Interest in buying Greenland has "popped up from time to time in American politics," Tom Høyem, Denmark's former minister to Greenland, told ABC News in an interview.
“Mr. Prime Minister, have you spoken to President Trump yet?” I asked as he fled a lunchtime news conference on Tuesday in the capital city, Nuuk (population 20,000). Egede, who is 37, wore a green zip-up sweater, stared straight ahead, and was walking toward me. He said nothing.
In a city of around 19.000 and with hospitality services close to full capacity, the bar for over-tourism is low.
While President-elect Donald Trump has been making confounding statements about the United States acquiring Greenland by diplomacy, money or force, the world’s largest island (ahem, an autonomous territory of our NATO ally Denmark) has already been rising as an off-the-path tourist destination.
NUUK, GREENLAND — I clearly recall the factoid from high school geography, that Iceland was purposefully deceptively named and is actually quite green, and that Greenland is largely a huge slab of ice. Though not quite as icy as it used to be. But more on less ice later.
With President Trump expressing a desire to buy Greenland and incorporate it into the United States, the name of this Arctic country is suddenly on everyone’s lips. But how much
In a groundbreaking move that echoes Jamie Dimon’s 2024 Davos predictions about tokenization revolutionizing real estate markets, Lympid, the rapidly growing RWA tokenization platform, is announcing the successful acquisition and upcoming tokenization of its first property in Greenland.
Taking Greenland through force or coercion would not just be a bad deal for the United States—it could become a legacy-defining unforced error for the Trump administration.
The anticipated tourism growth comes amid heightened global attention on Greenland, fueled by U.S. President Donald Trump’s renewed interest in acquiring the island—an autonomous territory of Denmark—since his reelection in November. Trump has suggested he may use economic or military influence to persuade Denmark to relinquish control.
The picturesque country of Greenland has become a popular destination for the many seniors who are traveling in record numbers to all corners of the world.
As the president-elect's call to buy—or take—a sovereign country moves from punchline to possibility, a look at the real stakes of the Arctic’s mounting cold war.
HX Expeditions (formerly Hurtigruten Expeditions) is launching the first-ever cruises from New York to Greenland: a roundtrip