The Church of Our Saviour is the oldest and most prominent building in Qaqortoq — a sturdy red wooden church that sits on the hillside above the town square and can be seen from the harbour. Built in the early nineteenth century in the distinctive style of Danish colonial Greenlandic churches, it has thick timber walls painted red, small windows, and a simple white tower. The interior is warm and plain, with model ships hanging from the ceiling in the Nordic sailor's church tradition.
The church is still in active use and hosts regular services. Visitors are welcome outside service hours. The churchyard has graves with inscriptions in both Greenlandic and Danish, and the views down to the harbour from the cemetery are among the best in town. It remains the social and spiritual centre of the community in a way that few churches in western Europe still manage.