A couple of years ago, the Australian Ambassador to Denmark visited Nuuk and, through the grapevine, his office was put in touch with me. Because I’m Australian. His personal secretary suggested having an event where the Ambassador could meet the Australian community in Nuuk and asked whether I could help by getting in touch with …
Month: January 2019
Last Saturday was Culture Night in Greenland, an annual event in many cities or countries, when public and private institutions alike open their doors and show the public what they’re up to, what they do. Nuuk has embraced the idea. There’s always so much stuff you don’t know about even in your local environment, so …
People do all sorts of strange and sometimes dangerous things on their Hen’s or Buck’s nights. What was strange about this particular Hen’s Night I attended in Nuuk, is that it didn’t even occur to me that we were doing anything dangerous or strange. It was just one of those bizarrely normal experiences that happen …
My son is shy. It’s a struggle for his teachers to engage him in class discussions at school. His shyness is partly his nature and partly because Danish is his second language. Although he sounds fluent, there are still words he doesn’t know – like any nine year old, even using their native language – …
One of the means by which the schools in Nuuk encourage kids to socialise and reduce bullying is to have ‘food group’ events. Each month, a group of about five children from the same class – children who wouldn’t normally play with each other – converge on one child’s home for a few hours to …