Editing Nuuk (section)

== Cityscape ==
[[File:Tuapannguit buildings, Nuuk, Greenland (Quintin Soloviev).png|thumb|Tuapannguit low-rise residential buildings in Nuuk]]

=== Historical buildings ===
'''Hans Egede's House'''<br />
[[Hans Egede House|Hans Egede's House]], built in 1721 by the Norwegian missionary Hans Egede, is the oldest building in Greenland. Standing close to the harbor among other old houses, it is now used for government receptions.<ref name="dsf">{{cite book |title=De Store Fagbøger. Grønland |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K2JYtxDtXEMC&pg=PT37 |year=2004 |publisher=Gyldendal Uddannelse |isbn=978-87-02-02629-0 |pages=37–}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/greenland/nuuk-town-godthab/sights/other/hans-egede-house |title=Hans Egede House |publisher=Lonely Planet |access-date=22 December 2015 |archive-date=23 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223014736/http://www.lonelyplanet.com/greenland/nuuk-town-godthab/sights/other/hans-egede-house |url-status=dead }}</ref>

'''Nuuk Cathedral'''<br />
The Church of Our Saviour of the [[Lutheran]] [[diocese of Greenland]] was built in 1849, and the tower was added in 1884. The red building with a clock tower and steeple is a prominent site on the landscape.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.groenlandinfo.de/index.php?id=3534 |title=Nuuk – Ein Stadtrundgang |publisher=Grönlandinfo.de |access-date=31 December 2015 |language=de |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095712/http://www.groenlandinfo.de/index.php?id=3534 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The church received the status of [[Nuuk Cathedral]] in 1994, when the first bishop was Kristian Mørk, followed in 1995 by Sofie Petersen, a native of Greenland and the second woman in Denmark to become a bishop.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/North_America/Greenland/Kitaa/Nuuk-966816/Things_To_Do-Nuuk-TG-C-1.html |title=Nuuk Things to Do |publisher=Virtual Tourist |access-date=31 December 2015 |archive-date=22 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022054900/http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/North_America/Greenland/Kitaa/Nuuk-966816/Things_To_Do-Nuuk-TG-C-1.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The [[Herrnhut House]] was the center of the [[Moravian missions in Greenland|Moravian mission]] of [[Neu-Herrnhut|New Herrnhut]]. Other landmarks include the [[Hans Egede Church]] and the [[Statue of Hans Egede]].

'''National Museum'''<br />
[[Greenland National Museum]] is in Nuuk and was one of the first museums established in Greenland, inaugurated in the mid-1960s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.natmus.gl/ |title=Forsiden |access-date=12 July 2010 |archive-date=21 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100521050154/http://www.natmus.gl/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The museum has many artifacts and exhibits related to Greenland's archaeology, history, art, and handicrafts, and contains the [[Qilakitsoq]] mummies.

'''Modern architecture'''
Examples of modern architecture include the [[Katuaq]] cultural center by [[Schmidt Hammer Lassen]] (1997), the campus of the [[University of Greenland]] by Tegnestuen Nuuk and KHR Arkitekter (2008), the [[Nuuk Center]] by KHR Arkitekter (2012) and the Anstalten Correctional Facility by [[Friis & Moltke]] and [[Schmidt Hammer Lassen]] (2019).

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File:Annaassisitta-Oqaluffia-old-nuuk.jpg|[[Nuuk Cathedral]]
File:Nuuk-moravian-brethren-herrnhut-huset-nuup-kangerlua.jpg|[[Moravian Brethren Mission House]]
File:Ilimmarfik.jpg|[[University of Greenland]]
File:Katuaq2008.JPG|[[Katuaq]]
File:Nuuk Center (1) (Kenny McFly).jpg|[[Nuuk Center]]
</gallery>

=== Cultural ===
{{Main|Katuaq|Nuuk Art Museum}}
[[File:The Nuuk Art Museum.jpg|thumb|Nuuk Art Museum]]
Katuaq is a [[cultural center]] used for concerts, films, art exhibitions, and conferences. It was designed by [[Schmidt Hammer Lassen]] and inaugurated on 15 February 1997. Katuaq contains two [[auditorium|auditoria]], the larger seating 1,008 people and the smaller, 508. The complex also contains an art school, library, meeting facilities, administrative offices and a café.

The Nuuk Art Museum is the only private art and crafts museum in Greenland.<ref name="Kunst">{{cite web |url=http://www.kunstmuseum.gl/ |title=Velkommen til Nuuk Kunstmuseum – fortids- og nutidskunst |access-date=12 July 2010 |archive-date=23 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223190529/http://www.kunstmuseum.gl/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The museum contains a notable collection of local paintings, watercolors, drawings, and graphics, some by Andy Warhol; and figures in soapstone, ivory, and wood, with many items collected by archaeologists.

=== Educational ===
{{Main|University of Greenland}}
Ilisimatusarfik, the University of Greenland, is in Nuuk and is the national university of Greenland. Most courses are taught in [[Danish language|Danish]], although a few are in Kalaallisut as well. {{As of|2007}}, the university had approximately 150 students (almost all Greenlanders), around 14 academic staff, and five administrators.<ref name="statistic">{{cite web |url=http://www.ilisimatusarfik.gl/Home/OmIlisimatusarfik/tabid/60/Default.aspx |title=About the University |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928222948/http://www.ilisimatusarfik.gl/Home/OmIlisimatusarfik/tabid/60/Default.aspx |archive-date=28 September 2007}}. "ca. 150 studenter; 14 lærere foruden rektor samt 5 teknisk-administrativt ansatte."</ref> Its library holds approximately 30,000 volumes.

The [[Public and National Library of Greenland|National Library of Greenland]] in Nuuk is the largest reference library in the country, devoted to the preservation of Greenland's cultural heritage and history.<ref name="ica">{{cite web |url=http://www.groenlandica.gl/eng/om_os/index_om_os.html?Mode_ID=0 |publisher=Groenlandica, Greenlandic National Library |title=About Us |access-date=9 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721031237/http://www.groenlandica.gl/eng/om_os/index_om_os.html?Mode_ID=0 |archive-date=21 July 2011}}</ref> The library holdings are split between the public library in the town center and Ilimmarfik, the campus of the University of Greenland. As of 1 January 2008, there are 83,324 items in the library database at Ilimmarfik.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.groenlandica.gl/eng/materialer/index_materialer.html?Mode_ID=0 |publisher=Groenlandica, Greenlandic National Library |title=Collections |access-date=9 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721031710/http://www.groenlandica.gl/eng/materialer/index_materialer.html?Mode_ID=0 |archive-date=21 July 2011}}</ref>