Taseralik Culture Center

Taseralik Culture Center (Greenlandic: Taseralik kulturikkut) is a cultural center in Sisimiut, a town in western Greenland, the second-largest town in the country.[1] Located in the eastern part of Sisimiut, on the shore of the small Nalunnguarfik lake, Taseralik is the second such center in Greenland, after Katuaq in Nuuk, the capital.

Taseralik
Taseralik kulturikkut
Taseralik Culture Center overlooking Nalunnguarfik Lake
Map
General information
Architectural styleModernism
Town or citySisimiut
CountryGreenland
Coordinates66°56′15″N 53°39′02″W / 66.93750°N 53.65056°W / 66.93750; -53.65056
Website
Official website

Activity edit

The center hosts art exhibitions,[2] traveling theatre troupes,[3][4] movies,[5] and concerts, from classical[6] to folk music.[7] The Sisimiut Culture Day on 21 November is also celebrated at Taseralik.[8]

References edit

  1. ^ "Greenland in Figures, 2010" (PDF). Statistics Greenland. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Kistat Lunds malerier i Taseralik". Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa (in Danish). 16 July 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Stor interesse for 'Illerngit' i Sisimiut". Sermitsiaq (in Danish). 22 November 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
  4. ^ "Slædespor i Sisimiut". Sermitsiaq (in Danish). 17 November 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
  5. ^ "Taseralik".
  6. ^ "Operasucces i Sisimiut". Sermitsiaq (in Danish). 22 May 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
  7. ^ "Rasmus i Taseralik". Sermitsiaq (in Danish). 6 May 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
  8. ^ "Kulturdag i Sisimiut" (in Danish). Taseralik Kulturikkut. Retrieved 17 July 2010.