Description: Hotel Kangerlussuaq is located in the same building as the airport. The hotel hallways were the most confusing I've ever seen. There is no elevator. Therefore, to get to our room, 3012, I carried our two 50-lb suitcases in each hand up two flights of stairs, rolled them through long corridors, and then carried them down a different set of stairs. The numbering scheme did not seem consistent. On the floor with the 3000's was a room labeled 1001. I also noticed a sign pointed up a set of stairs to get to the 2000's from the 3000's. I felt like we were walking through a fun house maze. The funny thing about our convoluted journey up and down staircases and through hallways was that the net result was that our room ended up being on the ground floor. Unfortunately, we had to travel the whole maze again because I forgot to specify we wanted a non-smoking room. The receptionist made the switch with no hassles.
The room was rather spacious. It had a king-size bed, refrigerator, table, chairs, a closet, and a television containing English, Danish, and Greenlandic channels. Although the room had a trouser press, it did not have an iron and ironing board. I had my small travel iron and electricity converter, so this was not a problem for us.
Kangerlussuaq is situated above the Arctic Circle and thus receives 24-hour sunlight in July. Even with the curtains closed, enough light still shined around the edges to prevent our room from becoming totally dark. Despite this, I did not have any problems sleeping in the comfortable bed. I just had to remind myself to go to bed at night.
As was the case in the other Greenlandic hotels in which we stayed, there was a slot near the entrance of our room in which our key needed to be inserted to turn on the electricity – so we thought. We later found out that the slot only controlled one of the lamps in the room. The rest of the appliances worked regardless of the key.
The hotel contains two dining venues: the cafeteria and Hotel Kangerlussuaq Restaurant. The cafeteria sold fast food items such as burgers, hot dogs, fish and chips, etc... Breakfast at the cafeteria was included in our stay. We just needed to pick up our breakfast voucher from the reception desk each morning. The Hotel Kangerlussuaq Restaurant had more sophisticated cuisine but we only dined there for dessert.
The hotel is surrounded by conveniences such as a grocery store, pizza shop, and tour offices. The other major convenience is that the hotel is attached to the airport. After we checked out, we simply walked a few feet to the flight check-in line and then walked outside to board our flight.
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