The Culture of Qaqortoq Greenland

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  • Опубліковано 13 лип 2010
  • I produced this video while working on the Emerald Princess. October 4th 2009. It was my Birthday and the only beer crew could get on the ship was Budweiser because it was out of date and they had to get rid of it before US health inspectors. So this guy went into a bar to get me 2 beers for my birthday. They were Tuborg and cost $20!!!.

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  • @ddq57sm64
    @ddq57sm64 3 роки тому +3

    Your city is like a box of beautiful crayons! One day! I will visit!

  • @TheGeoScholar
    @TheGeoScholar 3 роки тому +3

    This video was recommended to me. I'm into things related to geography, and Greenland is among the places I want to travel to.

  • @Suspiria10
    @Suspiria10 12 років тому +5

    I would love to live in Greenland. It looks like such a wonderful quaint place.

  • @heather6857
    @heather6857 3 роки тому +4

    I was lucky enough to say I have been there from a Viking cruise ship. Interesting, yes! Also, Greenland has the world's highest suicide rate sadly. Winter has to be the longest and harsh. Everything has to be shipped in. Nothing grows there. Can't imagine going out in the ocean and having an emergency. .scary stuff. The Vikings only stayed there about a couple of hundred years then into Canada to Newfoundland. Vikings knew it was too difficult an area. Would love to get back some day. Thanks.

    • @smartkhan5381
      @smartkhan5381 Рік тому

      I saw in some video there only they grows potatoes 🥔 and some berries but still I want to visit there

    • @AahFukIt
      @AahFukIt 2 місяці тому

      ​@@smartkhan5381 Just around the corner they got greenhouses, potatoes, iceberg salat, tomatoes etc.
      I grew up there in Qaqortoq, now back in Denmark.
      You should definitely visit, and swing by Igaliko !

  • @niltondossantos9790
    @niltondossantos9790 4 роки тому +4

    I LOVE U 🇬🇱🇬🇱.....I,m from East-Timor🇹🇱🇹🇱......🇬🇱🇬🇱🇬🇱🇹🇱🇹🇱🇹🇱

  • @gildartswinters4984
    @gildartswinters4984 11 років тому +7

    Thank you so much for this video. I had thought that this was a harsh and, forbidding place. With the tales of the Vikings and, all. I am right about the weather. Respect for the tough folks whom live there. Despite the weather it seems like a very beautiful part of the world. A lot like Iceland. Thank you again.

    • @rnpengelly
      @rnpengelly  2 роки тому +1

      Thank you!
      More tales to come soon from The Epic Traveler!

  • @fuducker2
    @fuducker2 12 років тому +3

    I'd love to visit Greenland!!!

  • @tedwazonek7956
    @tedwazonek7956 3 роки тому +2

    Just beautiful!! 😃👍🏻

  • @ElRazTheGreat1
    @ElRazTheGreat1 11 років тому +2

    Very nice and informative video/product thanks for sharing brother.
    Be Safe, Godspeed,
    Raz

  • @williamgamasantos
    @williamgamasantos 8 років тому +3

    Greetings from São Paulo, Brazil . Thanks for posting the video!

  • @SusiFroggyPorter
    @SusiFroggyPorter 10 років тому +4

    What a lovely video. I would love to visit this lovely place some day. Just beautiful.

    • @rnpengelly
      @rnpengelly  2 роки тому

      Yes you must visit. It was a great experience for me.
      Thank you for the nice comment. It was tough working on ships. This video was done in less than 48 hrs with lots of pressure.

  • @BrentWalker999
    @BrentWalker999 14 років тому +2

    Very informative and beautiful shooting and editing.

  • @catswhiskers9803
    @catswhiskers9803 2 роки тому +1

    Tusind tak for at vise Qaqortoq's smukke smukke natur og det's historie. Det er altid en skøn og dejlig følelse at se Grønlands smukke byer og det's farverige huse og bygninger.

  • @mggailitis7231
    @mggailitis7231 7 років тому +17

    Awesome video and beautiful town. Life in the far north fascinates me, and one day I would love to visit.
    Questions:
    1) Is there a restaurant/bar scene in Qaqortoq?
    2) How do people make a living?
    3) What size is the population?
    4) where do students go to pursue higher education? I'm assuming Qaqortoq doesn't have a university.
    5) What's the cost of a 1 litre bottle of juice?
    6) Does Greenland have a vibrant music scene?
    7) Hospitals?
    8) What currency do you use, and who governs things like taxation, etc.

    • @rnpengelly
      @rnpengelly  2 роки тому

      I was only there twice and each time for only the day do I can’t really answer your questions but I do know it is a thriving community with lots going on. It is expensive as it is so isolated but they have all the amenities. I had an awesome Thai Meal there.
      Thanks for the nice comment.
      I am ramping up my travel series and releasing some new stuff under The Epic Traveler brand.
      But there is one thing for sure to answer all your questions perfectly.
      You must Travel there.

    • @illoko9034
      @illoko9034 2 роки тому +1

      2) People make a living with fishing and an allowance from denmark of 150€ per month.
      3)now like 3300.
      4) Theres a university in the capital nuuk (they go by plane) but they dont go to canada or south because its too expensive.
      6) Theres nanook but i dont know much about them
      7) There are many hospitals on the west coast but you gotta get flown there and Planes and helies dont come too often
      8) they use euro since they‘re still in the kingdom of denmark.

  • @almirrafaelarruda3295
    @almirrafaelarruda3295 9 років тому +10

    in Summer time it is beautiful but shortly after it is very harsh weather.

  • @ElPastalero
    @ElPastalero 6 років тому +4

    thank you.

  • @debbiecurtis4021
    @debbiecurtis4021 6 місяців тому

    The brightly coloured houses look fantastic.

  • @dulcemomento6417
    @dulcemomento6417 10 років тому +3

    nice place...nice video...greetings from El Salvador Central America...

  • @rodolfos.lomboyjr.1155
    @rodolfos.lomboyjr.1155 11 років тому +1

    I very love their environment it is very clean and low of pollutions unlike the cities here in the philippines, It is very simple, but it is very wonderful.. Most specially the color of the houses it is very nice.. to see.. =)

  • @Just2Intense
    @Just2Intense 11 років тому +2

    Thank you for such a wonderful tour of a place I'll never get to visit & the clarity of the video was awesome!

  • @almirrafaelarruda3295
    @almirrafaelarruda3295 9 років тому +5

    All these cute colorful houses come from Denmark building indústria.

  • @d.tbichnga3448
    @d.tbichnga3448 3 роки тому +1

    Peoples who make Greenland today are awesome!

  • @lostostados-freedomchannel1655
    @lostostados-freedomchannel1655 6 років тому +2

    It is such a beautiful location - Love from Finland - qujanarujussuaq!

  • @AdventureM
    @AdventureM 13 років тому +2

    A wonderful place and story -- perfectly portrayed!

  • @grakus10
    @grakus10 11 років тому +2

    Thank you for the information it seems that Greenland is a wonderful place for living

  • @ralphito79
    @ralphito79 10 років тому +3

    Great video! good info on the city thanks for sharing!

  • @antonio70
    @antonio70 10 років тому +2

    great video which informs us well about Greenland. I wish that I could visit Greenland someday. Anyway, I just want to say "Happy Birthday" since tomorrow is the 4th of October. thanks

  • @preekadamkadam1254
    @preekadamkadam1254 9 років тому +2

    ooh its so beautiful country.specially the houses. i want to stay their. its my dreamland. too much peace is their. iam frm India.

  • @6u..
    @6u.. 11 років тому +2

    good video, i enjoyed it as it contains interesting information about Greenland

  • @RRRRapify
    @RRRRapify 12 років тому +5

    wonderful! Greenland is my Dreamland. Wish I have the chance to travel there, because I'm hating the city life right now.

    • @rnpengelly
      @rnpengelly  2 роки тому

      Thank you for your positivity.
      It’s been tough lately and it’s nice to hear something nice.

  • @picatooakal
    @picatooakal 11 років тому +2

    Thank you for the information, what a beautiful place!

  • @amitels
    @amitels 10 років тому +4

    I would LOVE to visit!!!!

  • @PaulWelsh89
    @PaulWelsh89 11 років тому +2

    music compliments the video nicely.... better redbeard than mine, too. I'm patchy

  • @jeanmegly9367
    @jeanmegly9367 6 років тому +4

    Bravo ! Encore !

  • @malucobeleza760
    @malucobeleza760 10 років тому +1

    Great video! Congrats! Thanks.

  • @IgnacioAgramonte
    @IgnacioAgramonte 10 років тому +2

    GREAT VIDEO, THANKS.

  • @ctown67
    @ctown67 12 років тому +2

    Thank you for this.

  • @mullerm62
    @mullerm62 3 роки тому +3

    Love this except for the loud background music.

    • @razony
      @razony 3 роки тому

      Volume control.

  • @rnpengelly
    @rnpengelly  11 років тому +1

    I was standing in many places. Now I am standing in an Irish Pub in Piraeus Greece.

  • @cathiefredrickson
    @cathiefredrickson 12 років тому +1

    Wonderful video :)

  • @razony
    @razony 3 роки тому

    Thank You!

  • @kavitaredkar3419
    @kavitaredkar3419 8 років тому +4

    Very v good video

  • @am0500
    @am0500 10 років тому +2

    Hi Richard, what is the name of the music used in the video?

  • @rnpengelly
    @rnpengelly  11 років тому +1

    Dude I have been to Dubai other Arab Emirates and found Arabs to be very nice genuine people.

  • @zoerichter4538
    @zoerichter4538 7 років тому +2

    Hello, I really enjoyed your video, nice and friendly, not trying to sell the place, good commentator, would really like to visit your town after watching your video, love the towns artwork and cultural stories and you have roads, are there any woodlands where you are in Qaqortoq?

    • @richardbroderick8618
      @richardbroderick8618 7 років тому

      "Woodlands" are nonexistent in Greenland! The environment is too inhospitable.

    • @erutuon
      @erutuon 7 років тому

      I have read that Narsarsuaq, to the northeast of Qaqortoq, has an arboretum of trees from treeline climates of the Northern Hemisphere.

    • @zoerichter4538
      @zoerichter4538 7 років тому

      Thank you I'd like to come and see this one day

    • @ElPastalero
      @ElPastalero 6 років тому

      it is lonely over here.

  • @JeevanandM
    @JeevanandM 10 років тому +1

    Awesome music ! could you please tell me whether I can download this music ??

  • @MarcelRabbit
    @MarcelRabbit 6 років тому +4

    muito massa! 🇧🇷

  • @DetroitLives313
    @DetroitLives313 8 років тому

    Very nice video

  • @jacobeksor6088
    @jacobeksor6088 4 роки тому

    I am Montagnard jarai tribe live in California love to go to live in Greenland one day 🇬🇱

  • @thpehc
    @thpehc 10 років тому

    Omg! I did not think people lived in Greenland, very nice video.

    • @asbjrnpoulsen9205
      @asbjrnpoulsen9205 9 років тому

      thpehc ther have been people in greenland fore more than 3000 years

  • @MarkBH70
    @MarkBH70 6 років тому +2

    Beautiful! But I'd like to know more about the culture. It's very ironic that there's a European telling us the story. Same here: Where are our natives in the US?

  • @lydiaseider2682
    @lydiaseider2682 2 роки тому

    I visit this place next week with an cruise ship

  • @ljuc
    @ljuc 9 років тому +1

    Are there any grasslands for horses?

  • @eahoffmeyer6090
    @eahoffmeyer6090 5 років тому +1

    The viking was Called Erik the red on English

  • @mamtadave3015
    @mamtadave3015 8 років тому

    Sooo....Cool .…beautiful ! as you are the resident of qaqortoq kindly tell , at 3.32 the nameplate on the yellow house Kalak Niwas seems Indian ,is this so ? I would like to know.☺

  • @BenRobertson
    @BenRobertson 11 років тому +1

    Thank you, Richard. Where are you standing in this video? I am curious to know where you would be on a map and where you are relative to the Dyrnes Church.

  • @axjmd
    @axjmd 11 років тому +1

    Thanks for your video. How do you get around town? or is it that small that you can walk to all parts?

  • @cenkhakan9793
    @cenkhakan9793 6 років тому

    im gonna visit one day

  • @Pileits
    @Pileits 4 роки тому

    Where can i find this music i want to buy this song, thanks in advance

  • @patcollins9148
    @patcollins9148 10 років тому

    Anyone know how to spell the name of the folklore hero mentioned around 4 min 10 seconds in? I teach a class on culture for little kids and they want to learn about Greenland. I think that story would be a nice one for them and I'd like to find out more.

    • @boltonbrowne7413
      @boltonbrowne7413 9 років тому +1

      Kaassassuk, I believe.
      There isin't a great deal of information about him that I can find, but this might help:
      www.greatestplaces.org/medias/greenland/songs/kaass.htm

  • @rnpengelly
    @rnpengelly  11 років тому +1

    No I live on the sea. Originally from Toronto.

  • @donone1493
    @donone1493 8 років тому +6

    so sad, there are no trees. );

    • @ia8018
      @ia8018 4 роки тому

      There are two forests growing in Greenland (that I know of), one is natural, in the Qingua Valley, and the other is planted in Narsarsuaq (the Greenlandic Arboretum).

  • @rolmaguiland21
    @rolmaguiland21 Рік тому

    Thanks 😊👍2023now

  • @aiktai
    @aiktai 9 років тому +1

    Pity of all that rock gravity

  • @cloclotlse
    @cloclotlse 11 років тому +1

    I find that city very beautiful ! I am actually gathering information because I am thinking of coming and settling down in Greenland next year. I was interested in Nuuk, but then I discovered Qaqortoq a couple of days ago, smaller but looks amazing ! Would you think it is a good idea (work and accommodation-wise) to come and live in Qaqortoq ??

  • @rnpengelly
    @rnpengelly  11 років тому +1

    I would gladly pay $20 for Tuborg over nothing for Budweiser .

  • @RosinGoblin
    @RosinGoblin 10 років тому +7

    Is there any way I could buy weed in Greenland? Does anyone know any growers or dealers?

    • @n0lain
      @n0lain 10 років тому

      Stop off in Reykjavik if you're traveling in from the east, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised ;D

    • @SUPERWSXQAZ
      @SUPERWSXQAZ 10 років тому +1

      Hashish is more popular in greenland. It is more logical for drug traffickers to bring something more potent and compact. Few people grow marijuana there so most is imported from Europe, Canada, or Iceland. You will have a hard time making connections in greenland because of the language barrier and all.

  • @andygretz
    @andygretz 3 роки тому

    Do they have good postal services?

  • @jaimehisao
    @jaimehisao 11 років тому +1

    What song is this?

  • @Scrapheap71
    @Scrapheap71 11 років тому +1

    How much for Tuborg there?

  • @rnpengelly
    @rnpengelly  11 років тому +1

    Hate is a strong word!

  • @edwincancelii2917
    @edwincancelii2917 2 роки тому

    Meaning, there are people living here.

  • @planeoftime
    @planeoftime 12 років тому +1

    so drab, yea can't wait to go ^_^

  • @montysandor8362
    @montysandor8362 11 років тому

    how do you spell the name of the folk lore hero you mention

  • @charles9655
    @charles9655 13 років тому

    I'm thinking about studying greenlandic

  • @Skelter84
    @Skelter84 11 років тому +1

    looks nice, the price of booze is kind of a detour though :P

  • @navidbakhshi6403
    @navidbakhshi6403 5 років тому +3

    3Qs in one name? QAQOORTOQ.

  • @montysandor8362
    @montysandor8362 11 років тому

    do you live on greenland?

  • @brucemarsico6
    @brucemarsico6 3 роки тому

    I wonder why it isn't a favoured retirement centre for Danish people?

  • @vgwntx9058
    @vgwntx9058 2 роки тому

    Interesting).

  • @BenRobertson
    @BenRobertson 11 років тому

    Where are you standing now?

  • @rnpengelly
    @rnpengelly  11 років тому

    That I donot know. You will have to try some random searches on Google

  • @helvihautala9267
    @helvihautala9267 7 років тому

    They are on the edge of North America yet the Vikings went no further.

  • @SusiFroggyPorter
    @SusiFroggyPorter 10 років тому

    What is not true Frederik?

  • @bordercollie1975
    @bordercollie1975 12 років тому +1

    No arabs. That is excellent.

  • @rnpengelly
    @rnpengelly  11 років тому

    I Don't know. Some googling should be able to clear it up

  • @bagaboiebailey
    @bagaboiebailey 2 роки тому

    is this the correct pronunciation? 1:03

  • @yourarmgill6731
    @yourarmgill6731 Рік тому

    nice🐏🐹

  • @DJURBANBG
    @DJURBANBG 10 років тому +1

    do you have gangs and crime there ?

    • @DJURBANBG
      @DJURBANBG 9 років тому

      ok

    • @u2mcbride
      @u2mcbride 9 років тому

      DJ_URBAN_BG Actually, Greenland has a very High Murder rate.

    • @DJURBANBG
      @DJURBANBG 9 років тому

      i was joking with that queston but thanx for the answer anyway :)

    • @donone1493
      @donone1493 8 років тому

      why? do you wanna join?

    • @DJURBANBG
      @DJURBANBG 8 років тому

      Putin,is that you ? :))

  • @kreuzreuter
    @kreuzreuter 11 років тому +1

    why? and why Greenland? Maybe Iceland is better? ))

  • @mistermuffinpants1
    @mistermuffinpants1 11 років тому

    but that is not the way of that folklore figure in the video!

  • @eahoffmeyer6090
    @eahoffmeyer6090 5 років тому

    The flag is axualy sunset

  • @frederikdanielsen5213
    @frederikdanielsen5213 11 років тому +1

    Is not True :) Im from Greenland ;)

  • @goodgirlkay
    @goodgirlkay 11 років тому

    I think Greenland could do with some global warming.

  • @abdovafif4064
    @abdovafif4064 10 років тому

    redland lol

  • @omega4chimp
    @omega4chimp 10 років тому

    Build some better roads their.

  • @deoncliff2239
    @deoncliff2239 9 років тому

    can black folks live there

    • @rlt94
      @rlt94 9 років тому

      Oh course!

    • @deoncliff2239
      @deoncliff2239 9 років тому

      thank u its really a nice looking place

    • @Pileits
      @Pileits 4 роки тому

      certainly this is a civilized city. I've been there

  • @TheAdamie
    @TheAdamie 11 років тому

    quit talking about it and go

  • @bordercollie1975
    @bordercollie1975 11 років тому

    No arabs or muslims. Such a beautiful place. Keep it white.

  • @SMGJohn
    @SMGJohn 5 років тому +1

    Fuck sake, calm down on the music.