- Location: originates from New Royal Square and ends at Badstuestræde
- Sightseeing: Town Hall Square, Stork Fountain, Holy Spirit Church, Erotic Museum, Guinness World Records Museum, Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center
One of Denmark 's most famous attractions can rightfully be called Stroget Street (Stroget) in Copenhagen . Its name comes from the Danish word "stroge", which in translation means walking. You will be surprised, but you will not be able to find this street on the map. The thing is that it is rather a tourist route than a geographical object, and includes as many as five streets: Frederiksberggade, Nigade, Yostergade, Wimmelskaftet and Amagerterv.
What is interesting Stroget Street?
This street is known, first of all, because it is the oldest and longest pedestrian street in Europe. Just imagine, its length reaches two kilometers. This street was opened in 1962, and since then its popularity among tourists and inhabitants of Copenhagen only increases.
There is a sea of first-class hotels (Ascot Apartments, B & B Bonvie, Central Apartment Copenhagen and others), distinctive restaurants of Danish cuisine and cafes. And these establishments are calculated for absolutely different taste of visitors and their financial possibilities. Here you can go shopping and buy souvenirs for friends and relatives, and also go for grocery shopping. Also this street due to the abundance of tourists on it - a real paradise for street artists.
sights
There are a lot of historical and other sights on Stroget. This street begins from the Town Hall Square, where tourists are so fond of taking pictures. Next you will be met by the Church of the Holy Spirit and the Fountain of the Storks. By the way, the church was built in the Middle Ages. It is considered to be the only building preserved in the city since that time and is therefore particularly valuable.
Of course, the favorite of many tourists on this street is an unusual thermometer. It works as follows: if the sunny weather is expected, then a girl on a bike appears on it, if a rainy and cloudy girl with an umbrella. Also on this street there are a number of popular museums : the Museum of Music History, the Museum of Erotica , the Guinness World Records Museum, the Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center. Interesting fact
The Fountain of the Storks is located on the Amagertour Square, in the central part of the street. It is believed that in 1950 a beautiful tradition arose associated with this fountain: every year graduates of the obstetrician dance around him.
How to get there?
You can get to Stroget street from other parts of the city by bus 95, 96.
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