Guideline Type: Community & Research Station

• Longyearbyen

  Although we locals live ordinary lives up here, you will soon see that this place is quite extraordinary. It takes years of experience to really understand it. You are visiting for a short period – let our knowledge guide you. We encourage you to do as the locals: respect wildlife, nature and each other!

• Seyðisfjörður

  Seyðisfjörður is a welcoming town booming with creativity and rich in history.

• Reykjanesbær

  Reykjanesbær is a young and dynamic community with a diverse and rapidly expanding population.

• Tasiilaq

  The largest town in Eastern Greenland is the gateway to pretty much every kind of experience Greenland offers.

• Ittoqqortoormiit

  For many guests, just getting to Ittoqqortoormiit is in itself an adventure, as the town is almost as far as one can get from any other inhabited area in Greenland.

• Paamiut

  Paamiut is embodied by snowy winter slopes, majestic wildlife, and a tourist density that will make you feel like the guest of honor around town.

• Nuuk

  Nuuk is the capital of Greenland, balancing commerce and culture with fresh air and stunning views.

• Kangerlussuaq

  Kangerlussuaq serves as the gateway to the Greenland ice cap as well as to the rest of the world.

• Maniitsoq

  Maniitsoq is situated in an archipelago of surrounding mountains and glaciers, intersected by small natural canals.

• Template for Community-Specific Guidelines

  Tourism is growing in the northern hemisphere. As numbers grows in both small and sometimes remote areas that are new to tourism, as well as in more urban communities, there may be a need to pay attention to cultural and social interactions between visitors and locals.