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 po ...

, approximately south-west of central

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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

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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

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artists of national and international stature. The suburb is connected with the

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Notable people

Music

* 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 IMDb Database
retrieved 28 July 2020 * Sivas Torbati (born ca. 1990) known as

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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 de ...

(1997-2017) a hip-hop music group

Sport

* Nicholas Gotfredsen (born 1989) a Danish footballer, plays for

Hobro IK Hobro Idræts Klub () is a professional association football club based in the town of Hobro, Denmark, that competes in the 1st Division, the second tier of the Danish football league system. Founded in 1913, it is known by the short names 'Hob ...

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 internat ...

(born 2000) a Danish footballer, plays for

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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

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