMalay
ന്യൂക്Malayalam
NuukMaltese
GodthåbManx
NûkManx
NuukManx
GodthåbMaori
NûkMaori
NuukMaori
NuukMapudungun
नूकMarathi
نوکMazanderani
NuukMegleno Romanian
NuukMin Dong Chinese
GodthåbMin Nan Chinese
NûkMin Nan Chinese
NuukMin Nan Chinese
NuukMinangkabau
ნუუკიMingrelian
NuukMirandese
НуукMongolian
NuukNauru
NuukNavajo
NuukNdonga
NuukNeapolitan
नुकNepali
GodthåbNorthern Frisian
NûkNorthern Frisian
NuukNorthern Frisian
GodthåbNorthern Sami
NûkNorthern Sami
NuukNorthern Sami
NuukNorwegian
GodthåbNorwegian Bokmål
NûkNorwegian Bokmål
NuukNorwegian Bokmål
GodthåbNorwegian Nynorsk
NûkNorwegian Nynorsk
NuukNorwegian Nynorsk
NûkNovial
NuukNovial
NuukNyanja
GodthåbOccitan (post 1500)
NûkOccitan (post 1500)
NuukOccitan (post 1500)
GodhopaOld English (ca. 450-1100)
GodthåbOld English (ca. 450-1100)
NûkOld English (ca. 450-1100)
NuukOld English (ca. 450-1100)
ନୁକOriya
NuukOromo
НуукOssetian
NuukPampanga
NuukPangasinan
ਨੂਕPanjabi
NûkPapiamento
NuukPapiamento
NuukPedi
NuukPennsylvania German
نوکPersian
NuukPfaelzisch
GodthåbPicard
NûkPicard
NuukPicard
GodthåbPiemontese
NûkPiemontese
NuukPiemontese
GodthåbPitcairn-Norfolk
NûkPitcairn-Norfolk
NuukPitcairn-Norfolk
NuukPlautdietsch
GodthåbPolish
NûkPolish
NuukPolish
NuukPrussian
NuukQuechua
GodthåbRomanian
NûkRomanian
NuukRomanian
NuukRomansh
NuukRundi
ГодтаабRussian
ГодтхаабRussian
ГотхобRussian
НуукRussian
NukeSakizaya
NuukSamoan
GodthåbSamogitian
NûkSamogitian
NuukSamogitian
NuuksSamogitian
NuukSango
NuukSantali
NuukSardinian
NuukSassarese Sardinian
NuukSaterfriesisch
GodthåbScots
NûkScots
NuukScots
NuukScottish Gaelic
NuukSerbian
НукSerbian
GodthåbSerbo-Croatian
NûkSerbo-Croatian
NuukSerbo-Croatian
NuukSeri
NuukShona
GodthåbSicilian
NûkSicilian
NuukSicilian
NuukSilesian
نوڪ، گرين لينڊSindhi
නූක්Sinhala
GodthåbSlovak
NûkSlovak
NuukSlovak
GodthåbSlovenian
NûkSlovenian
NuukSlovenian
NuukSomali
NuukSouthern Sami
NuukSouthern Sotho
NuukSranan Tongo
NûkSwahili
NuukSwahili
GodthåbSwedish
NûkSwedish
NuukSwedish
Nuuk (Godthåb)Swedish
NuukSwiss German
NuukTachelhit
NûkTagalog
NuukTagalog
NuukTahitian
NuukTajik
НуукTajik
நியூக்Tamil
நூக்Tamil
NuukTarifit
NuukTatar
НуукTatar
న్యూక్Telugu
NuukTetum
นุกThai
NuukTok Pisin
NuukTonga (Tonga Islands)
NuukTornedalen Finnish
NuukTsonga
NuukTswana
NuukTumbuka
GodthåbTurkish
NûkTurkish
NuukTurkish
NûkTurkmen
NuukTurkmen
NuukTuroyo
НуукUdmurt
NuukUighur
НуукUkrainian
NuukUpper Sorbian
نوکUrdu
GodthåbUzbek
NûkUzbek
NuukUzbek
NuukVenda
NuukVenetian
NuukVeps
GodthåbVietnamese
NûkVietnamese
NuukVietnamese
NuukVlaams
NuukVlax Romani
NuukVolapük
NuukVotic
NuukWalloon
GodthåbWaray (Philippines)
NûkWaray (Philippines)
NuukWaray (Philippines)
GodthåbWelsh
NûkWelsh
NuukWelsh
GodthåbWestern Frisian
NûkWestern Frisian
NuukWestern Frisian
نُوکWestern Panjabi
NuukWolof
努克Wu Chinese
NuukXhosa
НуукYakut
GodthåbYoruba
NûkYoruba
NuukYoruba
努克Yue Chinese
NuukZeeuws
NuukZhuang
i-NuukZulu
Places with the Same Name
Localities in the Area
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