Travel & technology
Electric power
- Plug shape
- Voltage
- 220V, 50Hz
Phone dialing
- Code to call Greenland
- +299
What every visitor should know about Greenland:
- Money
- The currency is the Danish krone (DKK). 1 DKK is worth about US$0.19, or €0.13.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 5 out of 5 (Very safe)
- Capital
- Nuuk (Godthab)
- Tap water
- Safe in cities, but bottled water is advisable in rural areas.
Greenland facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 57,600
- Language
- Greenlandic (East Inuit), Danish, English
- Ethnicity
- Greenlander 88% (Inuit and Greenland-born whites), Danish and others 12%
Economy
- GDP
- US$20,000 (per capita)