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Brøndby Strand (in English: 'Well Town' Beach) is a suburb in
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Brøndby Strand (in English: 'Well Town' Beach) is a suburb in Brøndby Municipality
Brøndby Kommune (), a municipality ( da, kommune) in the former Copenhagen County (now Region Hovedstaden), is on the east coast of the island of Zealand (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of , and has a total p ...
, approximately south-west of central Copenhagen, Denmark
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Overview
Brøndby Strand contains a large housing project, in which 8,000 of the suburb's 11,000 inhabitants live. The area is known for having various social problems: many of the inhabitants are unemployed. Of the total population, 60% are immigrants orDanes
Danes ( da, danskere, ) are a North Germanic ethnic group and nationality native to Denmark and a modern nation identified with the country of Denmark. This connection may be ancestral, legal, historical, or cultural.
Danes generally regard t ...
with immigrant parents, most of whom live in the housing projects. It contains about a dozen high-rise residential estates of a big multicultural mix, and is home to a number of successful hip hop and urban rap
Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...
artists of national and international stature. The suburb is connected with the S-train
The S-Bahn is the name of hybrid urban- suburban rail systems serving a metropolitan region in German-speaking countries. Some of the larger S-Bahn systems provide service similar to rapid transit systems, while smaller ones often resemble co ...
.
Notable people
Music
* Majid (born 1975) a Danish rapper of Moroccan-Berber origin
* Burhan Genç Koç (born 1983) known as Burhan G
Burhan Genç Koç (), known as Burhan G (born 20 January 1983), is a Danish R&B and pop singer, songwriter and producer. He has released three albums including '' Burhan G'' in 2010 and ''Din for evigt'', both certified platinum in Denmark. Hit ...
, a Danish R&B and pop singer, songwriter and producer retrieved 28 July 2020 * Sivas Torbati (born ca. 1990) known as
Sivas
Sivas (Latin and Greek: ''Sebastia'', ''Sebastea'', Σεβάστεια, Σεβαστή, ) is a city in central Turkey and the seat of Sivas Province.
The city, which lies at an elevation of in the broad valley of the Kızılırmak river, is a ...
a Danish rapper of Iranian origin
* Outlandish
Outlandish is a hip-hop music group based in Denmark. Formed in 1997, it consisted of Isam Bachiri (born in Denmark and of Berber background), (born in Denmark and of Pakistani background), and (born in Honduras and of Cuban and Honduran desc ...
(1997-2017) a hip-hop music groupSport
*Nicholas Gotfredsen
Nicholas Gotfredsen (born 5 February 1989) is a Danish footballer
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(born 1989) a Danish footballer, plays for Hobro IK
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Founded in 1913, it is known by the short names 'Ho ...
* Jesper Lindstrøm
Jesper Grænge Lindstrøm (; born 29 February 2000), also known as Jobbe, is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the Denmark national team.
Lindstrøm made his full internationa ...
(born 2000) a Danish footballer, plays for Eintracht Frankfurt
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See also
*Brøndbyvester
Brøndbyvester () is a Danish town, seat and main settlement of the Brøndby Municipality, in the Region Hovedstaden. It is known for housing the stadium of football team Brøndby IF.
History
The town is the original core of Brøndby and somet ...
*Brøndbyøster
Brøndbyøster () is a Danish town in the Brøndby Municipality, in the Region Hovedstaden.
Notable people
* Alex Ambrose (born 1978 in Brøndbyøster) stage name Alex, is a Danish singer, songwriter and actor Brøndby Strand station
Brøndby Strand () is a railway station on the Køge radial of the S-train network in Copenhagen, Denmark.
It serves the southern end of Brøndby municipality.
See also
* List of railway stations in Denmark
This article shows a list of railwa ...
References
* https://web.archive.org/web/20080226094728/http://www.brondby.dk/Hovedmenu/By%2C%20bolig%20og%20trafik/Byplanlaegning/Lokalplaner%20Br%C3%B8ndby%20strand.aspx Neighbourhoods in Denmark Copenhagen metropolitan area Brøndby Municipality {{CentralDK-stub