Greenland offers tourists ice fjords and hot springs, plus flights from US airports

With President Donald Trump’s involvement in acquiring Greenland for nationalist defence and information reasons, the state besides offers an arctic flight for tourists young and old.

While astir 80% of the onshore is covered successful ice, Greenland is simply a blistery spot for crystal fjords, blistery springs, outdoor activities, wildlife and museums. It's a "land of stark quality and contrasts … [and] tin consciousness similar a satellite apart," according to Frommers. 

The superior of Greenland, Nuuk, is the biggest metropolis successful the country, with little than 20,000 people. It boasts restaurants, manner boutiques, unsocial architecture and respective museums, according to Visit Greenland.

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Newark Liberty International Airport successful New Jersey, arsenic good arsenic airports successful Chicago, Washington, D.C., Houston, Seattle and San Francisco, each connection flights to Nuuk.

United Airlines launched the first-ever direct, seasonal flights from Newark to Nuuk past summer.

The superior of Greenland, Nuuk, pictured above, is the biggest metropolis successful the country.  (iStock)

Nuuk features the Greenland National Museum & Archives, the Nuuk Art Museum and the Katuaq Cultural Center.

Outside Nuuk successful West Greenland is Ilulissat, location of the Ilulissat Icefjord, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 

Visitors tin spot monolithic icebergs portion taking vessel trips and going connected hikes crossed the country. (iStock)

The country is location to Sermeq Kujalleq, which is 1 of the fastest and astir progressive glaciers successful the world, according to UNESCO.

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Visitors tin spot monolithic icebergs portion taking vessel trips and going connected adjacent hikes.

Disko Bay, with its iceberg-filled waters, is fashionable for whale watching successful summer.

Nuuk, pictured above, is location to the Greenland National Museum & Archives, arsenic good arsenic the Nuuk Art Museum and the Katuaq Cultural Center. (Marli Miller/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

South Greenland has greener landscapes and is location to Kujataa.

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A UNESCO taste landscape, Kujataa is known for Norse and Inuit farming, hunting and fishing.

The Norse were Scandinavian Viking-era settlers who, led by Erik the Red from Iceland, established medieval farming colonies successful southwestern Greenland astir 985–986 CE, according to the Mariners' Museum and Park and different sources. 

The Norse were Scandinavian Viking-era settlers who founded medieval farming colonies successful southwestern Greenland. (iStock)

"Sheep farming, successful particular, is cardinal to the region’s taste landscape," writes UNESCO. 

"Mild summers and agelong daylight hours foster high-quality grazing, producing wool and nutrient indispensable for section livelihoods."

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Southern Greenland is besides fashionable for its 38-degree blistery springs with crystal-clear waters — discovered implicit 1,000 years ago, according to Visit Greenland.

Greenland, the world's largest island, offers intrepid tourists an arctic flight with crystal fjords, blistery springs, wildlife and more. (iStock)

One of the astir fashionable springs is the Uunartoq Hot Springs, which is surrounded by upland peaks and drifting icebergs.

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In 2023, tourism to Greenland — including some arrivals by aerial and cruise passengers — reached an estimated 116,000 visitors, according to respective sources. 

Qaqortoq, a municipality successful confederate Greenland, is shown above. It has astir 3,000 radical and dates backmost to the 1700s.  (Danuta Hamlin/Fox News)

Greenland’s full visitors successful 2024–2025 were projected to beryllium successful the 120,000–140,000 scope annually.

Fox News Digital reached retired to Visit Greenland and the Greenland Representation successful Washington, D.C., for comment.