You don’t know until you see it. Only through this real tour did Yang Jing and his friends truly experience the charming charm of this city, which can be said to be the smallest capital in the world.
"Have you seen it? This building with red walls, white doors and gray spire is the most famous building in Godthob. Outsiders call this cathedral Nuuk Cathedral, but we locals call it 'Our Savior's Church'."
The cathedral in front of us is a wooden building. Neither its height nor its grandeur can be compared with those cathedrals in Europe. In developed countries in Europe and the United States, such churches are at most at the level of a township or a community church.
The church has a distinct Lutheran style, with walls painted bright red, doors and steps that are white, and a bell tower above, and a gray spire above the bell tower.
"Does this church look new? Actually, we renovate it almost every year. This is a real old guy. It was built in 1849 and is the oldest building in the entire Godthob. Every April 16th, there will be a large-scale rally here. It is very lively. Oh, just like the Forbidden City Square in the capital of your China."
The exterior walls of this ancient church are a mixture of red, white and gray, creating a particularly strong contrast, yet it gives people a comfortable feeling at first glance, as if this 169-year-old building has always looked like this.
Of course, this colorful style also confirms Jack's statement that "Colorful Nuuk". Even this old church has regained its vitality under such colorful decoration, so what about the whole city?
Very energetic!
"Great colors, great church! Also, it's very vibrant!" At this time, Yang Jing would naturally not be stingy with his words of praise.
Gege pointed to a statue standing on top of a small hill not far away and asked, "Jack, whose statue is that?"
Jack looked up and said, "This is the famous Hans Egede statue. This statue was built to commemorate Hans Egede, an important missionary in Greenlandic history. It is the most prominent public sculpture in Gotthab."
"Hans Egged? The Danish missionary who established the entire Greenland colony?" Yang Jing asked.
Jack nodded first, then shook his head. "Sir, what you said is both right and wrong. In fact, as early as 986 AD, Greenland was controlled by the Norwegians and became a Norwegian colony. Even the name Greenland was given by the Norwegians. The Danes only divided Greenland with the Norwegians later. Hans Egged was just the first Danish missionary to establish a mission in Godthob. Of course, when Hans Egged established the first Lutheran mission in Godthob in 1721, he also established a trading company, which was later regarded as the starting point for Denmark to officially colonize Greenland. Therefore, Hans Egged was promoted by the Danes as the first person to colonize Greenland. In fact, the original owner of the entire Greenland is us Inuit."
After hearing this explanation, Yang Jing and Gege could only smile helplessly. This kind of problem involving colonization and indigenous people has always been a big problem that can never be sorted out. Yang Jing and Gege don't want to care too much about this kind of thing. They are here to travel, not to explore the history of Greenland and Nuuk.
Seeing that Yang Jing and Gege were unwilling to dwell on the matter any further, Jack tactfully stopped talking and led everyone forward.
The residential buildings ahead were becoming sparse, which meant that they had reached the edge of the city. However, there were buses here, and after consulting Yang Jing and Gege, Jack led everyone on a bus that would stop when they waved.
After wandering around on the bus for four or five minutes, Jack led everyone off.
Across the road from where you get off the bus, there are several rare six- or seven-story buildings.
However, when Jack saw these buildings, he showed a proud expression on his face. "This is the highest institution of learning in Greenland, the University of Greenland! I graduated from here."
If Jack hadn't said it himself, Yang Jing and Gege would have found it hard to believe that this was actually a university, and the highest institution of learning in Greenland.
This place is too small and too shabby. Any middle school in any city in China is probably larger than this university...
However, Jack did not seem embarrassed by the shabby appearance of the university. "Yes, although this university is a little small and has only about 800 students, it is the most coveted school for young people in Greenland. It carries the hope for the future of Greenland and we all like it here!"
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