Country Code 299 (Greenland)

Calling to Greenland

• A leading '+' in the phone number means 'dial your country's exit code'.
• Calling from a mobile phone: dial from on the country where you're currently located.
• Calling from a VoIP or satellite phone: dial from on the country where the phone is registered.

Greenland’s country code may be mislabeled:

• Country code 00299 (exit code of ’00’ used in many European, Asian, and African nations followed by Greenland’s country code of ‘299’).
• Country code 011299 (exit code of ‘011’ used in the United States and Canada followed by Greenland’s country code of ‘299’).

When calling to a mislabeled country code, remove the exit code from the call sequence and replace it with the exit code of the country the call is dialed.

… to a mobile (cellular) phone

Use the same call sequence.

When calling a mobile phone user, dial to the country where the mobile phone is registered, regardless of where the person is roaming.

… to a VoIP phone

Dial VoIP phone numbers based in Greenland with the same call sequence as a regular landline phone.

There are no designated VoIP exchanges in Greenland.

When calling a VoIP phone user, dial to the country where the VoIP phone is registered, regardless of where the person is roaming.

… to a satellite phone

Greenland does not have a country-specific satellite phone system.

Most satellite phones operate on their country code – calls to these satellite phones follow their call sequence.

… sending a fax

Use the same call sequence.

Calling within Greenland (domestic dialing)

Dial all six digits of the phone number for any calls within Greenland. There is no trunk number used when calling within Greenland.

Greenlandic phone numbers explained

Number details

Greenlandic numbers are six digits.

The first two digits signify a specific town or region within Greenland.

Mobile numbers have their own two-digit “regional codes.”

An example of a Greenlandic phone number

The Greenland national museum lists its phone number in Nuuk as (+299) 322611.

Number explanation

Local example – calling from another location in Nuuk

Dial all six digits for any domestic calls.

Long distance – calling from Tasillaq, Greenland (on the other side of the country)

Dial all six digits for any domestic calls.

International example – calling from outside Greenland (including Denmark and the Faroe Islands)

Dial the exit code of the country the call is dialed from, followed by Greenland’s country code of ‘299’, followed by the six-digit local phone number.

Calling from Greenland

’00’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international call from Greenland.

Sources and more resources

• TELE-POST Greenland – Wholly owned by the government of Greenland, TELE-POST is the primary internet, telephone, and post provider for Greenland.
• ITU (International Telecommunications Union) – United Nations specalized agency for information and communications technologies.
• International Telecommunications Union – DIALLING PROCEDURES (INTERNATIONAL PREFIX, NATIONAL (TRUNK) PREFIX AND NATIONAL (SIGNIFICANT) NUMBER) (IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITU-T RECOMMENDATION E.164 (11/2010)) – A collection of dialing procedures for all countries and regions of the world. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
• International Telecommunications Union – Greenland (country code +299) national numbering plan on file with ITU – Details of the Greenland’s telephone numbering plan as submitted to the ITU. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
• Wikipedia – Telephone numbers in Greenland – Wikipedia entry for telephone number data for Greenland. Includes specific number ranges for each city as well as detail on calling procedures.
• BT – the Phonebook – Greenland’s International Codes – Summary of phone codes for Greenland from the BT phone book.