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.
Podgorica Capital City can be viewed as the metropolitan area of the city of Podgorica. Population of the municipality was 185.937 in 2011. Podgorica Capital City Podgorica Capital City (Montenegrin: "Glavni grad Podgorica" / Главни град Подгорица) is one of the territorial subdivisions of Montenegro. The seat of municipality is the city of Podgorica. As with other Montenegrin municipalities, the city and the municipality of Podgorica are governed by the same mayor and city assembly, forming one political body. See politics of Podgorica. Municipality of Podgorica is the only Montenegrin municipality to have "city municipality" (Montenegrin Latin: "gradska opština") - Golubovci (until 2018