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Walking the length of Copenhagen's famed shopping street known as "Stroget" is a delightful way to spend several hours. The Stroget (pronounced "stroy - et") is Europe's longest, pedestrian-only shopping street. The Stroget is lined with charming apparell shops, gift shops, restaurants and quaint buildings, sidewalk vendors, and the window displays are a feast for the eyes. The somewhat narrow Stroget has many side streets and squares to explore. If you wander off into some of the scenic side streets, you won't be disappointed. Perhaps you come upon a rather well-known, little restaurant called "Det Lille Apotek."
Begin your stroll down the Stroget beginning at Radhus Pladsen, and if you like a good long walk, follow it all the way to Kongen Nytorv and Nyhavn. Some say that prices in stores closest to the Radhus Pladsen are the most reasonable or least expensive while prices in stores at the far end of the Stroget are the most expensive---designer shops like Gucci, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Hugo Boss would fall into this category obviously. This is a place to find trendy clothes and shoes!
If you're looking for gifts from Denmark, this is the street for it! From inexpensive to the very expensive. If you like postcards like I do, you'll find many choices here too.
You can take in the local free entertainment by watching some of the many street performers who obviously know a good thing when they see it---a captive crowd who will reward their performances with a few Danish Kronor tossed into a hat or even violin case. These performers are usually very good and worth spending a few minutes to watch and listen to.
We walked to Stroget from our hotel 2 days in a row and had dinner each night at "Streckers" because we thought it had a nice atmosphere and the price was certainly right. Had we been able to spend more time in Copenhagen, an evening stroll along the Stroget just might have become a nightly ritual! Leave a Comment Address: StrogetDirections: Begins at Radhus Pladsen and continues as far as Kongen Nytorv and Nyhavn Canal
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Stroget-Frederiksberggade by Kuznetsov_Sergey, 3 more photos
We walked along the Stroget right from there. Then the street is named Nygade, Vimmersk, Amarertorv and Ostergade. Stroget comes to an end on Kongens Nytorv. The street is wide enough, filled by gift shops, cafe and small museums-attractions such as a museum of Guiness records (Ostergade, 16 - daily June-August 9.30-22.00).
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1. Walking her bike in the Strøget
2. Also walking her bike
3. Another one walking her bike
4. They all seem to be walking their bikes
5. Street sign: Strøget, Frederiksberggade 23-29
The Strøget is 1.1 kilometers long and claims to be the world's longest urban pedestrian zone.
I'm not sure if this is still true (would have to fire up Google Earth and start measuring), but in any case the main significance of the Strøget is not how long it is but when it became carfree -- in the 1960s, when most cities were still busy widening streets, narrowing sidewalks and trying to make non-motorized movement as cumbersome and demeaning as possible. (Remember what Frankfurt am Main used to look like in the 1960s? Ogottogott!)
Of course a lot of people were involved in the creation of the Strøget. One of them was the Danish architect and urban planner Jan Gehl (born 1936), who is the author of the books Life Between Buildings and Public Spaces, Public Life, and New City Spaces.
In recent years Jan Gehl has built up a consultancy firm, consisting of about forty architects and other specialists, called GEHL Architects, Urban Quality Consultants. On their website, GEHL Architects describe their vision:
"Gehl Architects work to create sustainable environments for the 21st century. Our approach to design extends beyond the use of sustainable materials and advocating walking, cycling and alternative transport. We promote a holistic lifestyle."
Jan Gehl is generally credited with coining the verb copenhagenize meaning to transform cities through bicycle culture and urban cycling, but he stresses that Copenhagen was "copenhagenized" gradually, in small steps, with each step being evaluated before the next was taken.
Actually Strøget is not the name of one particular street, but of a series of streets with different names that lead from the City Hall Square to Kongens Nytorv, where the old theater is. (Sort of like the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, which is the collective name for five or six different streets with different official names.)
The official names of the Strøget streets are Frederiksberggade, Gammel Torv, Nytorv, Nygade, Vimmelskaftet, Amagertorv and Østergade.
As a non-shopper and a non-consumer of junk food I had little reason to linger on the Strøget, but I did stay long enough to see how popular it is and to take some photos of people walking their bicycles through. Leave a Comment
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1. Signspotting display at Nytorv
2. Signs and people at Nytorv
3. About the curator
4. Signspotting text
Part of the Strøget is a square called Nytorv (New Square). During my visit there was a display at Nytorv called "Signspotting" showing funny signs from around the world in English. These were signs that people found and took pictures of, and then they were re-made as signs for the exhibit. (So they were not stolen from their original locations.)
Copenhagen was an excellent place to show this, because so many people speak such good English that they could really appreciate it.
I of course particularly liked the sign reading "UNNECESSARY REPETITIVE DRIVING PROHIBITED".
Also I liked part of the text written by the curator, Doug Lansky. Click on the fourth photo to see the part I particularly liked.
The curator is American, by the way, so some of those signs are simply British English expressions that seem quaint to an American. Like "Changed priorities ahead", which as far as I know is perfectly normal in the UK (meaning they have changed the rules about who can drive first at the next crossing), but in the US the word "priorities" is mainly used in its more lofty meaning of what goals you have decided to concentrate on for the rest of your life.
After being shown for a month on the Nytorv in Copenhagen, the Signspotting Project moved on to Århus, Denmark, then to Edinburgh, Scotland for the Fringe Festival and after that to Gothenburg, Sweden. Leave a Comment
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 by ChiTownMike
Stroget is lined with stores, cafes, and ice cream shops. Sitting outside at a cafe on a nice day is an excellent way to do some people watching. Cafes will be more expensive as it is a big tourist area.
In addition to shopping and eating, there are attractions such as the Round Tower, Guinness World Records Museum, and Museum Erotica (definitely don't have one of these in my home town!). Leave a Comment Directions: Runs from Radhuspladsen to Kongens Nytorv
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 Wonderful Stroget by ginte
You'll always find there singing, dancing or acting people, nice buildings through your way, many people and of course - something special :-) I even can't count how many times I've passed through it. Sometimes it's great for shopping, as you can find almost all the shops you need. Sometimes it's nice just to walk through without any rush, watch the people and just enjoy the atmosphere.
And I've read one funny comment of one guy in the Internet about the Stroget. He was so excited to see all these 'models' (Danish girls) walking in Stroget forwards and backwards, forwards and backwards... Hahahaha:-) Maybe this could be a hint for the guys coming to Copenhagen.
But... you won't find the name Stroget on the street signs or on citymaps. But if you ask a Copenhagener where to find Stroget, you will probably get a clear answer. Leave a Comment Directions: Both ends terminate in large squares, east in Kogens Nytorv and west in Radhuspladsen (The City Hall Square)
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 Stroget around christmas time by AnneblLeave a Comment
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 stroget by barrikello
The whole life of the capital is concentrated on the Stroget. There are fashionable shops, charming restaurants, buskers, comicians. The city show is performed all around the clock. Leave a Comment
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 by babar_1
Even if you don't want to buy any thing it is fun to stroll along th street. Leave a Comment
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