Project Date:
June 18. 2010

In 1806 it was decided that the the sumps of Amager should be the place for executions. That's why we today have the saying "Ama'r halshug" when we agree on something.
Today the island is called the crappy island or the pissed uncle of Copenhagen. The original. The one that shouts out load and don't want to sit by the table. He would rather stand in the kitchen smoking.
Photojournalist Emil Ryge Christoffersen has moved to Amager and confesses: "I've always thought that it was more fun sitting next to my uncle".
(Article in Danish)