Alluitsup Paa is a fisherman settlement with a fish factory. Alluitsup Paa was founded in 1830 and, with its present-day 500 inhabitants, it is one of Greenland's largest settlement. To return to Narsarsuaq fra Alluitsup Paa take the regular KNI service to Qaqortoq. Overnight in Alluitsuup Paa is possible at Hotel Qaannivik. There is a KNI shop in the settlement.
Field ice dominates, with ice floe upon ice floe, and during certain spring and summer months.
Originally founded in 1775, Qaqortoq is today South Greenland's largest municipality with a population of more than 3,500, of which about 3,200 live in Qaqortoq town. The remainder live in the three small settlements Eqalugaarsuit, Qassimiut, and Saarloq, plus at a number of isolated sheep farms. The town serves as a communications, service, educational and 'cultural' center for the region. As in other South Greenland towns commercial fishing is very important. Other important employers include the government-owned tannery, Great Greenland, which purchases and processes skins and furs from all over Greenland, as well as producing a range of fur goods.