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Greenland

Still under the thumb of the Danes. Supposedly they turned down an offer of $50 billion from the US for it in 1946. Has datalounge been there? What is the gay scene like?

by Anonymousreply 34November 24, 2018 5:03 PM

There is a USAF base there so the US has some presence beside the Danes.

by Anonymousreply 1February 18, 2017 1:19 AM

"Under the thumb of the Danes" is relative. They were granted home rule a few decades ago. And there are some hot guys there.

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by Anonymousreply 2February 18, 2017 1:27 AM

Well it's certainly quaint looking

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by Anonymousreply 3February 18, 2017 1:35 AM

Haven't you heard? The gay scene is hopping except for the chilly willies.

by Anonymousreply 4February 18, 2017 1:46 AM

The queens of Denmark and Norway go hiking there together every year.

I am not making this up.

by Anonymousreply 5February 18, 2017 2:15 AM

Mmmmm! With a population of 56,000, Greenland is sure to be a great place for the gay vacation of your dreams.

by Anonymousreply 6February 18, 2017 2:17 AM

The capital city of Nuuk (population less than 17,000) had a popular dance-and drink de facto gay bar (as of 2010) that was comfortably mixed called Manhattan,” he said. “The graffiti on the side of the building said for a while, Gayhattan.” Renewed Gay Pride

Then in 2010 19-year-old stylist Nuka Bisgaard and her friend Lu Berthelsen, 24, another woman, decided to team up with a few other local Greenlanders and create a Pride celebration.

Their efforts paid off on May 15, 2010 when Pride drew over a thousand participants in downtown Nuuk, the capital including a colorful and musical parade.

Which Dan Allan noted “may not seem like much, until you know that only 57,000 people actually live in Greenland. (Put another way, that’s like five and a half million Americans showing up for the first New York City Pride.)

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by Anonymousreply 7February 18, 2017 2:23 AM

Amazing!

by Anonymousreply 8February 18, 2017 1:19 PM

I wonder about a gay pride paraders in Greenland carrying a sign in English.

by Anonymousreply 9February 18, 2017 1:24 PM

Interesting point, R9.

by Anonymousreply 10February 18, 2017 2:17 PM

[quote]The capital city of Nuuk

Now why would they name the capital of their country after the noise Curly Howard makes?

by Anonymousreply 11February 18, 2017 3:30 PM

Ah, but what if you vacationed in Greenland and... fell in love. In love with a citizen of Greenland.

Would you move there? For love? Or just dump the guy, possibly giving up the love of your life?

by Anonymousreply 12February 18, 2017 4:31 PM

I know, r9, and the gay rights group of the UK is called . . . Stonewall!

It's all very, very fishy.

by Anonymousreply 13February 18, 2017 5:25 PM

Some strange-ass Greenlandic TV

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by Anonymousreply 14November 24, 2018 6:34 AM

Miss Arnaq Nielsen, the Erin Burnett of Greenland

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by Anonymousreply 15November 24, 2018 6:41 AM

Live from the KNR-TV News Table

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by Anonymousreply 16November 24, 2018 6:48 AM

I met a straight guy who went there to do some research. The straight man's standard joke about Greenland is:

"Greenland, where there's a woman under every tree!".

by Anonymousreply 17November 24, 2018 6:51 AM

I think this is a children's show, but it looks like it was shot in somebody's den.

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by Anonymousreply 18November 24, 2018 6:57 AM

Greenland

Greenland (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaat, pronounced [kalaːɬit nunaːt]; Danish: Grønland, pronounced [ˈɡʁɶnˌlanˀ]) is an autonomous constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe (specifically Norway and Denmark, the colonial powers, as well as the nearby island of Iceland) for more than a millennium. The majority of its residents are Inuit, whose ancestors began migrating from the Canadian mainland in the 13th century, gradually settling across the island.

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by Anonymousreply 19November 24, 2018 7:36 AM

They are making a Greenlandic version of the Golden Girls

Dorthea) No, Blanchet she's upset because they keep coloring the polar bears brown.

by Anonymousreply 20November 24, 2018 10:13 AM

Is it very green? I don't think it's very green. Are Danes colorblind?

by Anonymousreply 21November 24, 2018 11:59 AM
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by Anonymousreply 22November 24, 2018 12:05 PM

Even girls from Ipanema are going there:

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by Anonymousreply 23November 24, 2018 12:18 PM

the US offered $100 million in Gold...NOT $50 billion to buy Greenland.

by Anonymousreply 24November 24, 2018 1:31 PM

R21, the Norse explorer Erik the Red named it Grœnland to attract settlers. It was basically an age old publicity scam to trick Icelanders and Norwegians into thinking there was better farmland to be had. Those early settlements vanished due to the brutal winters and resulting famine.

by Anonymousreply 25November 24, 2018 3:44 PM

It wasn't a scam, R25. The tip of Greenland where the Vikings arrived would have been green back then, but the climate got colder afterwards. They were able to grow corn when they arrived, but it became impossible later on.

by Anonymousreply 26November 24, 2018 4:02 PM

There are still some Hydrogen bombs lost in the bay after a B-52 crashed there in the 50s.

by Anonymousreply 27November 24, 2018 4:05 PM

R26, the tip of Greenland is green, but the remaining 98% is ice, yet they named it Greenland anyway. Okay.

by Anonymousreply 28November 24, 2018 4:21 PM

Did you expect them to explore the entire island before naming it, R28? The point is that the area they lived in actually was green back then.

[quote]Ice core and mollusk shell data suggests that from A.D. 800 to 1300, southern Greenland was much warmer than it is today. This means that when the Vikings first arrived, the Greenland name would make sense. But by the 14th century, maximum summer temperatures in Greenland had dropped. Lower temperatures meant fewer crops and more sea ice, forcing the local Norse population to abandon their colonies.

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by Anonymousreply 29November 24, 2018 4:36 PM

Actually, the B-52 crash was in the late 60s:

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by Anonymousreply 30November 24, 2018 4:42 PM

R25, seems like they did the same with Iceland...so as NOT to attract settlers.

by Anonymousreply 31November 24, 2018 4:51 PM

I have a friend who was stationed there. (straight) He said it was terribly depressing and bleak. Greenland is apparently what most think of Iceland, whereas Iceland is actually green and nice.

by Anonymousreply 32November 24, 2018 4:57 PM

Incredible vistas around Nuuk.

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by Anonymousreply 33November 24, 2018 4:57 PM

I have friends in Iceland and Greenland enjoys a strange reputation there. It's said that public transport buses in Greenland show hardcore porn on video. The island's economy is completely based around fishing and the locals are very unfriendly. Expect to get into a fight if you go to a bar in Greenland.

by Anonymousreply 34November 24, 2018 5:03 PM
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