Tourist offices in several towns offer whale watching tours by boat, and in the late summer and early autumn the chances of seeing humpback whales, minke whales and other species are very high.
September 17th the 31 members of the Greenland Parliament will start the autumn session expected to conclude in November. As a self-government system within the Kingdom of Denmark the parliament and government of Greenland exercise full legislative power within most areas of life, with currency and foreign policy as the major exceptions.
The midnight sun has gone for this year even in the northernmost part of Greenland and the night sky is dark now. Then you can often see
the northern lights across the night sky, like a flapping curtain of white, green, red and yellow light.
September 15 and 16 the tourist industry from Iceland, Faroe Islands and Greenland will meet with travel agents from most of the world in Akureyri, Iceland. All tre countries offer adventures in spectacular surroundings and are inhabited with a population with an exciting past. All three areas have felt an increasing interest from abroad during the recent years.
