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Update from our meeting in August in Iceland

The winner of the architectural competition Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter

Architectural teams visiting Ilulissat

This week (week 43) gets Ilulissat visited by a number of the people who will help to build the new icefjordcenter

Guide book about the icefjord

Tourists, locals and other interested parties have lacked an official, updated, informative guidebook on the World Heritage Site.

Popular hiking trails has been upgraded

Ilulissat Icefjord Office has finished the improvement of the ten kilomenters of hiking trails situated in the World Heritage Area Ilulissat Icefjord. The three trails red, blue and yellow have had their markings repainted and cairns rebuild.

Ilulissat icefjord office moves into new premises

Ilulissat Icefjord Office has now moved back to Ilulissat Town Hall.

kangia outreach day

Here is the intern of the Icefjord Office Jennifer Bulley from Washington and Lee University, USA reporting on a multinational outreach day hosted by the professors David and Denise Holland from New York University, USA.

UNESCO World Heritage Status is worth 63.5 million DKK per year

Today Ilulissat Icefjord Office published an economic study from Washington and Lee University, showing that the value of having Ilulissat Icefjord inscribed on UNESCO's prestigious World Heritage List, is about 63.5 million DDK a year.

New short film for young people about Ilulissat Icefjord

Today Ilulissat Icefjord Office unveiled a new action-packed short film about the UNESCO World Heritage area Ilulissat Ice Fjord. Most people starred in the film are young people from the town of Ilulissat - which includes a guy breakdancing in the snow, a couple snowboarding and a snow bathing in 33-degrees of cold.

The new premises of the icefjord office inaugurated

Ilulissat Icefjord Office is now based at Kussangajaannguaq 20 (Same building as KNR). This was celebrated with a small reception for colleagues and business partners.