The Greenlandic House in Aalborg

The director of the Greenlandic House J. Thrysøe (on the right) with the Czech Ambassador Z. Lyčka

The director of the Greenlandic House Jan Thrysøe together with Czech Ambassador Zdeněk Lyčka welcomed the members of the local Greenlandic community and other visitors at the exhibiton opening. A group of Czech students studying in Aalborg and Danish pastor Henrik Wilhjelm, who spent almost 30 years on missionary work in Greenland, also attended the opening.

After the opening the guests were discussing the unusual illustrations and life in both Greenland and Denmark while having a glass of Czech beer and a little refreshment. Ambassador Zdeněk Lyčka gave also an interview to the Greenlandic daily Sermitsiaq.

The exhibition opening

The exhibition opening

The exhibition of illustrations by Martin Velíšek was presented for the first time in September 2008 in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, as part of the project Czech days in Greenland. Afterwards the exhibition travelled around Greenland (Qaqortoq, Maniitsoq, Sisimiut and Ilulissat). In April 2009 the inhabitants of the West-Greenlandic town Maniitsoq had an opportunity to meet Martin Velíšek personally and hear a lecture which he prepared together with Czech Ambassador Zdeněk Lyčka. In 2010 the exhibition was shown in Knud Rasmussen’s House in Hundested, in 2011 at the museum in Skive, in the spring of 2012 on the Faroe Islands and in the summer of 2012 in the Greenlandic House in Copenhagen. Afterwards the exhibition continued its journey to Odense where it was shown from November 2012 until January 2013. After Aalborg it will be welcomed in the alternative Copenhagen quarter of Christiania (April 2013).