Christianshavn Canal Walk

The North Atlantic House is housed in a maritime warehouse constructed in seventeen sixty-seven. You can identify this building by its weathered, rustic exterior, which features raw plank floors and exposed rafter ceilings that contrast…

Christianshavns Kanal is a long, central waterway defined by the two streets that run along its banks, known as Overgaden oven Vandet and Overgaden neden Vandet. The canal bisects the neighborhood, with the street names translating to…

Eigtveds Pakhus stands as a long, ninety-three meter warehouse built between seventeen forty-eight and seventeen fifty. Designed by the royal master builder Nicolai Eigtved, it is constructed from Saltholm limestone and reinforced with…

Wildersgade stretches through the Christianshavn district as a quiet, cobble-stoned street lined with low-slung, multi-colored townhouses and old warehouses. It runs parallel to the Christianshavn Canal, one block to the east, spanning…

The Church of Our Saviour is defined by a black-and-gold spire that corkscrews counter-clockwise four times before ending in a gilded globe. Completed in seventeen fifty-two, this ninety-meter-tall structure is a masterpiece of Dutch…

Freetown Christiania is an intentional community defined by the remnants of the Bådsmandsstræde military barracks and its surrounding seventeenth-century ramparts. You can identify the area by its distinct lack of private car traffic and…

Christianshavns Torv is the central square of this district, easily identified by the wide, open intersection where the busy street Torvegade crosses the historic canal system. Planned in sixteen seventeen by the Dutch engineer Johan Semp…