Qaqortog, Greenland Photo Gallery

The fog behind our ship made me think of a car spinning out of a dusty road or a speedboat kicking up some spray behind it, but it's anchored in the bay and not moving at all.

Qaortoq, which means white, is cradled between rolling steep hills and dotted with brightly colored houses.

Artist Aka Høegh, who was born in Qaqortoq, gathered other Nordic artists to create almost 40 works of art throughout the village. These whales greeted us when we got off at the port.

The project is named “Stone & Man”, and each sculpture piece is crafted using stone.

The Nordic artists created almost 40 works of art throughout the village, which is essentially an open-air art museum.

Another of the art stone sculptures.

The oldest fountain in Greenland, Mindebrønden (The Memorial Well), was finished in 1932. It depicts whales spouting water out of their blowholes.

A river through the historic town that was founded in 1775 by Norwegian trader and explorer Anders Olsen. Although it has been inhabited on and off for 4,000 years.

This is at the fish market, but he is not working with fish, but a buffalo.

Wildflowers along the road.

Lake Tasersuaq, one of the best lakes in Europe, provides most of the water for the town.

As we walked around this town there were areas of many flies. In fact , in the tourist shop they sold head covering with mosquito-type netting to keep the flies out of your face. I didn't find out about that until almost time to leave, but I really wish I had when I was spitting one out of my mouth.

With a population of 3,050 in 2020, it is the most populous town in southern Greenland and the fourth or fifth-largest town in Greenland.

Can you imagine this word in your vocabulary? EQQARTUUSSISOQARFIK means "the court." KUJALLEQ means "south." The bottom is "The south district register."

Gertrud Rasch's Church is a white concrete Lutheran church in Qaqortoq. The church is named after Gertrud Rask, the wife of missionary Hans Egede.

A large mural in the church-Jesus blesses Inuits. Jesus blesses children.

The church has a concrete altar. The motif of the altarpiece is based upon south Greenland flora.

The ship hanging in the church, like I have seen in all these port churches.

Paintings in the church.

An Inuit boot outside the hotel, one of the most photographed statues in the city.

Greenland's national flower, the Niviarsiaq -- commonly known in North America as broad-leafed fireweed.

A nicely painted building!

Doug and Margaret resting on a bench (with a nice view) carved into the rock that also has carvings on the back of it.

I loved the colorful buildings in this town. Fun fact that I learned this day: Greenland has its own extensive local government, but it is also part of the Realm of Denmark.

A dry-dock area where they are working on ships.

On the outside of Great Greenland Furhouse, which was founded in 1977 (a great year). Great Greenland is the world's leader in tanning seal skin. All sealskin processed by Great Greenland is caught by Greenlandic Inuit hunters in a sustainable way.

More wall art at Great Greenland Furhouse.

Qaqortoq Maiden sculpture.

Qaqortoq Museum-It is located in one of the oldest buildings of the town, the former Royal Greenland Trading Department which dates from 1804.

An authentic replica of a peat hut on the museum grounds.

Blubber Bag-Blubber, which is an essential part of their food tradition, was contained in a bag that was made of skin of hooded seals. The blubber placed in the bag ferments and turns to oil which can be preserved for up to 2 years.

This part of the top floor is dedicated to Charles and Ann Lindbergh, who stayed here during part of their 1933 visit to Greenland, scouting possible routes for transAtlantic flight on behalf of Pan Am. The plane he flew acquired its nickname of Tingmissartoq in Greenland.

The "red room" or "room of Knud Rasmussen" as it appeared when Hans Lange painted it in 1934.

Traditional Inuit clothing.

Another view of Lake Tasersuaq-The name of the lake means large lake in the Greenlandic language.

Champagne Bubbles White Poppy, also called Iceland Poppy and Arctic Poppy.

Up close to the poppy.

Also an Icelandic Poppy, but Sunshine Yellows type.

Another Arctic or Icelandic Poppy-They look so bright and cheerful.

Erkigitse Cemetery-One thing we noticed on our visit to Qaqortoq is that they don't mow the grass, but let it grow naturally, which you can see in this cemetery.

Looking up through the cemetery and the natural beauty.

I found the wooden cross grave markers interesting and beautiful.

Those were steps that we climbed earlier in the day to explore the town.

The Church of Our Savior is a wooden Lutheran church that was established in 1832. The red church is part of the old, colonial harbor district of the town. I liked the matching baby church beside it. I do wonder what that was for.

The Norse Museum- When I visited this museum there was only a young man working there and me. I was able to chat with him and learn about what life was like here in this part of Greenland. They speak Greenlandic, but in school also learn Danish and English. His English was so good from watching American movies. "Back to the Future" was a favorite.

This grave was at the Norse Museum-It came from the Church at Qassiarsuk and dates from around 1200 and was excavated in 1932.

There was a stone on the grave engraved with "Ingibjörgs grave.' Unfortunately they don't know who Ingbjörgs was.

Another photo of the colorful houses on the hillside. There are so many different colors, which looked beautiful!

We see more icebergs as we leave this town. The boat gives perspective to how big the iceberg is, at least the part sticking out of the water.