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Day 121, Sunday, May 25 2025 - Paamiut, Frederikshåb (Greenland)
Greenland is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark. While Greenland has a high degree of self-governance, Denmark retains responsibility for its foreign affairs, defense, citizenship, and monetary policy. The Danish monarch also plays a ceremonial role in Greenland.
Paamiut with 1,308 inhabitants as of 2020, it is the tenth-largest town in Greenland, down from the seventh in 2005. Paamiut has been losing population for almost every year in the last two decades: more than 31% relative to 1990 levels, almost 20% relative to 2000, and more than 16% relative to 2005.
Paamiut means 'those who reside by the mouth (of the fiord)' and, indeed, people have lived here since around 1500 BC -- first the Native Kalaallisut people; then, Norse settlers. The modern community was founded on trading fur and whale products. It also became known for its soapstone artists. The town has one of the finest churches in Greenland, built in 1909 from wood in the Norwegian style.
Two-thirds of the island lies within the Arctic Circle, and the island's northern extremity extends to within less than 500 miles (800 km) of the North Pole.
One of these is Paamiut's iconic wooden Stave Church (Friedenskirche) that was built in 1909 in the Norwegian style and is considered one of the finest in Greenland.
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