Grønnegade (
lit.: Green Street) is a street in the Old Town 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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, running northeast from
Gammel Mønt
Gammel Mønt ( en, Old Mint) is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark, located one block west of Gothersgade and Rosenborg Castle Garden.
History
In 1497, a community of Poor Clare nuns established the Monastery of St. Clare roughly at the jun ...
to
Gothersgade
Gothersgade is a major street in the City Centre of Copenhagen, Denmark. It extends from Kongens Nytorv to Sortedam Lake, passing Rosenborg Castle and Gardens, Nørreport Station and Copenhagen Botanic Gardens on the way.
Every day at 11:30 am, ...
where it turns into
Borgergade
Borgergade is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Gothersgade to Store Kongensgade. As one of relatively few streets in central Copenhagen, the street, in its western part, is dominated by modern buildings. The eastern part passe ...
. It is part of Copenhagen's most exclusive shopping area, located northwest of
Kongens Nytorv
Kongens Nytorv ( lit. "The King's New Square") is a public square in Copenhagen, Denmark, centrally located at the end of the pedestrian street Strøget. The largest square of the city, it was laid out by Christian V in 1670 in connection with ...
.
History
The street name Grønnegade, then as ''Grønægade'', is already registered in 1377, making it one of the oldest street names in Copenhagen which still exist today. In the Middle Ages, it was a grassy path that passed through an area with private gardens and undeveloped sites.
From at least 1689, a closed passageway, later referred to as Smids Gang, extended from the north side of the street.
[ Another narrow alleyway, Peder Madsens Gang, connected Grønnegade to Østergade. Its buildings were demolished in 1873 to make way for the wider street Ny Østergade.]
Notable buildings
The oldest buildings in the street are No. 26, 27 and 39 which date from before 1700, although they have all undergone later alterations.[
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Further reading
Grønnegadekvarteret
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References
External links
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Streets in Copenhagen