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The settlement Saattut is on an island 26 km from Uummannaq.

The island is small, only 2,5 km from one end to the other. The inhabitants are about 240 persons, and 500 sledgedogs. Saattut means flat, and the highest place is not more than 76 meters above sealevel. Saattut is close to nature. It is a fisher and hunter community, and almost all families are in some way dependent on the fishing. In Saattut there are different opportunities for experiences among the seasons.

Summer/autumn -midnight sun -sealhunting by boat -whale safari -fishing with jig from boat -collect berries -cooking in nature -camping

Winter/spring -period of darkness (no sun from end November until end January) -Northern lights -dogsledging -icefishing with longlinges or jig -sealhunting from dogsledge -dogsledge rides -snowmobile rides -cross-country skiing on the ice -play football on the ice

Municipality:

Qaasuitsup Kommunia

The biggest municipality in the world 660.000 km2 Inhabitants in the municipality: 17.700

8 towns and 31 settlements, one of the settlements is Saattut.

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