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Avedøre Station
Avedøre is a south-western suburb of Copenhagen located in Hvidovre Municipality. Description The city is mostly made up of concrete blocks and row-housing, but some people residing in Avedøre live in detached single-family houses with gardens. One major high-rise block called "Store Hus" (lit. English: Grand House) dominates the suburb's skyline. The city has a relatively high rate of crime and many inhabitants are unemployed . Approximately 16,000 persons live in Avedøre, and approx. 60% of the inhabitants is either immigrant or born by immigrants, mainly from Iraq, Palestine, Lebanon, Spain and Turkey. History Prior to 1 April 1974, Avedøre was an exclave of Glostrup Municipality. On that date, Avedøre was combined with neighboring Hvidovre Municipality Hvidovre Municipality () is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in the Capital Region near Copenhagen on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 22 km2, and has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avedøre Railway Station
Avedøre station is a suburban rail railway station serving the suburb of Avedøre southwest of Copenhagen, Denmark. Avedøre station is located on the Køge radial of Copenhagen's S-train network, a hybrid suburban rail and rapid transit system serving Greater Copenhagen. The station is served regularly by trains on the A-line which have a journey time to central Copenhagen of around 15 minutes. History The station opened on 1 October 1972 as the first section of the Køge Bay Line from Copenhagen to was completed. See also * List of Copenhagen S-train stations * List of railway stations in Denmark * Rail transport in Denmark * Transport in Copenhagen * Transport in Denmark References External links * Banedanmark– government agency responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network DSB– the Danish national train operating company Danske Jernbaner– website with information on railway history The history of rail transp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brøndby Strand
Brøndby Strand (in English: 'Well Town' Beach) is a suburb in Brøndby Municipality, approximately south-west of central Copenhagen, Denmark 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 or Denmark, Danes 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 artists of national and international stature. The suburb is connected with the S-train. Notable people Music * Majid (rapper), Majid (born 1975) a Danish rapper of Moroccan-Berber origin * Burhan Genç Koç (born 1983) known as Burhan G, a Danish R&B and pop singer, songwriter and producer [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
