The present settlement in Brattahlid (Kagissiarssuk) started developing in 1924, and now between 200 and 300 people live there.  There the ruins of Eirikur the red’s farm still remind of the flourishing, Icelandic settlements.  He settled there at the end of the 10^th century. He  was among the great peopleof his time and an excellent salesman, which he proved by persuading a great number of his countrymen to accompany him and  settle in Greenland.  His son, Leif the lucky, discovered North America around the year 1000.  Eirik’s wife, Thjodhildur, was baptized and built the first church in Greenland, which actually was the first one on the North American continent.  Its ruins still stand.  The first Greenlandic parliament was established at Brattahlid and its ruins are still obvious.