Everyone knows the direct, don't-pass-go way to people's hearts is through their stomachs.
Kaffemik is a classic Greenlandic tradition to celebrate monumental life events and regular old birthdays by giving coffee & cake and welcoming friends, family, friends of friends and even that person you see and small-smile at every single morning on the way to work, into your home. When the settlement is small enough, everyone is invited.
As an experience for travellers, kaffemik still involves warm drinks and tasty goodies, but it is more of a way to get a close look into locals' homes and learn a bit about their lives through the photos on their walls, their art and carving collections and the stories they want to tell.
Kaffemik is a classic Greenlandic tradition to celebrate monumental life events and regular old birthdays by giving coffee & cake and welcoming friends, family, friends of friends and even that person you see and small-smile at every single morning on the way to work, into your home. When the settlement is small enough, everyone is invited.
As an experience for travellers, kaffemik still involves warm drinks and tasty goodies, but it is more of a way to get a close look into locals' homes and learn a bit about their lives through the photos on their walls, their art and carving collections and the stories they want to tell.
