Greenland from the Outside In

Potato camping

I read that doctors in Scotland are prescribing a walk in nature to people afflicted with mental illness, diabetes, heart disease, and stress,…

Fermented shark?

*Photo by Julian Idrobo, Creative Commons I used to live in Australia’s tropical north where it’s so hot and humid that you long…

Unexpected installations

One of the things I particularly like about Greenlanders is their propensity to just drop by. Now and then, on a Saturday afternoon,…

Winter is here

My eyelids flickered in the grey November Copenhagen morning. It seemed too dark to be waking. Then my focus fixed on the red…

“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…

“Why would I be friends with you? You’re a foreigner”

A few years ago, a friend wrote a blog post posing the question of whether Danes are friendlier in Greenland than they are…

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…

Feeling good about fur

Warm winter jackets come out at this time of year. On a busy morning commute, the bus to town could be filled with…

A rushing tide, a raging river

When you sail into Nuuk fjord, it looks big. A wide expanse of water opens out in front of you. But sailing south…