Store Strandstræde (literally "Great Beach Alley") is a street in Copenhagen, Denmark. It extends diagonally from Kongens Nytorv, at the corner of Nyhavn and

Bredgade Bredgade ( lit. "Broad Street") is one of the most prominent streets in Copenhagen, Denmark. Running in a straight line from Kongens Nytorv for just under one kilometre to the intersection of Esplanaden and Grønningen, it is one of the major stre ...

, to Sankt Annæ Plads. Lille Strandstræde ("Small Beach Alley") joins the street shortly before reaching Sankt Annæ Plads.

Nordic Council The Nordic Council is the official body for formal inter-parliamentary Nordic cooperation among the Nordic countries. Formed in 1952, it has 87 representatives from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden as well as from the autonomou ...

is headquartered at No. 18 and operates an

art gallery An art gallery is a room or a building in which visual art is displayed. In Western cultures from the mid-15th century, a gallery was any long, narrow covered passage along a wall, first used in the sense of a place for art in the 1590s. The lon ...

featuring Nordic art and artists at the ground floor.

History

Store Strandgade is the last remains of a small road which ran along the coast line, connecting the old Eastern City Gate to Sankt Annæ Bro (English: Saint Ann's Bridge) where the

Custom House A custom house or customs house was traditionally a building housing the offices for a jurisdictional government whose officials oversaw the functions associated with importing and exporting goods into and out of a country, such as collecting c ...

was built in 1628. The shore was originally located where the street now meets Sankt Annæ Plads. The far end of the street was widened in the 19010.

Buildings

The

Grandjean House The Grandjean House () is a Neoclassical architecture, Late Neoclassical property consisting of two separate buildings, one at Bredgade 4 and one at Store Strandstræde 3, on opposite sides of a central courtyard, in central Copenhagen, Denmark. Th ...

at Storestrandgade 3-Bredgade 4 was built in 1853–54 to a design which is typical of many of the late Empire houses in central Copenhagen. The main facade of the house faced Store Strandstræde while a long wall shielded a courtyard from Bredgade. The Waagepetersensk House (No. 18), with its facade decorated with Ionic order pilasters, is from 1793 and was designed by

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. No. 19-21 dates from 1908 and was designed by

Aage Langeland-Mathiesen Aage Langeland-Mathiesen (22 May 1868 – 19 June 1933) was a Danish architect. He was active both in building design and restoration, and was associated with the National Museum for many years. His building designs are strongly influenced ...

. The building was listed in 1999. The low building whose gable faces the street close to Sankt Annæ Plads is a hearse deport associated with the next-door Garrison Church.

Public art

On the pointed corner of Store Strandstræde with Lille Strandstræde is a small green space with a statue, depicting a Napolitan ''A Fisherman teaching his Son to pla the Flute''. The statue is designed by Otto Evens and is from 1859.

References

External links

at indenforvoldene.dk {{DEFAULTSORT:Store Strandstraede Streets in Copenhagen

History

Buildings

Public art

See also

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