In the past few years, Iceland has been the hottest destination, for so many obvious reasons. Greenland, on the contrary, is relatively unknown. A treasured secret. This article explores why hopping on over to Greenland is worth the short extra flight when visiting Iceland by answering some frequently asked questions.

If we threw Iceland and Greenland into an Inuit drum dance competition to settle this question, you would certainly get some entertaining answers. After all, both Icelanders and Greenlanders have a fun (if not always similar) sense of humour. Instead, we’ll give you a few pointers that reveal the differences (or similarities) between these wildly beautiful countries instead. Regardless of whether you want to visit Greenland or Iceland for vacation, you’ll come out knowing some differences between them!

If you thought Iceland was the wilderness, you should hop on over to Greenland and explore the real wild west. Iceland has so much to offer, but the world has discovered a lot of it. Greenland is for the adventurers who have been everywhere else and want to explore the most unique and remote parts of the world.

Iceland had about 2 million tourists visiting in 2019. Greenland had about 100,000 tourists. With 2.17 million square kilometres of land and only 56,000 residents, Greenland has the lowest population density in the world. The numbers speak for itself and while we don’t want Greenland to grow too fast, we definitely have plenty of space to welcome more visitors all year round.

For the first time:Greenland is ice. Iceland is Green. This line is a classic saying you can find about Greenland in the trusty encyclopedia called Google. Then why is Greenland called Greenland instead of Iceland?  Greenland is definitely icy, since 79% of the island is covered by the magnificent Greenland Ice Sheet. It is, by the way, the second largest body of ice in the world after Antarctica .If you look at Greenland from a climate perspective, the world’s largest island is full of dramatic contrasts. For example, there are Arctic deserts in the north and much greener pastures in the south of Greenland.

Iceland is icy too, although a comparatively smaller chunk of it is covered by ice at 11%. Overall it has a milder climate than Greenland allowing for considerably lush greenery to flourish in the summertime.