Hotel SØMA Aasiaat

The rooms here are plain and warm, done in a simple Nordic style rather than anything showy. Hotel SØMA Aasiaat began life as a sømandshjem, a lodging house with warm food for fishermen and seafarers, and the working name stuck even after the rebrand. It sits on Disko Bay, and several rooms look straight out over the water. Choices run from budget rooms, some with shared bathrooms, up through standard, standard plus and superior categories, plus an apartment suited to longer stays. It is not a resort. Breakfast and WiFi come with every booking, and the hotel's cafeteria still functions as a meeting point for the town, much as it did decades ago. Guests can join a guided walk through Aasiaat, hike to the island's summit, or head out on a whale safari through the surrounding archipelago. Restaurant SØMA serves a menu built around Disko Bay ingredients, cod chief among them. Profits from a stay go toward the welfare of local seafarers, fishermen and their communities, a practice the hotel has kept for over 50 years across its four Greenland properties. Check-in staff can help sort out which room fits, since the difference between categories often comes down to size and bed configuration rather than luxury.