Nuuk, Greenland

Nuuk is the capital of Greenland, the largest island in the world. With only 15,000 people, Nuuk is the gateway to the Arctic, the land of ice, snow, and polar bears. But as Greenland is on course to gain independence from Denmark, it's also planning to start exploiting the vast untapped ores all over the island. Nuuk expects to receive thousands of mining workers from all over the world in the coming years.