Esplanaden is a boulevard in Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

, Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

.It extends eastwards from Store Kongensgade and runs along the south side of the city's 17th century citadel Kastellet

Kastellet, Copenhagen

Kastellet, located in Copenhagen, Denmark is one of the best preserved fortifications in Northern Europe. It is constructed in the form of a pentagram with bastions at its corners...

 and Churchillparken

Churchillparken

Churchillparken is a public park in Copenhagen, Denmark, occupying a tract of land between Kastellet, a 17th century fortress, and the street Esplanaden...

 until it reaches the waterfront just south of Langelinie

Langelinie

Langelinie is a pier, promenade and park in central Copenhagen, Denmark, and home of the statue of The Little Mermaid. The area has for centuries been a popular destination for excursions and strolls in Copenhagen...

, passing Amaliegade

Amaliegade

Amaliegade is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark, which makes up the longer of the two axes on which the Rococo district Frederiksstaden is centred...

, Bredgade

Bredgade

Bredgade is one of the most prominent streets in Copenhagen, Denmark. Running in a straight line from Kongens Nytorv for just under one kilometre to the intersection of Esplanaden and Grønningen, it is one of the major streets in Frederiksstaden, a Rococo district laid out in the middle of the...

 and Grønningen

Grønningen

Grønningen is a Danish artists cooperative whose members arrange exhibitions and similar events. Founded in 1915, it is one of the oldest and most important groupings of its kind and currently has 54 members...

 on the way. It marks the northern border of the Frederiksstaden

Frederiksstaden

Frederiksstaden is a district in Copenhagen, Denmark. Constructed during the reign of Frederick V in the second half of the 18th century and it is considered to be one of the most important rococo complexes in Europe....

 district.

It is best known as the address of the headquarters of A. P. Moller-Maersk, the largest shipping company in the world. In Danish media and daily usage, the street name is often used as a synonym for company's top management.

History

The boulevard was laid out on Kastellet's southern esplanade from 1782 to 1885. It quickly became a popular venue for promenades. Since then it has undergone a number of changes and only little remains of its original character.

Om 21 October 1885, Council president Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup

Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup

Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup, , was a Danish politician, member of the Højre party. He was Interior Minister from 1865 to 1869 in the Cabinet of Frijs and Council President as well as Finance Minister from 1875 to 1894 as the leader of the Cabinet of Estrup.-Biography:Estrup was son of the...

was the target of an attempted assassination outside No. 34. The unsuccessful assassin was Julius Rasmussen.