Hundige is a suburb southwest of

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in Greve Municipality. The suburb was originally a small town, but redeveloped into a suburb in the 1960s. The suburb was connected to Copenhagen's S-train network in 1976 and is served by Hundige railway station.

Shopping center

The Hundige StorCenter, a large shopping mall, was built in 1974. Since re-opening in 2009, the shopping center has been called Waves. It is the largest mall in Denmark by leasable space with approximately 78,000 m². The mall houses the third largest

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in Denmark and has more than 135 stores and restaurants. The mall has 3,200 free parking lots as shopping in the mall is mainly car based. The mall employs more than 1,500 people making it the largest employer in Greve Municipality.

Crime

The suburb had a relatively high rate of crime, most of which are committed in the large

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called Askerød in the northern part of the suburb. There was at least one notable incident of homicide in the past Askerød is a concrete housing project made up of 3-4 story concrete buildings containing a total of 722 apartments. The area is often portrayed as an immigrant ghetto by the Danish media. The majority of people living in "Askerød" are first and second generation immigrants, most of whom are under the age of 18. The housing project called Gersagerparken was also known for criminal activity including

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as the project was the previous home of the Black Cobra gang, before the gang moved to the town

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and Karlslunde. Gersagerparken has seen a decrease in criminal activity since then, the most notable criminal activity being a raid on a potential bombs producer.

Notable people

* Bodil Joensen (1944 in Hundige – 1985), a Danish pornographic actress. * Lars

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Christensen (born 1984 in Hundige), a Danish rapper and songwriter. *

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, a Danish rapper and songwriter. * Ghali, a Danish rapper and songwriter. * Sleiman (born 1982 in

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, raised in Hundige), a Danish rapper and songwriter known for his criminal past and affiliation to the local gang ''Bloodz''. * Theresa ( Tessa) Ann Fallesen, a Danish rapper and songwriter. * Ricki Olsen (born 1988 in Hundige), a Danish football player with 250 club caps. * Mai Surrow (born 1992), a Danish badminton player, lives in Hundige.

References

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