Qasigiannguit is located in the south-eastern part of Disko Bay. The town name means “the mottled seals” and refers to the good opportunities for hunting seals, which have traditionally been in the area. Qasigiannguit’s green wilderness with rounded mountains, valleys and tundra offers good opportunities for activities year round, for example, short hikes or longer sorts to the edge of the ice sheet.
Around 1300 people live in Qasigiannguit today, also known as Christianshåb in Danish, and 80 in the nearby settlement of Ikamiut. Fishing and hunting are the main occupations and halibut and crab in particular are prepared at the town’s fish processing factory.
Greenland’s oldest house is in Qasigiannguit, which now serves as the town museum. The area is a paradise for those with archaeological and historical interests, where the remnants of several thousand years of settlement along the coast can be seen in the form of unbuilt sites, meat stores and hunting hides. Traces of the highly advanced Saqqaq culture have been found and objects from this period are exhibited in the museum.

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