Brøndby Strand

Brøndby Strand projects

Brøndby Strand (in English: 'Well Town' Beach) is a suburb in Brøndby Municipality, approximately 13 km 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 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, like Outlandish, Burhan G, Majid, S!vas and others. The suburb is connected with the S-train.

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Coordinates: 55°37′08″N 12°25′03″E / 55.618776°N 12.417372°E / 55.618776; 12.417372

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