South Greenland's UNESCO World Heritage Site is Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap.
It celebrates Arctic farming culture that spans a one-thousand year timeline from the Viking era of the 10th-15th centuries to present day. This agricultural trend is unique in Greenland and highly unique in the world. South Greenland is the only place in the entire Arctic where people gradually shifted from hunting as the primary means of subsistence to agriculture. To experience this special tradition is to get a look at part of the globe's most industrious population.
UNESCO World Heritage status puts South Greenland on the map for Sightseers and UNESCO world travellers. It gives a reason to go, and it also helps drive travel to multiple regions in Greenland for those wanting to check off visiting all three World Heritage Sites in the country. But even for the globetrotter who would visit an intriguing area no matter what, the UNESCO name adds a whole level of storytelling and services you may not have otherwise encountered.
It celebrates Arctic farming culture that spans a one-thousand year timeline from the Viking era of the 10th-15th centuries to present day. This agricultural trend is unique in Greenland and highly unique in the world. South Greenland is the only place in the entire Arctic where people gradually shifted from hunting as the primary means of subsistence to agriculture. To experience this special tradition is to get a look at part of the globe's most industrious population.
UNESCO World Heritage status puts South Greenland on the map for Sightseers and UNESCO world travellers. It gives a reason to go, and it also helps drive travel to multiple regions in Greenland for those wanting to check off visiting all three World Heritage Sites in the country. But even for the globetrotter who would visit an intriguing area no matter what, the UNESCO name adds a whole level of storytelling and services you may not have otherwise encountered.
