Category: Bureaucracy
High living standards, free education, free health care. What’s the catch?
The other day I saw a video of someone extolling the virtues of Greenland’s living standards and free health and education systems over…
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Violence, vandalism and general disorder – back to normal?
Greenland has a difficult relationship with alcohol. Thirty years ago, Greenlanders drank more than twice as much alcohol as Danes, resulting in the…
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Taking a break in Ilulisat
Greenland has eleven diagnosed cases of coronavirus, all in the capital, Nuuk. The first reported case was on March 16. Ten have now…
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A blessing and a curse
Living in a remote place is a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, we are by our remote nature, somewhat shielded…
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Cake with the All-Party Parliamentary Group and tea at Westminster
*Another startled Greenlandic resident – a tupilak from the Nuuk Art Museum One meets diverse and unexpected people in Greenland at diverse and…
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Seconds count
Walking along the street toward work in the morning darkness, I watched the seconds on my phone stopwatch slowly tick toward 8:15am. Only…
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“Can you phone a friend?” asked the police.
Last week, my husband was out fishing on a fjord close to Nuuk. When he was ready to return home, he turned the…
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One fish, two fish, red fish…no fish
People say that no matter what the debate in the Greenlandic parliament, the politicians always end up talking about fish. Fishing dominates Greenland’s…
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Things got weird
Things got weird last week. Life is always weird in Greenland in one way or another, which is kind of nice generally. But…
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