lovely in the corner

“Why are the houses in Greenland all different colors? I recently found out. In the past, different trades had their own colors – and they owned houses for their employees, and so by association their houses were that color too. For example, the hospital was yellow and so were the houses of doctors and nurses, the shops were blue as were the shopkeepers houses, the utilities (water, gas etc) were green and the administration houses were red. Although this isn’t the rule anymore, most hospitals are still yellow (except for Ilulissat – only red hospital in the country), shops are still blue etc.”

(Source: canthemannons)