Blok P

[2] The building was built and erected in 1965–1966 as part of the Danish parliament Folketing's programme since 1953 to modernize and urbanize the Greenlandic infrastructure by moving people away from the coastal settlements which were deemed "unprofitable, unhealthy and unmodern".

[3] The size and floor plan of the apartments were entirely unsuitable for the Inuit lifestyle, with narrow doorways making it difficult, or sometimes impossible to enter and exit wearing thick cold weather clothing, and common European style wardrobes were too small to store fishing gear.

[4] During the first years there were minor problems with coagulated blood clogging up the drainage, stemming from the fishermen using the only available reasonable place to carve up their catch: the bathtubs.

[5] The Greenlandic Home Rule in conjunction with Nuuk City Council proposed a plan in 2010 to dismantle and sanitize the building.

The flag, which consisted of discarded articles of clothing, was sewn by a local artist – Julie Edel Hardenberg – with the help of schoolchildren.