page_title: Nuuk Tourist Office
hierarchical_section_title: Nuuk Tourist Office
caption_attribution_description: English: The tourist office in Nuuk, Greenland with a fake Christmas tree and an extremely large postal box. In 1992 Nuuk constructed these as a tourist attraction, as Nuuk (Along with several other cities) is purported as the home of Santa Claus. Photo by Paul Cziko.
context_page_description: Nuuk Tourist Office is a landmark in Nuuk, Greenland, built in 1992 to house the headquarters of the new National Tourist Board of Greenland. It was built to not only provide information to tourists but as an attraction, with a fake Christmas tree and an extremely large postal box.
context_section_description: Nuuk Tourist Office is a landmark in Nuuk, Greenland, built in 1992 to house the headquarters of the new National Tourist Board of Greenland. It was built to not only provide information to tourists but as an attraction, with a fake Christmas tree and an extremely large postal box.
caption: Nuuk Tourist Office
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