Old Nuuk Old Nuuk Old Nuuk is a neighborhood of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. Old Nuuk was formerly the site of the Moravian mission of New Herrnhut (; ). The missionaries Matthaeus Stach, Christian Stach, and Christian David arrived in 1733 and had won enough converts to formally established the settlement in 1747. It was named for the community established by the Count of Zinzendorf at Berthelsdorf in Saxony which became the center of the Moravian Church. The Moravian Brethren Mission House was raised the same year and was the first church to be constructed in Greenland (at that point, the
Nuuk year, the sun rises at 10:30 A.M. and sets at 2:20 pm. By contrast, on the longest day and shortest night of the year, 21 June, the sun rises at 3:00 A.M. and does not set until 12:00 am. Nuuk can have mild temperatures on brief occasions year round, with each month having recorded or warmer. The monthly averages range from to , whereas all-time extremes range from to . The climate ( in July) is colder than what is considered the limit for trees ( during the warmest month). There are a few planted trees which do not sustain