Nuuk, the northernmost capital of Greenland, is the northernmost capital of the world. Nuuk means "headland" in Greenlandic, and the city is surrounded by vast natural scenery, with fjords on one side and mountains on the other. Nuuk is a vibrant city that blends old and modern, traditional and fashionable to form a city with a unique Greenlandic style. In addition to the Rope Terress, more and more immigrants live in Nuuk, which has developed into the capital of Arctic culture and become the first and most dazzling pearl in the Arctic region in the past 20 years. In 1721, the missionary Hans. Dustgerd founded the city and named it Gotthob, which means "good hope". With the permission of the Danish-Norwegian United Kingdom, Hans established a trading post and Lutheran mission near Nuuk, and the real colonial period began in Greenland. The smallpox epidemic introduced by Europeans in 1733 led to a sharp decline in the local Injut population, and Hans's wife died this time. Therefore, Hans returned to Denmark and handed over the work of missionary and management of the trading post to his son Paul.
Until World War II, Nuuk gradually developed into the administrative center of Greenland. After the war, the Danes began a large-scale housing construction project in Nuuk, one apartment after another in the Arctic tundra, although the accommodation conditions of Nuuk residents were improved, but these apartment designs that were considered "ugly" by the locals were not welcomed by their hearts, and now these apartments have become Nuuk's works of art.
In 1979, the Greenland Home Rule Government was established, along with the construction of Nuuk Airport, which strengthened Nuuk's connection with the outside world. Today, Nuuk is Greenland's largest town, with a population of 19,000 and 30% of the island's 57,000 people. Greenland officially gained self-government in 2009, and for more than a decade, Greenland has accelerated its urbanization and created a large number of jobs, so that large numbers of people have moved from remote towns to Nuuk. As the seat of the Greenland Home Rule Government, Nuuk became the political, commercial and cultural center of Greenland, because of the increasing population, Nuuk's house is in short supply, immigrants need to rent a house in Nuuk usually need to wait more than 1 year. Global warming is accelerating the thawing of permafrost in the Arctic, and the consequence of thawing permafrost is that it is easier to exploit the abundant natural resources buried underground in the Arctic. A large number of multinational companies have set up branches in Nuuk to explore Arctic resources. In 2020, the United States established the U.S. Consulate in Greenland in Nuuk, the second foreign consulate in Greenland, making Nuuk the unique political and cultural center of the Arctic.
