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08.07.01 - A museum in an abandoned village takes you back in time
A member of Qoorngoq’s friends, Line Dalentoft, tells that during the summer the museum will open on the second floor in Qoornoq’s church near Nuuk.
Qoornoq
Qoornoq is one of the most beautiful abandoned villages found in the vast fjord systems of Nuuk. The village has an amazing view over the Qoornoq creek. The houses are painted in clear, happy colors. The ocean reflects the sunlight, whilst the icebergs from Nuuk’s indland ice pass by.
Adam Lynge informs greenland.com that Qoornoq was abandoned on the 11th. Of October 1971. That day minister Samuel Olsen held the last service before Qoornoq was abandoned. Adam Lynge was born in Qoornoq on the 24th. Of October 1923 and grew up in Qoornoq.
Luckily Qoornoq did not turn into an abandoned ghost town as many other abandoned villages and settlements. Already during the summer of 1972 Qoornoq was made into a summer settlement. Old inhabitants returned to their houses during the weekends and during the summer. Other houses were rented out during the summer, thus the houses stayed maintained and not left to deteriorate.
Church Service
Qoorngoq’s Friends was established in 1991. The goals of the association are to restore and maintain the houses worthy of preservation. Adam Lynge tells that Qoornoq church had had most of its interior removed when the building was abandoned. It was only the benches that were left behind. The church was not being maintained until the Municipality of Nuuk gave permission to restore the church in 1993; thereafter Qoorngoq’s Friends could start renovating the church.
- Adam Lynge tells that the church looks just like it used to do in the past except for the altar.
- ‘In my own country’ referring to Qoornoq. ‘I go to church service every Whitsun’, says Adam Lynge.
Qoorngoq is the old name for the settlement; this is also the name that is engraved on the church bells. Qoornoq is the present-day term for the settlement.
-The plans for the museum started many years ago. A lot of people have been contributing to the museum in the form of pictures and old items. Among the items is a notebook of the midwife’s list of salary. This is very exciting claims Line Dalentoft.
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| Qoornoq. Photo: GTE |
Qoornoq
Qoornoq is one of the most beautiful abandoned villages found in the vast fjord systems of Nuuk. The village has an amazing view over the Qoornoq creek. The houses are painted in clear, happy colors. The ocean reflects the sunlight, whilst the icebergs from Nuuk’s indland ice pass by.
Adam Lynge informs greenland.com that Qoornoq was abandoned on the 11th. Of October 1971. That day minister Samuel Olsen held the last service before Qoornoq was abandoned. Adam Lynge was born in Qoornoq on the 24th. Of October 1923 and grew up in Qoornoq.
Luckily Qoornoq did not turn into an abandoned ghost town as many other abandoned villages and settlements. Already during the summer of 1972 Qoornoq was made into a summer settlement. Old inhabitants returned to their houses during the weekends and during the summer. Other houses were rented out during the summer, thus the houses stayed maintained and not left to deteriorate.
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| Qoornoq church. Photo: GTE |
Church Service
Qoorngoq’s Friends was established in 1991. The goals of the association are to restore and maintain the houses worthy of preservation. Adam Lynge tells that Qoornoq church had had most of its interior removed when the building was abandoned. It was only the benches that were left behind. The church was not being maintained until the Municipality of Nuuk gave permission to restore the church in 1993; thereafter Qoorngoq’s Friends could start renovating the church.
- Adam Lynge tells that the church looks just like it used to do in the past except for the altar.
- ‘In my own country’ referring to Qoornoq. ‘I go to church service every Whitsun’, says Adam Lynge.