# Store Strandstræde

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Street in Copenhagen, Denmark

Store Strandstræde

**Store Strandstræde** (literally "Great Beach Alley") is a street in [Copenhagen](/source/Copenhagen), [Denmark](/source/Denmark). It extends diagonally from [Kongens Nytorv](/source/Kongens_Nytorv), at the corner of [Nyhavn](/source/Nyhavn) and [Bredgade](/source/Bredgade), to [Sankt Annæ Plads](/source/Sankt_Ann%C3%A6_Plads). **Lille Strandstræde** ("Small Beach Alley") joins the street shortly before reaching Sankt Annæ Plads.

[Nordic Council](/source/Nordic_Council) is headquartered at No. 18 and operates an [art gallery](/source/Art_gallery) featuring [Nordic](/source/Nordic_countries) art and artists at the ground floor.[1]

## History

Store Strandstræde

Store Strandstræde in c. 1830

Store Strandstræde in the 1900s3

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](/source/Nordre_Toldbod#The_Custom_House) 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

[Store Strandstræde 19–21](/source/Store_Strandstr%C3%A6de_19%E2%80%9321), designed by [Aage Langeland-Mathiesen](/source/Aage_Langeland-Mathiesen) (1908)

The corner of Store Strandstræde (left) and Nyhavn (right)

The [Grandjean House](/source/Grandjean_House) at Storestrandgade 3-Bredgade 4 was built in 1853–54 to a design which is typical of many of the [late Empire](/source/Empire_style) houses in central Copenhagen. The main facade of the house faced Store Strandstræde while a long wall shielded a courtyard from Bredgade. [2]

The [Waagepetersensk House](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Waagepetersensk_House&action=edit&redlink=1) (No. 18), with its facade decorated with Ionic order pilasters, is from 1793 and was designed by [Johan Martin](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Johan_Martin&action=edit&redlink=1).

[No. 19-21](/source/Store_Strandstr%C3%A6de_19%E2%80%9321) dates from 1908 and was designed by [Aage Langeland-Mathiesen](/source/Aage_Langeland-Mathiesen). The building was listed in 1999.

The low building whose gable faces the street close to Sankt Annæ Plads is a [hearse](/source/Hearse) deport associated with the next-door [Garrison Church](/source/Garrison_Church%2C_Copenhagen).

## Public art

The statue

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.

## See also

- [Kongens Nytorv](/source/Kongens_Nytorv)

- [F. W. Doberck & søn](/source/F._W._Doberck_%26_s%C3%B8n)

- [Source](http://www.kulturarv.dk/publicffdata/documentation/file/doc/66315/public)

- [Number of residentsby census](https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/sogn595/gader/gader15779)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Nordisk Ministerråds Galleri"](http://mobil.aok.dk/article.pml;jsessionid=4C42AE2F24EBF835DA535E65E799E0AC.uw-portal1?guid=1857). AOK. Retrieved 2010-01-04.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Andersen_Information_2-0)** ["Grandjeans gård - Store Strandstræde 3"](http://www.hcandersen-homepage.dk/grandjeans-konditori.htm). H. C. Andersen Information. Retrieved 2010-01-25.

## External links

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