Ved Stranden ( lit. "At the Beach") is a canal side public space and street which runs along a short section of the

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side of Slotsholmen Canal in central

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. It begins at

Holmens Kanal Holmens Kanal is a short street in central Copenhagen. Part of the main thoroughfare of the city centre, it extends from Kongens Nytorv for one block to a junction with a statue of Niels Juel where it turns right towards Holmens Bro while the thro ...

, opposite the

Church of Holmen The Holmen Church ( da, Holmens Kirke) is a Parish church in central Copenhagen in Denmark, on the street called Holmens Kanal. First built as an anchor forge in 1563, it was converted into a naval church by Christian IV. It is famous for having ...

, and runs west along the canal for one and a half blocks before widening into a small, triangular space adjacent to Højbro Bridge and Højbro Plads. The name of the street refers to

Gammel Strand Gammel Strand (modern Danish for "old beach"; originally meant "the old shoreline", i.e. prior to land reclamations) is a street and public square in central Copenhagen, Denmark. On the south side it borders on the narrow Slotsholmens Canal whi ...

, 'Old Beach', which it formed part of until 1961.

Buildings

Most of the buildings in the street date from the rebuilding of the city following the

Copenhagen Fire of 1795 The Copenhagen Fire of 1795 (''Københavns brandes 1795'') started on Friday, 5 June 1795, at or around 3 pm by the Navy's old base south east of Kongens Nytorv on Gammelholm, in the Navy's magazine for coal and timber, the so-called Dellehave. ...

and are listed. No. 10 and 12 were built in 1796–1797 to the design of unknown architects. The

Gustmeyer House The Gustmeyer House (Danish: Gustmeyers Gård) is a historic property on Ved Stranden, opposite Christiansborg Palace on Slotsholmen, in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It was built in 1797 to a Neoclassical design by Johan Martin Quist. The Nobel ...

at No. 14 was designed by Johan Martin Quist and completed in 1797. It is one of Copenhagen's first bourgeois residences with free-standing columns. The former Royal Hotel (No. 18), once one of the city's finest hotels, is from 1798 and was designed by

Jørgen Henrich Rawert Jørgen Henrich Rawert was a (16 August 1751 – 14 July 1823) was a Danish architect. He created the masterplan for the rebuilding of Copenhagen after the Great Fire of 1795 in his capacity of city architect and was also involved in many bu ...

but was expanded with an extra floor in 1886 after it had been taken over by a newspaper publishing house. It is now home to Nordic Council's operations in Copenhagen. The Ploug House at No. 20 was designed by Andreas Hallander and built 1798-1799 for the merchant C. F. Friderici but takes its name after the writer and politician

Carl Ploug Carl Parmo Ploug (29 October 1813 – 27 October 1894) was a Danish poet, editor and politician. Ploug was born in Kolding, Denmark, to assistant professor and future head instructor Christian Frederik Ploug (1774–1837) and Parmone Caroline n� ...

who acquired it in 1862. Its facade is decorated with pilasters. The only building in the street which predates the Great Fire of 1795 is No. 16 which was built by

Philip de Lange Philip de Lange (c. 1705 – 17 September 1766) was a leading Dutch-Danish architect who designed many different types of building in various styles including Dutch Baroque and Rococo. Early life and family Philip de Lange was probably born ...

for General War Commissioner Stephen Hansen in 1748. The only building of younger date is No. 2 at the corner of

, the former headquarters of ''Nordisk Genforsikring'', an insurance company, which replaced several older properties when it was built between 1932 and 1938. It was designed by N. P. P. Gundstrup and has 18 bays facing Ved Stranden, five bays facing Holemns Kanal and 18 bays facing Admiralgade on the other side of the block.

Use

Ved Vejen is the site of a monthly flee market. The canal boats have a stop on the canal front.

Cultural references

The ''

Olsen-banden The ''Olsen Gang'' ( da, Olsen-banden, no, Olsenbanden, german: Die Olsenbande) is a Danish comedy film series created by Danish director Erik Balling and special effects expert Henning Bahs about the eponymous fictional criminal gang. The gang ...

'' gang steals a suitcase at Ved Stranden 6 in ''

The Olsen Gang's Big Score ''The Olsen Gang's Big Score'' ( da, Olsen-bandens store kup) is a 1972 Danish comedy film directed by Erik Balling and starring Ove Sprogøe. The film was the fourth in the ''Olsen-banden''-series. Cast * Ove Sprogøe as Egon Olsen *Morten G ...

''. Ved Stranden is also used as a location in ''

The Last Exploits of the Olsen Gang ''The Last Exploits of the Olsen Gang'' ( da, Olsen-bandens sidste bedrifter) is a 1974 Danish comedy film directed by Erik Balling and starring Ove Sprogøe, Morten Grunwald, Poul Bundgaard and Kirsten Walther. This was the sixth film in the Ol ...

'' at 0:52:19.

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