We have spent the last three days in Qeqertarsuaq which is a village with 850 inhabitants on the island with the same name in Greenlandic, in English Disko Island.

We were exceptionally lucky with the weather here and had two very sunny days. Today, it’s a bit cloudy, but still fine.

Qeqertarsuaq has a beautiful beach with icebergs floating in the bay right in front. This was our first stop when we arrived on Sunday. Later we went to a viewpoint called Udkiggen to spot some whales, but we weren’t lucky this time.

Yesterday, we hiked up the the glacier Lyngmarkbreen which lies 900 metres above the village. They arrange dogsled tours for tourists up there in the summer, and the dogs stay on the snow. So we had a chance to say hello to them. They were unexpectedly shy though, not like the sled dogs I know from Svalbard. The view from up there was stunning. So it was definitely worth walking up all the way.

Today, we went for a hike on the east side of the village, first to a little waterfall and then to some basalt rock formations.

Now I’m sitting in the Blue Café – the only café here. There is only one place to have dinner here as well which is at the hotel. The dinner was quite good though – I had reindeer twice. I’m still looking forward to some more variety in terms of cafés and restaurants on our next and final stop on this trip, Ilulissat. Our boat there will leave at six o’clock, which is in two and a half hours. We will arrive there at eight and spend another three days there before we return to Norway.