Hundige

Hundige is a suburb 18 kilometres (11 mi) southwest of Copenhagen 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.

Hundige
Aerial view of Hundige, with the large grey buildings of the Askerød housing project.
Aerial view of Hundige, with the large grey buildings of the Askerød housing project.
Hundige is located in Denmark
Hundige
Coordinates: 55°36′N 12°20′E

Crime

The suburb has a relatively high rate of crime, most of which are committed in the large housing project called Askerød in the northern part of the suburb.[1] 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.[2] 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 has also been known for criminal activity including Drive-by shooting as the project was the previous home of the Black Cobra gang, before the gang moved to the town Ishøj and Karlslunde.[3] Gersagerparken has seen a decrease in criminal activity since then, the most notable criminal activity being a raid on a potential bombs producer.[4]

Shopping center
Nordisk Film cinema at Waves.

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.[5] The mall houses the third largest Bilka 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.

Notable people
  • Bodil Joensen (1944 in Hundige – 1985), a Danish pornographic actress.
  • Lars Ankerstjerne Christensen (born 1984 in Hundige), a Danish rapper and songwriter.
  • DB King, a Danish rapper and songwriter.
  • Ghali, a Danish rapper and songwriter.
  • Sleiman (born 1982 in Lebanon, 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
  1. "19-årig skudt og dræbt på åben gade". Politiken (in Danish). 15 August 2008.
  2. "Skud i Hundige skyldes familiestrid". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). Dagbladet Roskilde. 14 August 2008. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011.
  3. "Trygheden i gersagerparken til debat". Netavisen Greve (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2021-06-09. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  4. Ankerstjerne, Magnus (11 December 2019). "Stor aktion i Greve: Politi bad folk holde sig væk fra vinduerne". Kosmopol (in Danish). TV2.
  5. Tollesson, Nicklas (18 March 2015). "These are Denmark's Largest Shopping Centres". Nordic Property News. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
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