The town started as a mission and trading company founded on the 29. Between 1950 and today the town gained 13.000 of its present 14.000 inhabitants. The Island is quite isolated but boat trips will be organised to Nuuk and the nearby settlement Kapsillit. The church is going to be restored as widely as possible in its original constructions. Young unemployed Greenlanders will take part in the work.
Water has to be melted from frozen blocks of ice caught in the fiord.
It is the second year running that the municipality of Aasiaat is hosting a workcamp. The Disco Bay holds some of the most scenic parts of the nature in Greenland. It is an excellent place for seeing icebergis in the Summer. Aasiaat has about 3.500 inhabitants which makes it the second largets town in the Disco Bay. Aasiaat is a modern town with all modern facilities and as for all cities in Greenland, fishing is playing a big part.