Iceland & Greenland Cruise (August) 2024: Qaqortoq, Greenland, part 2
Another thing to do in rainy Qaqortoq is to seek out as many as possible the the stone carvings spread all over town as part of the Stone and Man art installation.
We were told that there's another church in town located up on the hill. Gertrud Rasch's Church (Gertrud Rasks Kirke) is a white concrete Lutheran church. The church is named after Gertrud Rask, the wife of missionary Hans Egede.
Across this church is a grocery store and naturally we stopped for a visit.
I always find new flavors of Pringles of Lay's in other countries.
The rest of the time, my husband and I walked around town snapping photos.
Another grocery store.
The large boot sculpture in Qaqortoq, Greenland, is an iconic red Inuit boot (or kamik in Greenlandic) that represents the local traditional hand-stitched culture. It is part of a town-wide open-air art exhibition called the "Stone & Man" project.
We were the only cruise ship that day.
On the way back to the ship we stopped at the gift shop that was incredibly crowded in the morning. I wanted to check out what souvenir can be brought home, aside from the mandatory refrigerator magnet. And I saw this wood carving up on the top shelf. The carving reminded me so much of the late great Regis Philbin. Anyone else see it?
Back on the ship, I made another trip back to the top deck to get more photos.
We were told that there's another church in town located up on the hill. Gertrud Rasch's Church (Gertrud Rasks Kirke) is a white concrete Lutheran church. The church is named after Gertrud Rask, the wife of missionary Hans Egede.
Across this church is a grocery store and naturally we stopped for a visit.
I always find new flavors of Pringles of Lay's in other countries.
The rest of the time, my husband and I walked around town snapping photos.
Another grocery store.
The large boot sculpture in Qaqortoq, Greenland, is an iconic red Inuit boot (or kamik in Greenlandic) that represents the local traditional hand-stitched culture. It is part of a town-wide open-air art exhibition called the "Stone & Man" project.
We were the only cruise ship that day.
On the way back to the ship we stopped at the gift shop that was incredibly crowded in the morning. I wanted to check out what souvenir can be brought home, aside from the mandatory refrigerator magnet. And I saw this wood carving up on the top shelf. The carving reminded me so much of the late great Regis Philbin. Anyone else see it?
Back on the ship, I made another trip back to the top deck to get more photos.
Thanks so much for sharing at https://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2025/12/mount-moran-viewed-from-lodge.html. I've never visited Iceland or Greenland but you've piqued my interest!
ReplyDeleteI just love photographs of little villages perched at waters edge, What a great cruise!
ReplyDeleteThe stone carvings are amazing!
ReplyDeleteThe carvings are impressive!
ReplyDelete...the little village is lovely!
ReplyDeletevery interesting...
ReplyDeleteWonderful stone installations, Amazing pics.
ReplyDeletecute little village
ReplyDeleteWonderful photos! Qaqortoq looks stunning with its colorful houses contrasting the scenery and its unique carvings.
ReplyDeleteWonderful photographs.
ReplyDeleteYou got some great photos. The buildings in town with the bright colors are very photogenic as is the church. The rocks are very interesting. It looks like it would be very difficult to carve and then polish them.
ReplyDeleteI guess those chunks of ice in the port are icebergs. I would love to see one in real life.