It has long been a dream / bucket list item for me to have my own photography exhibition. In 2021, I finally achieved my ambition 😀 Origins of the exhibition In my backyard began as a personal project to document the immediate surroundings of my current home. I was conscious that while we may remember…
In my last post, I talked about drying fish (Arctic Char) as a way to preserve your latest catch if your freezer is already full of musk-ox, reindeer, and frozen vegetables. Dried fish is extremely popular in Nordic countries and Greenlanders have a long history of drying their catches in this traditional manner. As an…
When it’s Arctic Char season in Greenland, you have to make the most of it! This invariably means that you end up with more fish than you can eat and fit in your freezer! One of the options to deal with this excess is drying some of the fish for later use. This practice has…
Fishing and hunting are a core part of life for many Greenlanders, who have long known self-sufficiency and how to live off the land thanks to their Inuit ancestors. Traditional practices (including using sled dogs) are still widely embraced, though these are now supplemented by the latest technology and a wide range of food and…
Those of you who have been following for a while know that I’m a massive fan of Greenlandic music. I had an awesome time at the Akisuanerit Festival in Nuuk in 2019, and one of the things I was looking forward to in moving to Sisimiut was that it is home to another of Greenland’s…
This year, I started teaching English at KTI Technical College in Sisimiut. For my fellow Aussies – think of a TAFE/Vocational Education school. One of the highlights so far has been a small exhibition of student art that has graced the foyer of the school (alongside Greenland’s largest mineral collection) for the past few months….
What do you do when you have an empty hotel thanks to a global pandemic? You get creative – literally! I’m a big fan of all the initiatives the Hotel Sisimiut has either started or is involved in. On my first visit to Sisimiut, I ate my bodyweight in Greenlandic food at their Traditional Greenlandic…
Greenland is a land of artists. I’ve written several times about how Greenlandic music is some of the best music you’ve never heard of, but the country also has a plethora of amazing artists. In Nuuk, I would often visit the Nuuk Art Museum, Nuuk Local Museum, Katuaq Cultural Centre, and Groenlandsbanken (yes, really) to…
The image of a large, grey, two-story abandoned building with hints of red around its window panes had haunted me ever since I first moved to Nuuk. I desperately wanted to visit this building and see what else the site contained (other images were few and far between) and finally had my chance on a…
The best-preserved Viking (Norse) ruin in Greenland, Hvalsey Church is a must-see for visitors to the southern part of the island. Inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of Kujataa (5 areas of South Greenland protected for their evidence of sub-arctic farming practices spanning several centuries), it is a wonderful half-day trip from…