Nuuk Nuuk Nuuk (, ; ) is the capital and largest city of Greenland. It is the seat of government and the country's largest cultural and economic centre. The major cities closest to the capital are Iqaluit and St. John's in Canada and Reykjavík in Iceland. Nuuk contains almost a third of Greenland's population and its tallest building. Nuuk is also the seat of government for the Sermersooq municipality. In January 2018, it had a population of 17,796. The city was founded in 1728 by the Dano-Norwegian governor Claus Paarss when he relocated Hans Egede's earlier Hope Colony () to the
Area code 000 Area code 000 Area code 000 is not a valid number in any country where dialling '0' reaches an operator. Area code 000 is not a valid North American Numbering Plan exchange or area code. It is invalid in the European Union and many other nations where '0' is reserved as a trunk prefix and '00' as an international call prefix. In Australia, 000 is reserved as an emergency telephone number. This code may show up as part of a number on a caller id system when receiving telemarketer outbound calls or from VoIP services, such as Skype or Vonage,