Rosenborggade (literally "Rosenborg Street") is a street in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from the southern, pedestrianized part of Frederiksborggade in the west to Gothersgade in the east. It takes its name after Rosenborg Castle on the other side of the street.
Rosenborggade was established in 1650, just a few years after Gothersgadem then known as Ny Kongensgade, had been established along the now abandoned, old Eastern Rampart of the city's Fortification Ring. [1]
A boarding house known as Pjaltenborg, which provided accommodation for the very poorest part of the city's population, was located on the corner with Aabenraa. The cheapest option in the immensely crowded building was to spend the night standing along the wall attached to a hook by a rope under the arms. The run-down, half-timbered building was destroyed in a fire on the night between 25 and 26 March 1850. [2]
The building at the corner with Tornebuskegade (Rosenborggade 9/Tornebuskgade) was originally built for a brewer named Jacob Carstensen. It was expanded with two more floors for a tanner named Johan Julius Gram in 1846–1847. The neighbouring property at No. 7 was also built for him in 1847. It comprises a warehouse to the rear. Both No. 7 and 9 are listed. [3]
The building at the corner of Åbenrå is called Pjaltenborg but has nothing in common with its predecessor but its name and location. It was completed the same year as the fire in 1850. The neighbouring building at No. 10 is from 1901. Both No. 10 and 12 are also listed.
The National Romantic buildings at No. 15-17 is an extension designed by Henning Hansen to the YMCA's headquarters on Gothersgade. The original building was designed by Jens Christian Kofoed and inaugurated on the YMCA's 22-years anniversary on 17 September 1900. Henning Hansen expanded the building with the Rosenborggade Wing in two phases in 1916-1918 and 1924. The buildings later housed the University of Copenhagen's Department of Political Science and was then known as the Rosenborg Annex. [4]
At the corner with Frederiksborggade is a branch of the Lagkagehuset bakery chain.
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.
Nørre Voldgade is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs north-east from Jarmers Plads for approximately 600 metres to Gothersgade where it turns into Øster Voldgade. The succession of Nørre Voldgade, Øster Voldgade and Vester Voldgade together forms a traffic artery which arches around the Zealand side of the central and oldest part of Copenhagen. Nørreport Station, Denmark's busiest railway station, is located in the street.
Øster Voldgade, together with Vester Voldgade and Nørre Voldgade, forms a succession of large streets which arches around the central and oldest part of the Zealand side of Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs north-east from Gothersgade at Nørreport Station to Georg Brandes Plads, between the Copenhagen Botanical Gardens and Rosenborg Castle Gardens, and continues straight to a large junction at the southern end of Oslo Plads, near Østerport Station, where it turns into Folke Bernadotte Allé.
Dronningens Tværgade is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark, which runs from Bredgade to Rosenborg Castle Garden. The street originally formed a link between the King's Garden and the Queen's Garden. With the Odd Fellows Mansion on Bredgade and the central pavilions of the east fringe of the castle garden located at each their end, the street has axial qualities. These are accentuated by the Dronningegården Estate, a Functionalist housing complex from the 1940s, which forms an urban space around the intersection with Adelgade.
Grønningen is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark, connecting Bredgade and the intersecting street Esplanaden to Oslo Plads in front of Østerport Station along the southwestern margin of the fortification Kastellet. It lends its name to the artists' cooperative Grønningen which was originally based in the street.
Dronningensgade is a street in the Christianshavn district of Copenhagen, Denmark, running parallel to Christianshavn Canal one block to the east, from Christianshavn Rampart in the south to Bådsmandsstræde in the north.
Sølvgade is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark, extending north-west from Borgergade to The Lakes where Fredens Bro connects it to Fredensgade. The section from Kronprinsessegade to Øster Voldgade follows the walled north-eastern margin of Rosenborg Castle Garden and the next section, from Øster Voldgade to the intersection with Farimagsgade, named Sølvtorvet although it is little more than a busy street junction, separates Copenhagen Botanical Garden from Østre Anlæg.
Store Kannikestræde is a street in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark, connecting Frue Plads to Købmagergade. Its history is closely associated with the University of Copenhagen and some of Copenhagen's oldest halls of residence are located in the street. It has been pedestrianized since 1973.
Nørregade is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark, linking Gammeltorv in the south with Nørre Voldgade in the north. Landmarks in the street include Church of Our Lady, Bispegården, St. Peter's Church and Folketeatret.
Landemærket, literally "The Landmark", is a street in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. It extends from Købmagergade along the north side of the Trinitatis Complex (Round Tower and Trinitatis Church, Guttenberghus and the Film House to Gothersgade at Rosenborg Castle Gardens.
Strædet is the colloquial name of a popular shopping and café street in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark, linking Højbro Plads on Strøget at its eastern end with Regnbuepladsen next to City Hall to the west. The official street names are Læderstræde, Kompagnistræde and Farvergade. The shops along the street are generally smaller and more eclectic than the flagship stores on neighbouring Strøget. It is dominated by art galleries and antique shops. It is known for its rich gay culture with LGBT citizens, shops, bars, restaurants and coffeehouses.
Møntergade is a street in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Pilestræde in the west to Gothersgade in the east.
Frederiksborggade is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Kultorvet square in the southeast to Søtorvet where Queen Louise's Bridge connects it to Nørrebrogade in Nørrebro on the other side of The Lakes. The street is effectively divided in two by Nørreport station on Nørre Voldgade. The short, southern portion, together with Kultorvet and Købmagergade, forms a pedestrian zone between the station and Strøget at Amagertorv. The wider and younger northern portion is open to car traffic.
Rigensgade is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It links Sølvgade in the west with Øster Voldgade in the east. An underpass for pedestrians link the beginning of the street with Rosenborg Castle Gardens on the other side of Sølvgade. Notable buildings include the former Garrison Hospital. and the Methodist Jerusalem's Church.
Åbenrå is a street in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Landemærket in the southeast to Rosenborggade in the northwest, linking Vognmagergade with Tornebuskgade. The last part of the street passes the rear side of the grounds of the Reformed Church in Gothersgade. The former rectory associated with the church is located at No. 32-36. It is now houses the Danish Association of Architects.
Christian IX's Gade is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Gammel Mønt in the south to Gothersgade in the north.
Vognmagergade is a street located one block south of Rosenborg Castle Gardens in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. The street runs from Møntergade in the southeast to Landemærket in the northwest, linking Gammel Mønt with Åbenrå. All the buildings in the street date from the years after an urban renewal project in the 1910s. A dominating feature is a glazed skyway with a clockl and the name Egmont. Københavns VUC, an adult education centre, is based at No. 8.
Tornebuskegade is a street in the Old Yown of Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Rosenborggade in the south to Nørre Voldgade in the north.
Rosenborggade 10 is a Neoclassical property situated at the obtuse corner of Rosenborggade and Sankt Gertruds Stræde, close to Nørreport station, in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was constructed in 1801 by Lauritz Laurberg Thrane, one of the most prolific master builders in Copenhagen during the 1790s and 1800s. It was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1979. Former residents include the composer Johan Christian Gebauer and the portrait painter Geskel Saloman.
Rosenborggade 19 is an 18th-century property situated at the corner of Rosenborggade and Gothersgade, opposite Rosenborg Castle and next to the Reformed Church, in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was expanded with a detached two-storey building at Gothersgade 113 in 1825. The two buildings were both listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1987.
