Nuuk Legends and History Smartphone Guided GPS Walking Tour

Nuuk, Greenland

Great choice

10+ bookings last month.

1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

Overview

What's Included

Engaging stories that bring Nuuk to life
Location Aware, GPS, Hands-free experience, audio stories play as you walk using GPS.
Go at your own pace, start anytime and pause anytime.
The Tour never expires

No Food
No Drinks
No Admission
No Human Guide, this is all outside and on our walking tour app

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Nuuk Katuaq - Cultural Center
Imaneq 21, Nuuk 3900, Greenland
The tour starts outside of Nuuk Katuaq Cultural Center where you'll hear the legend of the moon and the sun, and the history of the land.

End point

Memorial for Arnarulunnguaq
57G2+GPP Orsiiviup Nuua, Nuuk 3900, Greenland
The tour ends at the Memorial for Arnarulunnguaq and you'll hear the story of the area, and explore more.

Operating hours

05/18/2025 - 09/26/2027
Monday - Sunday : 12:00 AM - 11:30 PM

Itinerary

Nuuk Katuaq - Cultural Center

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Kaassassuk

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Kalaaliaraq Market

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Public Art: Mother of the Sea

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Jonathan Petersen monument

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Memorial for Arnarulunnguaq

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Nuuk

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation

Transportation is wheelchair accessible
Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Most travelers can participate
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

3.9

based on 17 reviews

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Nuuk walking tour

Barbara_H, Aug 2026

Excellent platform for leisurely learning. The pause and walk function was great. The audio voice was pleasant and clear. Great value.

Not helpful

James_W, Sep 2025

Will not allow for changes in the order of the stops. Very hard to use if you don’t go in the order of the app. Not really a lot to see.

It took Avery long time...

Russell_E, Sep 2025

It took Avery long time to down load and t b e toyr kept freezing up on my phone so after visiting 2 places, we gave up. I will request a refund.

Great introduction to Nuuk with GPS assistance

jeanne_t, Sep 2025

This tour exceeded my expectations. The GPS function worked perfectly and there was even an arrow to show which direction I needed to walk to get to the next stop in the tour. The narration was clear and concise and very interesting. I was in Nuuk as part of a cruise and this tour saved us hundreds of dollars compared to cruise sponsored excursions. The walk itself is easy and manageable for most anyone. This is a great introduction to Nuuk and I highly recommend it to anyone else visiting the city.

Response from Host, Sep 2025

Thank you for the great review and using the WalknTours app! Nuuk is amazing, full of stories and hidden gems, I'm so glad you enjoyed the tour. We have a few tours in Greenland, if you are traveling also check out our Qaqortoq tour :). And as you travel look for our tours around the world, we are now in nearly 200 cities :). Thank you again for taking the tour! Greg @ WalknTours

Nuuk walking app is a must for visiting on your own

Jeannie_V, Aug 2025

This walking app guided through Nuuk where I learned some of the Greenlandic stories and saw monuments to the stories as well as the scenery. The tour had continual narration as I went from one site to another, and most stops had more than just one place of interest. The pace was just right and the map in the app kept me on track. I did get lost a couple of times but I was able to find where I was and where I needed to be by switching to either Apple or Google maps. The app did stop a few times and I had to restart. The app has a virtual tour function where I could listen before going into Nuuk which I really appreciated since I didn’t have to stay at a site in the cold and wind. Listening to the details about the memorials and monuments was so much more interesting than just walking about and I would have missed so much. I appreciated the directions in the narration so I could just plug in headphones and put my phone in my pocket. I am directionally challenged though and needed to refer to the map a few times. Also, the app would stop once in awhile and I had to restart. Between the app and the maps, my phone lost battery power quickly and I was very sorry I didn’t take a power pack.

Value for money

Kym_H, Aug 2025

Excellent cultural and historical walking tour of the capital which is a very walkable city. Rug up warm even in Summer.

Be sure to read the instructions for the app needed to do this tour.

Richard_B, Jul 2025

It’s very important to read all the way down to find the actual instructions to use the walking tour. We went to the meeting place expecting to ask at the reference desk about the tour, as that was given as meeting point. That building was closed, so we waited an hour. They said, we don’t know about this, so I re-read the write up and way down at the bottom, past the maps and other items, there was a single line that said instructions. The walk needed to have an app installed on the phone. We then ran out of time and had to get back to our cruise ship. Our assumption is the walk is great, we just couldn’t fit it in once we lost all that time waiting around.

App didn’t work

Eve_S, Jun 2025

We only had a few hours to visit Nuuk, so I thought this self guided walking tour would give a good overview. I followed all the instructions for downloading the walking tour app, identified the tour and put in the code. I went to the starting point for the tour and started the app. Unfortunately, I could not start this tour, because of this message: “Your tour intro is downloading. Once it’s finished you can start experience”. Three hours later, the tour intro still had not downloaded, so I could never start this tour.

Response from Host, Jun 2025

Sorry to hear that, it appears this was some kind of signal issue :(. I'm happy to refund you, just contact me at info@walkntours.com. I had many people take this tour today and I'm bummed it did not work out for you. Most people get it in less than a minute. Have a great day!