Originally Famous for Its Breathling Arctic Scenery, The World's Largest Island is Now Under the spotlight for a different president, JD Vance's Recent Pleasant. However, people also noticed the strikingly colorful builtings that make up the towns and villages.
Despite their seemingly aesthetic purpose, the buildings actually serve to distinguish bet the different functions of each structure.
This is a system dating back to the 18th Century, where Street Names and house numbers would be non-Existent.
To navigate this problem, the townsfolk painted their properties to match their professions or the purpose of the builting.
Historian at the Greenland National Museum, ujammiugaq engell spoke to mailonline travel about their functions.
He SAID: “Red was by the most predominably used color as it is represented not only the church but a trade.this ment that all be builtings that were related to be related to that of that Church or shop in the priest, shop owner or clerk lived, would be placed on the trade on the shifted over to it.
She wont on to say that the rest of the colors had movements as well. 'Yellow Originally represented anyythe health-resated. All Hospitals Were Painted Yellow as Were the house where Doctors and Nurses Lived. '
Green was used for communication/telecommunication, whilst blue was used for factories, and for builtings with the Greenlandic Technical Organization (GTO).
Today, weverners are allowed to pay the builtings the way they please, but some still remain the same as a reminder of their past.
The cathedral is Still Red, whilst the hospitals are still yellow.