Nuuk Greenland are at the northern end of the district, near the road to the Nuuk Airport. Nuuk receives its electric power mainly from the renewable energy-powered Buksefjord hydroelectric power plant by way of a 132 kV powerline crossing Ameralik fjord over a distance of , the world's longest free span. The site has a long history of habitation. The area around Nuuk was first occupied by the ancient pre-Inuit, Paleo-Eskimo people of the Saqqaq culture as far back as 2200 BC when they lived in the area around the now abandoned settlement of Qoornoq. For a long time, it was
Nuuk Cathedral mechanical movement was replaced by a digital one. The two big brass candelabras at the altar are a gift from the Church of Norway. The organ of the church is an 11-rank 1970 Marcussen & Søn. The Statue of Hans Egede is located on the hill above the church. The statue is a 1921 copy of the statue in front of the Marble Church in Copenhagen. In front of the cathedral is a bronze bust of the celebrated organist Jonathan Petersen. Petersen was a well-known writer of psalms, as well as a gifted organist. Nuuk Cathedral Nuuk Cathedral () or