Walking Strøget

Rådhuspladsen, or City Hall Square, is recognizable by the grand red-brick City Hall that defines its southwestern edge, crowned by a tall, distinctive clock tower. Once the site of the city’s western fortifications and a hay market, the…

Frederiksberggade is the westernmost section of Strøget, the famous pedestrian thoroughfare that stretches across central Copenhagen. You can identify this part of the route by its direct connection to the expansive City Hall Square, known…

Gammeltorv and Nytorv form a large, continuous open space in the center of Copenhagen, distinguished by the Renaissance-era Caritas Well at the heart of Gammeltorv. These squares served as the city’s primary administrative and judicial hub…

Nygade is the shortest street in Copenhagen. It forms a small but busy link in the city's main pedestrian thoroughfare, known as Stroget. While many streets in this area have long, winding histories, Nygade functions as a direct connection…

Vimmelskaftet is a street in central Copenhagen defined by an irregular, bending course that echoes the shape of a carpenter’s drill brace. In medieval times, this bend was thought to resemble a vimmelbor, a traditional tool used for…

Amagertorv is defined by its distinctive pavement, a sprawling pattern of pentagonal granite stones in five different colors. This design, laid in nineteen ninety-three, covers the ground of what has been a central hub of Copenhagen since…

Østergade is one of the four distinct sections that make up Strøget, the long pedestrian thoroughfare running through the center of Copenhagen. You can identify this stretch by its dense rows of historicist and multi-story buildings that…

Kongens Nytorv, or the King’s New Square, is distinguished by an elliptical parterre garden known as Krinsen, which surrounds a central equestrian statue of King Christian the Fifth. Established in sixteen seventy, the square marks a…