Greenland - a Grocery Store

Grocery stores are fun to explore in foreign countries. In England an entire aisle was devoted to tea varieties. No surprise there.

So what would we find in a Greenland grocery store? It is the blue building in the first picture.

Despite their sign in various languages, it was far more than just a fish market. West Greenlandic is their official language. Danish is their second one. English comes in third. 

Coming in through the door, the deli case and some shopping carts greet you.  I asked the young teenage girl behind the deli case what a particular sandwich was made of. She could not speak any English. My Danish is too primitive yet to ask a question like that. I could have said,  "The girl has a turtle," but that didn't seem relevant. As a result, we stared at each other.

Quick as a flash, she wiped out her smartphone. Typing her West Greenlandic word into a translator app, she had the English word in no time. Proudly she said, "Sug Sheeg!"

Seeing my perplexed expression, she showed me her phone display. "Sausage!" I yelled. After all that effort, I felt guilty for not buying it. But I didn't have any Danish krone. Yes, I could have used my Visa card, but I will just have to live with the guilt.



To my amazement they had lots of fresh produce like lettuce, onions, squash, green and red peppers, celery, and much more.



They had lots and lots of breakfast cereal. I think the boxes were printed in Danish and English.  I have looked for Lion in my Des Moines grocery but they don't seem to carry it.



The stuff below is either dried fish or a pot scrubber.
They had a large supply of it too. Maybe it is printed in Icelandic?