title: Brøndby Strand
text: # Brøndby Strand
  
  Brøndby Strand (in English: 'Well Town' Beach) is a suburb in Brøndby Municipality, approximately 13 km (8.1 mi) 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. The suburb is connected with the S-train.
  
  ## 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
  * Sivas Torbati (born ca. 1990) known as Sivas a Danish rapper of Iranian origin
  * Outlandish (1997-2017) a hip-hop music group
  
  ### Sport
  
  * Nicholas Gotfredsen (born 1989) a Danish footballer, plays for Hobro IK
  * Jesper Lindstrøm (born 2000) a Danish footballer, plays for Eintracht Frankfurt
  