Nuuk, the capital and administrative center of Greenland, has a population of around 16,000 and is popular with visitors. The Greenland National Museum is of particular interest and contains a collection of hunting equipment, kayaks, carvings, and Viking finds as well as hosting regular exhibitions of geology and the arts. The 500-year-old mummies of women and children (discovered in 1978) are so well preserved some of the facial tattoos and various colors of the clothing material are still recognizable. Nuuk is the departure point for tours of the Godthåb Fjord, one of Greenland's most beautiful regions, and the atmospheric buildings of the old colonial harbor are well worth seeing.
