Nuuk Art Museum on a sunny June day, flying a rainbow flag. The museum showcases Greenlandic art across generations from soapstone, bone, and ivory carvings to classic paintings and contemporary art.

A thin ribbon of cloud cuts across the mountains of Nuup Kangerlua, splitting jagged, snow-dusted peaks from the dark water of Nuuk's fjord below.

HDMS Ejnar Mikkelsen (P571) sits in Nuuk's harbour, a Knud Rasmussen-class Arctic offshore patrol vessel of the Royal Danish Navy, named after the Danish polar explorer. Her ice-strengthened hull can break through ice up to 80cm thick, and alongside her sister ships, she's normally stationed in Greenlandic waters for sovereignty enforcement, fisheries inspection, and search-and-rescue work.

The evening sun bathes Nuuk's Colonial Harbour and old town in golden light on a calm Sunday evening.

A quiet, pebble-and-sand cove at Saqqarliit beach in Nuuk's Rævedalen (Fox Valley) district, with the area's colorful houses scattered along the hillside above.

The start line of a race at Qaannamik Unammersuarneq, Greenland's national kayak championship, on Friday, July 3, in the Nuuk Colonial Harbour.

A waterfall cascades down mist-shrouded granite cliffs into Nuup Kangerlua, Nuuk's fjord, fed by summer runoff from the peaks above.

Ajagaq is an arts handicraft workshop operated by the municipality since 2015. Here local artists carve, sculpt, and share Greenlandic craft traditions. The green front of the house displays two bold tupilak murals.

A carved granite memorial in Nuuk's Colonial Harbour honors Arnarulunnguaq (1896–1933), the only woman to join Knud Rasmussen's Fifth Thule Expedition across the Arctic.