We sailed our first GREENLAND & ICELAND Cruise 2024 | The Good, Bad & Ugly (Our Honest Full Review)

Great video - good info and you hit the nail on so many things 🙂 Two notes about Qaqortoq: 1. Qaqortoq doesn't only take 40 ships as a maximum. The number the town can take is decided by how much the harbour can handle. Which means that the number just keep rising each year (except Corona). At the same time compared to other destinations the season is very short... late May to early October, but pretty much just July, August and September. With so many guests (more than 45.000 pax this year) coming in and with a town of aprox. 3.000 inhabitants, it puts a lot of strain on the people living here. Imagine to wake up in your own town and suddenly with a big ship (+3.000 pax) your town has 100% more people. So socioeconomic as you talk about it's problematic that the town gets 'invaded' so much and so often in summer. Especielly since some cruisers don't understand that when they show up with all their money and demands, that for instance the local choir can't preform... because they got a normal day job from 8-16 o'clock and with the cost of things here no one can earn a living just working around 40 days a year. Or why Qaqortoq Museums toilet isn't free, because we don't get it cleaned for free. Or why the hotel closes when ships come in... because selling a cup of coffee for hours of free wifi doesn't pay the bills. And so many other issues that masstourism brings to small societies. Ofcourse at the destination we are happy that people want to visit us and learn more about us, but sadly not all people have turned on the understanding-mode.. in short: Don't expect that Qaqortoq is like Nassau 🙂 2. The cost of excursions. A small commercial: A visit at Qaqortoq Museum gives you acces to the big Main Building (3 floors) that is the oldest building in Southgreenland dating back to 1804. It gives you acces to the very intestering Norse Museum about "Vikings" in Greenland. It gives you acces to the beautifull old red church from 1832. All that for 60 DKK, 10 dollar or 10 euro. Pretty good deal right? 🙂 Well, not for all - some even think it should be free. Not having an understanding-mode turned on for the economy in the country they are visiting :-/ Fun fact: For 60 DKK, 10 dollar or 10 euro in Greenland you can also bye 3 cucumbers. Just a little insight in the economy and prices here heh Greetings, Dan Ullerup, Museum Director Qaqortoq Museum

Fun fact, Its not a long walk into down town Reykjavik and practically every street has a bus stop which runs every 15 mins. The cost is about $3.50 which you can ask the bus driver for a ticket to change buses which is included. You can also just ride the local bus all around town to site see and get dropped off where you got on. Glad you guys had fun. Loved seeing your videos🥰⚓️🇦🇽💙

I know I say it every time but thank you for always bringing up how accessible things are! It means a lot that you take the time recognize us ❤️❤️

You're welcome for the magnets - happy I could help! I agree so much with your video (was sitting here [in Reykjavik!] nodding my head along with your replay)! We had an overnight here and were the only ship! Very different experience. Miss you guys!

This is really helpful, I’ve never been to either. Thanks guys! 🎉❤

We did Iceland round trip from Copenhagen pre pandemic—no flies and no fog. The beauty of that itinerary was seeing the Shetland and Faroe Islands which were also unique. Recently did a 14 day Norway cruise which visited several ports above the arctic circle—experienced lots of rain and fog on that cruise. I think my main advice for that type of expected weather is to choose a ship with pool decks that include a solarium and a ship that has lots of interesting indoor venues like the ‘crows nest’. The ship we were on was more suited for fun in the sun rather than rain—there was so much outside space that was unusable due to the weather.

Great video - Your overview made me all the more excited to book. Thank you!

As always, your content is wonderful. Good to know about the weather, it can be so fickle anywhere, better to be prepared! Anyway, love your content, have been watching your vlogs for a while, catching up on older ones. First time I actually had a chance to see a live vlog. Keep up the good work. Even your "bad" isn't really bad. Hugs to you both. Praying for safety for our peeps in Florida.

Thank you for your review that was so thorough.

Very helpful info in this video.....we are doing NYC to Bergen next year with stops in Greenland and Iceland. Your observations will help us to be prepared. Thank you.

Great video! Love your description of how friendly the locals are … but did anyone bring you a pie? 😉

Good Video with some interesting points made. We are going on an Iceland and Greenland cruise (eventually ending up in NYC) in August on Viking. We plan on arriving a few days early and staying in Reykjavik to get a feel for it. Seems like a nice small town.

Thanks for the great review. Definitely a bucket list journey.

Excellent and insightful observations.

Thank you for the excellent information. I thought I had done my homework for our upcoming August cruise --Iceland, Greenland, Newfoundland--but I was wrong. We will definitely be better prepared for that trip after watching your video!

Thank you for your informative video. We recently had some time in Iceland with a land extension via Viking. We were very fortunate to have perfect weather in Iceland and we absolutely loved it there. We are going back on a Viking cruise next June and will also see two Greenland ports. Your tips will be helpful for our planning.

Great video guys, lots of good tips. Which month did you go? We booked one in July next year

Thank you guys. Great review. I have not been there yet, but I am interested in those hot baths.

Great video, guys! Glad to have the heads up about the flies. 🤗 Did a land tour of Iceland in March 2021 (east and south) and have an Iceland, Greenland, Canada cruise booked for September 2025. Really excited to see the northern part of the country.

I appreciated your thoughtful and practical commentary!