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Nuuk (Greenlandic pronunciation: ⓘ; Danish: Godthåb [ˈkʌtˌhɔˀp]) [1] is the capital of and most populous city in Greenland, an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark. Nuuk is the seat of government and the territory's largest cultural and economic center. Nuuk is also the seat of government for the Sermersooq municipality.
Subscription based digital terrestrial television is currently available in the capital Nuuk, Qaqortoq, Ilulissat and Qasigiannguit. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Nanoq Media was originally called Nuuk TV, but changed its name to Nanoq Media in May 2017 as their services were expanded to cities beyond Nuuk.
Katuaq (Danish: Grønlands Kulturhus) is a cultural centre in Nuuk, Greenland. [1] It is used for concerts, exhibitions, conferences, and as a cinema.Designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen, it was constructed as a joint project of the Greenland Home Rule Government, the Nuuk Municipal Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers and was inaugurated on 15 February 1997.
Some nightclubs and bars in the capital Nuuk have a mixed gay and straight crowd. Many Greenlandic LGBT people have moved to Nuuk, Sisimiut , Ilulissat or Copenhagen in Denmark. There was an LGBT rights organization called "Qaamaneq" (Light) from 2002 to 2007 which organized social and cultural events. [ 19 ]
Greenland has only one major data center: Owned by Tele Greenland in Nuuk. The country code for top-level domains is .gl [5] 40,084 people or 64.48% of Greenland's population were able to use the Internet in 2019, placing Greenland 201st in the world. [5]
Based in the territories capital city, Nuuk, KNR is an independent state-owned corporation headed by a five-person board. Its activities are funded from a mixture of sources, mainly direct government funding but also limited on-air advertising. In 2012–13, all elements of KNR Radio and TV relocated to a new building in Nuuk.
Sermersooq is one of two municipalities straddling the western and eastern sides of the island, but is the only municipality where settlements on both coasts are connected via scheduled flights from Nuuk Airport to Kulusuk Airport and Nerlerit Inaat Airport and reverse, operated year-round by Air Greenland. [9]
Nuuk Airport (Greenlandic: Mittarfik Nuuk, Danish: Nuuk Lufthavn, formerly Godthåb Lufthavn; (IATA: GOH, ICAO: BGGH)) is an international airport serving Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. The airport is the hub and technical base for Air Greenland , the flag carrier airline of Greenland, linking the capital with almost all towns in the country ...