Nuuk international airport to the northeast of the town centre. Built in 1979, it is a hub for Air Greenland, which is also headquartered in Nuuk, and operates its technical base at the airport. There are flights inside Greenland and to Iceland. There is a decision to extend the runway so that there can be flights to European destinations like Denmark. As a result of the high cost of flying goods to Greenland, Nuuk and other towns in Greenland are connected to Denmark by cargo vessels which sail mainly from Aalborg during the warmer months after the winter ice has melted.
Metropolis Czech metropolis is Prague with more than 1 300 000 living within the city limits and with more than 2 600 000 million living in its metropolitan area, which makes it one of largest in Europe. In Denmark the only metropolis is the capital, Copenhagen, situated in the Capital Region of Denmark. It has more than 750 000 living in city proper and 1 280 000 in its urban area Finland's capital, Helsinki, along with the neighboring areas forms a metropolitan area with an approximate population of 1.45 million people. This area is the only metropolis in the country. A