Sisimiut

Also known as Holsteinsborg, Holstensborg

Sisimiut (), also known by its Danish name Holsteinsborg, is the capital and largest city of the Qeqqata municipality, the second-largest city in Greenland. It is located in central-western Greenland, on the coast of Davis Strait, approximately north of Nuuk.

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Sisimiut is the second-largest city in Greenland, located on the coast of central-western Greenland and serving as the capital of the Qeqqata municipality. The city is significant as a major population and administrative center in Greenland's geography.

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Place details

Locality: Sisimiut
Region: Qeqqata
Country: Kalaallit Nunaat
Population: 5,227
Timezone: America/Nuuk

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Sisimiut
Settlement.other_name: Holsteinsborg
Settlement.image_caption: Town centre, Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay, and the massif of Nasaasaaq
Settlement.pushpin_map: Greenland
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location within Greenland
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.mapframe zoom: 13
Settlement.mapframe point: none
Settlement.subdivision_type: Sovereign state
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Autonomous territory
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Qeqqata
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Malik Berthelsen
Settlement.leader_party: Siumut
Settlement.established_title: First settled

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Official website

Sisimiut

Independent travel guide to Sisimiut, Greenland: how to get there, what to do in every season, the Arctic Circle Trail, dogsledding, boat trips, museums,...

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Holsteinsborg
Population: 5491
Area: 34.400
Official website: sisimiutcity.com
Image: Houses in Sisimiut in 2010 (7).JPG

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Commons category: Sisimiut
postal code: 3911
inception: 1764-00-00
P12749: São Caetano

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Travel guide

Get in

A town has , 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

thumb|250px|A traditional Greenlandic peat house, reconstructed at the Sisimiut Museum

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Article

29 sections

Contents

History
Prehistory
Saqqaq culture
Dorset culture
Thule people
Colonial era
20th and 21st centuries
Geography
Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay
Alanngorsuaq
Nasaasaaq
Climate
Demographics
Population
Housing
Economy and infrastructure
Industry and services
Tourism
Education and culture
Sisimiut Museum
Arts and crafts
Transport
Air
Sea
Ground
ATV track to Kangerlussuaq
Twin towns
Notes
References

Sisimiut literally means "the residents at the foxholes" (). The site has been inhabited for the last 4,500 years, first by peoples of the Saqqaq culture, then Dorset culture, and then the Thule people, whose Inuit descendants form the majority of the current population. Artifacts from the early settlement era can be found throughout the region, favored in the past for its plentiful fauna, particularly the marine mammals providing subsistence for the early hunting societies. The population of modern Greenlanders in Sisimiut is a mix of the Inuit and Danish peoples, who first settled in the area in the 1720s, under the leadership of the Danish missionary, Hans Egede.