Øster Voldgade

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Øster Voldgade seen from Georg Brandes Plads towards Østerport Station.

Øster Voldgade seen from Oslo Plads at Østerport Station.

Øster Voldgade (lit. English: East Rampart Street), 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

History

Øster Voldgade was originally a smaller street which ran on the inside of the new East Rampart, built in the 1650s to replace the old East Rampart which followed present day Gothersgade, thereby incorporating a large new area known as New Copenhagen into the fortified city.

Notable buildings

Gothersgade to Sølvgade

Rosenborg Barracks (addressed on Gothersgade)
Østervold Observatory, perched on top of the former Rosen-borg Rosenborg Bastion, hidden from the street by tall trees^[1]
Museum of Geology

Sølvgade to Oslo Plads

Danish National Gallery (address on Georg Brandes Plads)
DSB Headquarters, (address on Georg Brandes Plads), the former Sølvgade Barracks
Nyboder

References

↑ "Observatoriet på Rosenborg Bastion". Københavns Universitet. Retrieved 2011-02-18.

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