Østerbrogade is the principal shopping street and thoroughfare in the

Østerbro Østerbro () (literally, "Eastern Bridge") is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located just north of the city centre, outside the old city gate Østerport which, after it was moved around 1700, used to be located clo ...

district of

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

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. It extends from Lille Triangel at the north-eastern tip of The Lakes, passes Trianglen, and continues to

Svanemøllen station Svanemøllen station is an S-train station in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen served by the A, B, Bx, C, and E services in Copenhagen, Denmark. Svanemøllen station was inaugurated on 15 May 1934 simultaneously with the opening of the B ...

from where it becomes Strandvejen.

History

Østerbrogade originated as the old main road which extended from the

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, paradoxically located north of the city. Originally it was simply known as Østerbro and the name only referred to the stretch between the city gate and present day Trianglen where it continued as Strandvejen (English: The Beach Road) along the coast. After the city gate was dismantled in 1859 and the city was gradually allowed to develop beyond the old fortifications, still more of the old main road was included in Østerbrogade until it finally reached all the way to its present-day terminus at Svanemøllen in 1949. Redevelopment of the area along the road began in 1854 when the

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built the

Brumleby Brumleby is an enclave of terraced houses in Copenhagen, Denmark, located between Øster Allé and Østerbrogade, just south of Parken Stadium and St. James' Church. Built for indigent workers by the Danish Medical Association from 1854 to 1872, i ...

terraced houses to provide cheap and healthy housing for indigent workers. In 1857 the first apartment building was built at Trianglen. St. James' Church was built just north of Brumleby from 1872 to 1878. In 1961, the part of Østerbrogade closest to the city centre, from Østerport Station to Lille Trianglen, was renamed

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but the continuous numbering was retained.

Notable buildings and residents

Østerfælled Torv Østerfælled Torv ( lit. "Østerfælled Market") is a mixed-use development surrounding a public space by the same name in the former grounds of Østerfælled Barracks in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is a result of a redevelop ...

is a result of a redevelopment of the former

Østerfælled Barracks Østerfælled Barracks ( Danish: ), later known as , was a barracks originally built in the 1890s for the Guard Hussars of the Royal Danish Army in the emerging Østerbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. Its grounds have now been transformed into a ...

into a

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surrounding a public space.

(No. 55A) is an enclave of

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s built in two stages in 1854–1872. These are the oldest surviving buildings in Østerbro. Built for indigent workers by the

, it is one of the earliest examples of

social housing Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is usually owned by a government authority, either central or local. Although the common goal of public housing is to provide affordable housing, the details, terminology, def ...

in Denmark and became a model for later projects. The oldest part of the development was designed by

Michael Gottlieb Bindesbøll Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian an ...

. Next to it, on both sides of Olufgade, is one of the developments of the Workers' Co-Operative Building Society. It consists of 49 terraced houses built 1874-1877 to design by Frederik Bøttger. The development was designed by

and

Vilhelm Klein Vilhelm Klein (6 March 1835 – 10 February 1913) was a Danish architect who adopted the Historicist approach, frequently emulating the so-called Rosenborg style and the Italian Renaissance style. Early life Born in Copenhagen, Denmark as the ...

Neoclassical style Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassicism, Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The pr ...

. St James' Church (No. 59), Østerbro's first church, was completed in 1886 to a

Neo-Gothic Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...

design by

Ludvig Fenger Ludvig Peter Fenger (7 July 1833 – 9 March 1905) was a Danish architect. He was a proponent of the Historicist style, and from 1886 to 1904 he held the title of City Architect in Copenhagen. Among his works are several churches, the Centra ...

. Vobensgård is a three-winged apartment building is from 1903-05 and was designed by

Anton Rosen Anton Rosen (13 September 1859 – 2 July 1928) was a Danish architect, furniture designer, decorative artist and professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. In his architecture, he combined a free Historicist style with inspiration ...

. It was listed in 1987.

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Osterbrogade Shopping streets in Copenhagen Streets in Østerbro