Hehe, i guess it depends of which country you compare it to. But I like living here, as long as you can go on vacations in other countries once in a while.
@@neptunianman its like the Danish system, meaning it is free to go and get treatment. But the standards are not as high as in ex Denmark. In short, it works but communication with them is difficult
I couldn’t sleep last night & my brain had me go on the maps app to stare at Greenland. I’m so glad I was able to find your video today about living there. What a huge, fascinating land. Hello from the mitten shaped state!🇺🇸 👋
@@AlexAmasaOlsenThank you. I am so excited to visit Greenland. I am enjoying your videos and have shared your channel in the Facebook group we have for the cruise.
I have always been interested to learn more about every day life in Greenland and this type of content is so informative and interesting! Would you be willing to do more videos like these? Like grocery shopping/eating out/nightlife/dating, literally any aspect of just every day life would be very fun to learn about. Keep up the good work, this was an awesome video!
Hello from Mexico!! I've been watching videos of Greenland all week and I'm obsessed I love it. I would like to see how it is to live in Greenland but in another perspective, for example you going out to the streets and show how it is the "downtown" or if you have a stadium or a University
Alex, thank you for a very, very interesting video on living in Greenland. Many years ago, I had the good fortune to fly for the first time to America and I actually flew over the lower part of Greenland. It scared me, looking down on what seemed a barren and desolate land. The thought that people lived there was so hard to take in. Yet in the space of half an hour, you have really opened my eyes on a "new" and vibrant country, that as you said, is on the verge of becoming big in so many aspects of modern life. Thank you, I look forward to seeing more of your very interesting country.
Australia, my old home in 2015... 😄 Happy that you enjoy watching my videos! I will put that on my "video- to-do- list"😉 You should totally come visit, you can get here either through Denmark or Iceland, the plane from Denmark is more pleasant though..
Me too, although I am from New Zealand; after a DNA test, I find I have more scandinavian than British. Three grandparents from Britain and one from Denmark . I have family living in Greenland which surprised me, I have been interested to see and learning more about both Greenland and Denmark. I find it fascinating. Kiwi from Virginia
Well, I am too old to go there, but it would be nice to make friends on the internet. I live in central Georgia, a hot and humid place in the summer with mild winters. I think things like a small nuclear reactor and vertical indoor gardening using LED lights would help to get fresh vegetables right there. Having that in place would help your nation grow with a chance to start fresh to create your own lifestyle apart from the troubles we have down here. One valuable resource you have plenty of is good potable water. As the rest of the world finds water is getting more difficult to find and use, you have the one most important resources to support life. I think your nation will grow, and I hope it will use this opportunity to make a wonderful, peaceful place to live for the future generations to live there.
You don't want a tesla in greenland . I live in a large city that's froze 6 months out of the year and the Tesla's batteries and computer systems struggle below freezing
@@AlexAmasaOlsenHonestly I have no clue , I know my sister bought a tesla 4 yrs ago and had issues while she was living in up-state New York . also a neighbor of mine owned one and gave up on driving it in the winter . Based on what you said it sounds like they address the issue
Hope you wont Nuke us...... ;-) But yes, it is expensive to get here... But actually I was planning to go to Iceland and I found it to be just as expensive in Iceland as Greenland. So I guess it is a priority thing. But of course living here, I would also like for it to be cheaper, just dont see if its gonna happen any time soon..
If we were more the country would definitely evolve quicker though.. Interest from the US is also rising and Anthony Blinken visited Greenland a week ago.
I am a new subscriber and I LIKE!! I am from Santa Cruz Calif and I have been to Nuuk and other towns in Greenland and I find your country fascinating. I am also a Engineer worked in Silicon Valley designing chips for companies like Intel, Apple, Analog Devices.
Awesome Roger! Glad you enjoyed Greenland and hopefully we will get a direct flight route from Nuuk to North America in the coming years! Its been a while since I visited the states😊
Hi Lil, there are english speakers up here. My girlfriend is english speaking. But mainly jobs are for greenlandic/danish speakers. It is possible though to function as an english speaker, but mainly in the the largest towns (Nuuk, Sisimiut and Ilulissat). It all depends on the form of employer you get and how open they arw for english speakers only...
Spaniards working in Greenland (!) : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1Ept9RjEU-g.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5dHqOS7_2MY.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bMdqecHVvDQ.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VD-zOO3-ua4.html
You've certainly picked an off the beaten path topic but that's its appeal for some of us. We visited Greenland on a cruise some years ago(Qaqortoq and Nuuk). So glad we did. It's a place that fascinates me yet I would never live there except for a specific short period of time. A couple of remarks from me. One is that it's hard to see Greenland ever with the population of Iceland. The geography of it is so limiting and I cannot imagine(at least at this time) a road system connecting the towns with Nuuk. That also is the problem with the aesthetic of living in Greenland. It's so sparse. It has some austere beauty with the ice but no trees and all rocks. The homes are certainly not a realtor's dream to sell. They are functional first and foremost. In videos I rarely see pets. Are they really that rare? I assume it's a hostile place for pets with limited, if any, parks and expanses of land to walk them. Obviously there are expanses of land but hardly a dog's/human's dream for a walk. If a pet gets loose I would assume while he may benefit from the visibility of no trees, greenery and standing out against a white background of snow and ice he may also be at great danger of surviving if not found quickly. In any case it's great for people like me that you are providing this kind of insight. What I'd like to see if you ever want to do it is what a good grocery store looks like, what it's supplied with and those costs and also fine dining. I assume there are a couple of spots there for fine dining? It seems likely Pisiffik is the commerce center and a social center? If so, do you have any commentary on that. Is there much with theater there and the arts? Regarding the roads Greenland strikes me as a bit like Alaska in that roads are often only local. In one town(Ketchikan?) I believe there are only 26 miles of road. Any estimate of that in Nuuk? Ok, that's a lot but it's an appreciation of what you do. Interesting stuff.
Hi Richard, glad you enjoyed your stay here and as you said, it definitely isnt for everybody to live here...😅 I dont think a lot of towns in Greenland will get connected by roads as it is too expensive and too little reasons for connecting them. But as long as there is jobs, internet, water, electricity and a functioning infrastructure I think Greenland could very well grow substantially in population. A goal for the municipality of Nuuk is to have 30.000 people in 2030, we are now 18.473 (as of july 2020), might or might not happen... As for groceries and cultural exhibitions I will make a video on that subject.😉
Also for selling houses as a realtor, I am sure the houses in Nuuk are a dream. As the real estate market is pretty scorching hot and prices nearing prices pr m2 in Copenhagen, Denmark. So big bucks for selling the high in demand housing.
@@AlexAmasaOlsen Hi Alex. I will be watching out for your videos and, hopefully, they will cover shopping and culture. I wonder aloud though just how much population Greenland can expect if there are no roads. It's interesting what you said about Nuuk having a population of 30k by 2030. Now that's beginning to be a real city! What next? Skyscrapers? Sure there is the water passage and there are helicopters but roads allow towns to grow out and have closer populations(suburbs, exurbs...) than seas do really enhancing community growth which encourages population growth and cities to become so much more than, say, a Qaqortok which I really liked but just too small for me. I'm beginning to sound like a naysayer but it's in good spirit. Living there fascinates me and talking about these aspects of that intrigues me. I have not seen all your videos but I believe you said you're an engineer? Are you involved with Nuuk's development as an urban engineer? I'm thinking not given I didn't hear that from you but what a job that would be to have! One could become famous in the development of the city. An idea: maybe you could cover Pisiffik the physical location itself and perhaps the role it plays in the city. It's possible I don't have the correct idea of Pisiffik but it seemed to be a center of some kind in the city.
I am engineer and currently work as a consulting engineer within the construction sector, so we make projects for new buildings, harbours and sometimes infrastructure. I spoke with a colleague and there should be 120-150km of road in Nuuk and some expansion is possible, but Nuuks geography is not ideal for mega expansion.. Pisiffik is a chain of supermarkets, like Walmart, we do have another conmpeting chain called Brugseni and one called KNI (mostly on smaller towns/settlements).
Hey man thank you for all your info so nice and so super and it’s looks like Greenland so cool to live And my 10 years old son so curious about Greenland bro
Very informative! Thanks! But how would Greenlanders respond to a lot of new immigrants? It's hypothetical, but just 6,000 immigrants would become 10% of the total population! That's a small amount of people potentially causing a big cultural shift, especially if these are people who will really want to stay!
Thanks Adam😁 That is a good question, i guess it depends on where those 6.000 potential newcomers decide to stay.. As the housing market in Nuuk is a little difficult to get into, if you job doesnt supply you one. But generally I think Greenland would adapt, as it has done with example the large influx of danish people when greenland was a colony. Culturally I believe it is important to keep traditions alive and as long as it is a political priority and people enjoy the traditions, I believe they will survive.
Do you speak inuit? I think it is so facinating that many greenlanders can speak English or understand English. Are the inuits in Greenland related to the Native indigenous Americans here in the U.S?
The language is Greenlandic here and I understand more than I can say😄 But yes, people are generally pretty good at english and definitely the younger generation are more fluent. As far as I know people migrated from northern Canada to Greenland, so actually the spoken language in Inuit Canada is somewhat similar to Greenlandic.
We currently have noone with the virus and only 30 people have tested positive during the whole period. Mind you we only have a total population of 56.000 people, but still very few infected.
I have heard criticism against Teslas and EVs in general... You know, usually they are sold to us more ecological option than the convenient cars. However, this applies only when it comes using the car. The EV car salesmen do not tell you how much natural resources has been used for manufacturing them (the batteries in particular).
Welcome! Im 75% danish and 25% Greenlandic, but consider Greenland to be my home. Denmark and Greenland are fairly different on all fronts, but as Greenland is part of the Danish Commonwealth, we share society structure, systems and ways of operating a country to a certain extent
@@AlexAmasaOlsen is it similar to how Scotland and England function in the UK? Two different Sovereign states with unique cultural identities but with shared politics, laws, currency, International affairs etc?
Is it hard to get a job over there and I know english I don't know what the native language over there. I hope that they can lay underwater fiber optic cables to Greenland. I hope you can do nuclear power over there as I think that is better for the environment. Im not sure how you generate electricity.
If you are moving to Nuuk for work, be prepared for a different working environment. Also, people are fairly laidback and chill. What do you wanna do up here?
Honestly, your video showed Greenland to be all work and very little play. I was looking forward to hearing about the history of the country, the language, the climate and the seasons and the people. What are they all like? I have to say that in my quest for somewhere to travel to, this was very disappointing.
Because the weather is harsher up there, do companies have more mercy and leniency towards hired employees? (I did catch that you said people can get stressed out there, but not sure if that's the same thing. And I was listening.)
The working environment is generally more relaxed, but ultimately it depends on your leader/boss. As weather is extreme up here, and storms more common, staying home due to storms etc. Is not really that normal. Only in case the buses stops driving, power outage or impossible to get to work😆 Hope that answers your question
I guess if you take on more responsibility and also drive sales, maybe a salary of $5.500 pr month, but thats really a shot in the dark. Might be higher or lower..
Thanks David😁 Yes, its very difficult to get here from the US. We should get new international airports by 2024/2025, hopefully with direct flights from north america. Have a nice vacation in Iceland
I mean you can, but your best choice would be to live in Nuuk then. The smaller towns dont get the same amount of fresh produce. It is pricey though to get a lot of greens, but you can always go frozen..
Hi Alex, can you help me by making a video about the schools. I have an offer to work In Nuk, but I have 2 kids 14 and 12 years old. I heard about an international school there!!
Yes, usually quite a lot comes on cruiseships (not these years due to covid) also americans. Though as an american you really have to be determined to get here as the only flights into Greenland are via Iceland and Denmark. Hopefully with the construction of our new airports, the infrastructure to the US becomes better.😎
Spending all that money on a boat you can only use 7-8 months a year.... brother! BUY THE BOAT! YOLO! I live in Washington, USA - we only get about 2.5 months of use out of ours annually but boy it is worth every penny of that $100k price tag. So many memories and good times - you won't regret it.
Thanks Robert😀 And like you said, BUY the boat! So I did..😉😊 We got a new boat in january 2021 and boy has it been nice! We got a Poca 570, with 115hk Suzuki outboard, its so nice and you get fresh air in your face
@@AlexAmasaOlsen I had to look it up, I’ve never heard of Poca before.. I wish my boat had an enclosed cabin space option! We just upgraded our first boat (17’ Bayliner) to a Yamaha AR212X - I love the dual jet motors, which are basically a modified Honda Civic engine so really easy to work on / winterize etc. Post a video driving your boat around over there if you find the time.. would love to see the city from the water 😍
Hi Alex, what about tourism? I've seen Iceland has gained a lot of positions in the European travel destinations so I was wondering if that's happening to Greenland and to his tourism industry too . Any chance to work there if I don't speak danish but 4 languages? Like the airport, hotels or so.. Nice video!
Hi Marco! It is slowly getting more popular to travel to Greenland, but it is a more expensive trip. What Greenland is focusing on are a lot of adventure tourists and more service products are being developed. What languages do you speak? As of right now, the tourist industry is probably not your best bet (pandemic), but we do have hotels and such. The big problem with working in Greenland is that, the jurisdiction is through the Danish foreign affair jurisdiction. Which means, it is fairly easy for citizens of EU countries to get working permit in Greenland, but more difficult for non EU citizens to get working permits (you have to reapply every year and the process is slow). What Iceland did great, was to have a better and faster process for foreign workers to enter and get working permit. Which means easier for people who wants to get there. Maybe I should make a video in regards to getting to work in Greenland.. ;-)
@@AlexAmasaOlsen I speak Italian, English, Spanish and French (starting a Portuguese course in a while). Of course I was considering waiting until this situation will be over, and anyway I've just come to Spain and I'll be living here at least for another year. Still I'm trying to understand how life and work are in Greenland now because, you'll agree, it's not an easy choice to make and definitely not an easy move to plan. I'm European so it would be not that hard for me to get all the documents done, as you say. Do you know the average salary of a generic employee? Could you say that's a fair amount of money to afford a decent lifestyle ? Hope you don't answer me here, but with one of your videos! Thanks!
Nice, greenlandic and danish is of course preferable, but english speakers are getting more common. A generic job, it would be a little difficult to have a decent lifestyle (very subjective opinion), as costs are fairly high. But I have it on my to do video list😉
I understand some, but my greenlandic is definitely getting worse, living in Nuuk where I mostly speak danish. If I could speak greenlandic fluently, surely I would have a greater chance at more jobs and also being able to understand all conversations😆
But havent had any major problems. As long as you now some phrases, being a blond haired blue eye guy, you will experience episodes at the bar... But personally I havent had any major problems.
Hey man, was wondering how the health care industry is there in greenland. Can Nuuk citizens expect good medical diagnosis/urgent care? That's always something I've wondered about extremely sparse and isolated nations. Can't imagine contracting a rare illness or having a very adverse medical reaction to something when your town is, say, 1-2 thousand people
Nuuk has around 19.000 people and the healthcare system works, maybe not the best, but if something happens you get help for free (oaid through taxes😏). The system could definitely be better, but if you cant get treated here, then you get sent to Copenhagen, Denmark
Cuantos habitantes tiene la ciudad de Nuuk en la actualidad , y cuales son sus principales actividades económicas y recreativas. Te comento que acabo de ver un resumen de un campeonato de handball Americano que se jugó no hace mucho tiempo en esa ciudad, del que resultó ganador Argentina y las opiniones de los integrantes sobre sus vivencias en esa ciudad, muy positivas. Saludos desde Santa Fe, Argentina.
According to statistics in Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq (municipalitu of Nuuk), the average income is 310.000DKK/year. But as you might know averages on incomes, can be skewed, to a few making a lot, so it might not represent the best picture.
@@lauragreen4612 I am mostly danish by blood, but have lived in Greenland most of my life. So what am I really..? Existential questions you will never know the answers to.. ;-)
Do you find that where you live is racially diverse? And do you think people of colour would be enthusiastically welcome? I’m not trying to troll, just a legitimate question and concern.
Well, greenlandic and danish people have been mixed for a while and most people have some kind of a connection to each country. I myself am 25% greenlandic, but doesnt really look the bit😅 Lately more people from other countries have arrived and it is getting more racially diverse. So my take is that Greenland is welcoming people of all kinds, as long as they contribute positively towards the country and people. I personally experience getting called out sometimes, mostly when people are intoxicated, but dont give too much thought to that.
Sometimes it is yes. When its almost dark constantly during some winter months, you usually questio your choice of living here. But when spring comes around it is very beautiful. So you get really contrasting seasons, making you really appreciate some over others😄
Which tropical island? And true, Greenland can be depressing, but when it is good weather it is really nice.😊 since we experience extreme weather, I guess you appreciate the good days more??🤔 I dont know, but do know I would like a small house in Spain at one point😉
