Centre of Sisimiut with the dramatic Palasip Qaqqaa massif in background.

Sisimiut(Danish:Holsteinsborg) is a town inWestern Greenland.It is the second-largest city of Greenland afterNuuk.

Get in

A town has1Sisimiut Airport,a small airport to whereAir Greenlandoperates flights fromKangerlussuaqandNuukdaily, several times a week also fromIlulissat,ManiitsoqandAasiaat.

There is a very simple road for 4x4 vehicles from Kangerlussuaq to Sisimiut.

Get around

Since the distances are very small, everything is walkable. However, a bus runs a loop through the town every 20 minutes. The airport is reachable by taxi.

See

• 1Taseralik(Cultural center),Postbox 3083,☏+299 862800.Sisimiut cultural center. It hosts a café, internet café, cinema, theatre/concert hall and conference room. It also has changing art on display, typically by contemporary Greenlandic artists.

A traditional Greenlandic peat house, reconstructed at the Sisimiut Museum

• 2Sisimiut Museum,Jukkorsuup aqq. 7 Postbox 308,☏+299 86 25 50.

Buy

• 1Brugseni,Aqqusinersuaq 52,☏+299 86 40 86.A supermarket.
• 2Spar Qiviarfik.A grocery store.

Eat

• 1Café Sisimiut,Aqqusinersuaq 16,☏+299 52 44 55.
• 2Nanas Thai Take Away,Aqqusinersuaq 67,☏+299 24 68 00,[email protected].A Thai restaurant.

Drink

• Starlight.
• 1Pub Raaja,Nikkorsuit 4,☏+299 86 55 26,[email protected].

Sleep

• 1Hotel Sisimiut,Aqqusinersuaq 86,☏+299 86 48 40.(updated Aug 2024)
• 2Sisimiut Bed & Breakfast,Glahnip Aqq 9,☏+299 55 23 20,[email protected].(updated Aug 2024)

Stay safe

• 1Peqqinnissaqarfik Qeqqa(Sisimiuni qitiusumik Napparsimmavik),Dorthe Lennertip Aqquserna 3911,☏+299 86 42 11,[email protected].A regional hospital.

Go next

• 3Aasivissuit – Nipisat. Inuit Hunting Ground between Ice and Sea.Traditional hunting grounds, reportedly containing remains of 4,200 years of human history. This region was in 2018 added to theUNESCO World Heritage Listas a cultural heritage site.(updated Jul 2018)