Europe
Healthcare and travel insurance in Greenland
—health spend per person
Healthcare in Greenland
Hospital in Nuuk, smaller hospitals and clinics elsewhere. Nordic and EU visitors get necessary care free with proof; others pay everything, including evacuation.
Key facts
- Travel insurance: Greenland's health ministry calls comprehensive insurance, including evacuation, absolutely necessary for visitors from outside the EU and the Nordics.
- Pharmacies: Pharmacies are limited; bring enough of any regular medication, as health authorities advise.
- Doctors: 1.1 per 1,000 people (1980, World Bank).
- Emergency: Police 70 14 48.
Healthcare & insurance by place
Sources
- CDC Travelers' Health
- US State Department travel advisory
- Visit Greenland: visa requirements
- Visit Greenland: currency and payment
- Visit Greenland: FAQ
- Greenland Police
- Tusass: Hello Greenland
- Greenland Ministry of Health: care for temporary visitors
- World Bank open data
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