Aqqusinersuaq is a major street in

Nuuk Nuuk (; , formerly ) is the capital and most populous city of Greenland, an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark. Nuuk is the seat of government and the territory's largest cultural and economic center. It is also the seat of gove ...

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. The street runs through the

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with one lane in either direction. It begins at the Nuuk Port and Harbour heading south and turns north at Sipisaq Kujalleq and then northwest at 400-talik

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(where it meets Eqalugalinnguit) and ends when it meets HJ Rinksvej Aqqutaa. The road runs through Nuuk's business centre, and many of the city's major landmarks are located along or nearby the street such as

Hotel Hans Egede Hotel Hans Egede is a four-star hotel in Nuuk, Greenland. It is named after Hans Egede, is the largest hotel in Nuuk and was built in 1987. The hotel is located on the main street, Aqqusinersuaq. It has 140 rooms and 10 apartments and is common ...

, Nuuk's City Hall (Nuuk Rådhus), and the

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. Aqqusinersuaq also housed

Blok P Blok P, in Nuuk, was the largest residential building in all of Greenland. It contained around 320 apartments and it is said that approximately 1% of the total population of the entire island lived in the building. The building was demolished on ...

, a notorious apartment building that was demolished in 2012.

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