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

Sisimiut (Danish: Holsteinsborg) is a town in Western Greenland. It is the second-largest city of Greenland after Nuuk.

Get in

A town has 1 Sisimiut Airport , a small airport to where Air Greenland operates flights from Kangerlussuaq and Nuuk daily, several times a week also from Ilulissat, Maniitsoq and Aasiaat.

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

• 1 Taseralik  

A traditional Greenlandic peat house, reconstructed at the Sisimiut Museum

• 2  

Buy

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

Eat

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

Drink

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

Sleep

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

Stay safe

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

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