Nuuk Cathedral (Annaassisitta Oqaluffia)

Symbol of Christianity in Greenland

Built in 1849, this red wooden Lutheran cathedral is one of Nuuk’s most iconic buildings. It remains an active church and is centrally located in the city’s colonial harbor district.

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