Happy Tycoon

Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, is a bit rudimentary to be honest.

There are no high-rise buildings here. As you can see, most of them are wooden houses painted in various colors. To say that the per capita GDP of Greenland is not too low, it is more than 40,000 US dollars, but why is the capital like this?

Grid asked this question, and Jack quickly gave the answer. "First of all, the personalities of our people here are like this. We don't really like the tension of the metropolis, and building some high-rise buildings will create such tension in the city." Jack explained the reason. It's a bit unacceptable, but judging from his expression, it seems to be the case.

"People here have to fight with the sea every year, especially in winter when we go out fishing for crabs. It is an extremely dangerous job. Every year, many people are disabled and even lose their lives forever because of carelessness. So every year. People here are full of awe for the sea. Every time we come back from the sea, we need a warm and comfortable environment without any pressure to relieve our nervousness. If we go home, there are high-rise buildings everywhere. This will Let us collapse." Jack further explained.

It's just that neither Yang Jing nor Grid can understand. What the **** is this? Is there any direct relationship between a good mood and high-rise buildings?

But Chris and Lin Dan can show an expression of understanding.

Obviously, perhaps this is the difference in culture and consciousness.

Jack obviously saw the confusion between the two of them, smiled, showing a mouthful of white teeth, and then gave a reason that everyone can accept—in fact, we don’t build tall buildings here, and it’s also related to the geology here. The environment has a lot to do with it. Most of us here are slate and shale. It is very difficult to build high-rise buildings, and it is also very dangerous.

Well, this Inuit does have a good eloquence. Why doesn't this guy go to MLM?

However, Jack's eloquence also made the atmosphere better. This guy would make a little joke from time to time, and he also came up with some legends about the scenic spots in Nuuk.

"This is the most important cultural place in Godthab and even the entire Greenland-Katujak Cultural Center. Since it was opened for business on February 15, 1997, this place has gradually become our new Greenland nationalist and imaginative place. A symbol of potential and potential. Our goal is to build this place into a window that connects our own culture and the outside world.” Jack said proudly, pointing to a brown-yellow building with a wave-shaped exterior wall.

This building is not small, it is considered a big building in Nuuk.

Yang Jing asked curiously: "Why is it called Katujak? Does this name have any special meaning for you?"

"Yes, this name means'drumsticks' in our Greenlandic language, the kind of drumsticks used to beat war drums." Jack smiled and made a drumming action. "Since this culture After the center is completed, theatrical performances, performances and exhibitions will be held here every year. Movies and Hollywood movies will be shown every day. You know, at the same time, it will attract more than 100,000 tourists every year. Would you like to go in and see? It’s pretty good inside."

Yang Jing and Grid looked at each other, and Grid shook his head and said, "Forget it today. We won't leave tomorrow. If we have time, we might make time to visit this great building tomorrow."

Grid's words made Jack very satisfied, and it seemed that praising him was the same as praising him.

Continuing along the not-so-wide road, Yang Jing and Ge Ge saw many colorful houses along the way. Some houses were painted with many strange but attractive oil paintings on the walls.

It's like an oil painting on the wall of a house in front of me. The picture above is an Inuit, gazing firmly into the distance. If it's just a character, this painting can only be said to be very general, but what if a creeping polar bear with staring eyes is added to the left hand of this Inuit?

This painting will immediately become extremely shocking!

If it is a two-story house like this, people might think that this is a graffiti by some art lovers, but along the way, you can see such oil paintings almost a short distance away. This is really very impressive. It's amazing.

These different forms of oil paintings, combined with the colorful house colors here, really make the whole Nuuk look more like a huge oil painting.

Seeing that Grid was shocked by this painting, Jack asked: "I have seen many such paintings along the way. Do you have any feelings?"

Grid nodded and said, "It's beautiful and shocking. Just like this painting, it's real and truly shocking. Jack, is this painting real? Or did the artists imagine it out of thin air?"

Jack shook his head and said, "No, this painting is a real thing. This is a painting created by an artist named Van Herten in the past few years. It is said that this painting is based on a photograph. It was taken in an old photo in 1906. This painting tells the story of a local hunter settling in Gotthob under the arrangement of the government."

After a pause, Jack continued: "Actually, you have also seen this along the way. We have many such murals here, and the colors of our houses here are also colorful. In fact, this is what we are pursuing. Regarding the project to promote the image of the city, it is called "Colorful Nuuk". Our residents here like this project. If you have the opportunity to visit my house, then you will see my little daughter and mine. The mural that my son completed with one piece..."

I don’t know, Yang Jing and the others really realized the fascinating charm of this city, which can be said to be the smallest capital in the world, during this real tour.

"Have you seen it? This red-walled, white-door, gray spire building is our most famous building in Gothab. Outsiders call this cathedral Nuuk Cathedral, but we locals all call this large building. The church is the'Church of Our Savior'."

The cathedral in front of me is a wooden building, no matter its height or majesty, it is far from comparable to those of European cathedrals. In developed countries in Europe and America, such a church is at most the level of a township or a community church.

The church has an obvious Lutheran style. The walls are painted with big red paint. The doors and steps are white. There is a bell tower above and a gray spire above the bell tower.

"Doesn’t it look that this church is very new? In fact, we renovate it almost every year. This is a real old guy. It was built in 1849 and is currently the oldest building in our entire Gothab. Annually On April 16, there will be a large-scale gathering here, which is very lively. Oh, it's like the Forbidden City Square in your Chinese capital."

The exterior wall of this ancient church is intertwined with red, white, and gray. The contrast is particularly strong, but it is full of a feeling that makes people feel very comfortable at first glance. It seems that this ancient building has a history of 169 years. The building is like this.

Of course, this distinctive style also confirms the "colorful Nuuk" statement that Jack just said. Even this old church is rejuvenated with new vitality under such color decoration, what about the whole city?

very energetic!

"Great colors, great church! Also, it's very vibrant!" At this time, Yang Jing naturally wouldn't spare his words of praise.

Grid pointed to the statue standing on top of a small hill not far away and asked, "Jack, whose statue is that?"

Jack looked up and said, "This is the famous statue of Hans Egd. This statue was built to commemorate Hans Egd, an important missionary in Greenland history. A conspicuous public sculpture."

"Hans Egerd? The Danish missionary who established the entire Greenland colony?" Yang Jing asked.

Jack nodded first, then shook his head again, "Sir, you are not right to say that. In fact, Greenland was controlled by the Norwegians as early as 986 AD, and became a Norwegian colony, even the name Greenland. It was all given by the Norwegians. The Danes and the Norwegians later carve up Greenland. Hans Egerd was only the first Danish missionary to establish a mission in Gotthob. Of course, Hans When Egerd established the first Lutheran Mission in Gotthob in 1721, he also established a trading company, which was considered by later generations to be the starting point for Denmark to officially colonize Greenland, so Hans Eger De was also promoted by the Danes as the first person to colonize Greenland. In fact, the original owner of the entire Greenland was our Inuit."

Hearing this explanation, Yang Jing and Ge Ge could only smile helplessly. This kind of problem involving colonization and aboriginal people has always been a big problem that can never be dealt with in one pot. Yang Jing and Grid didn't want to care about this kind of thing. They are here to travel, not to explore the history of Greenland and Nuuk.

Seeing that Yang Jing and Gege were unwilling to worry about this matter, Jack was very acquainted and didn't say it any more, but led everyone to move forward.

Residential houses in the front have begun to sparse ~www.readwn.com~ This means that the edge of the city has arrived. But there are buses here. After consulting Yang Jing and Grid, Jack took everyone on a beckoning bus.

After lingering on the bus for four or five minutes, Jack led everyone out of the bus.

On the opposite side of the road where you got off, there are several rare buildings with six or seven floors.

But Jack showed a proud expression on his face when he saw these buildings. "This is our highest school in Greenland, the University of Greenland! I graduated here that year."

If it weren't for what Jack said personally, it would be hard for Yang Jing and Gege to believe that this place turned out to be a university and the highest institution in Greenland.

It's too small and shabby. Any middle school in China's domestic cities is probably larger than this university...

But Jack doesn’t seem to be embarrassed by the shabbyness of this university at all. “Yes, although this university is a bit small, although there are only more than 800 students, this is the place where the young people in Greenland are most yearning. A school in. It carries our hope for the future of Greenland, and we all like it here!"