Vester, Nørre and Øster Søgade (lit.

Literal translation

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 English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

: West, North and East Lake Street) is a succession of streets along the eastern side of The Lakes close to the centre of 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...

. The streets run from Gammel Kongevej to the south to the beginning of Østerbrogade

Østerbrogade

Østerbrogade is the principal shopping street and thoroughfare in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It extends from Lille Trianglen at the north-eastern tip of The Lakes, passes Trianglen, and continues to Svanemøllen station from where it becomes Strandvejen.-History:Østerbrogade...

 at Lille Trianglen to the north. Vester Søgade runs from Gammel Kongevej to Gyldenløvesgade, Nørre Søgade runs from Gyldenløvesgade to Dronning Louises Bro

Dronning Louises Bro

Dronning Louises Bro is a bridge crossing The Lakes in Copenhagen, Denmark - specifically Peblingesø and Sortedamssø -, named after Queen Louise who was married to King Christian IX...

, and Øster Søgade from Dronning Louises Bro to Lille Trianglen.

History

Nørre and Øster Søgade was established in the 19th century. Vester Søgade, on the other hand, was not created until Sankt Jørgens Sø was given up as a water reservoir.

In the 1960s, there were plans to make the streets part of a six-lane motorway, Søringen, which was supposed to connect the northern part of Zealand with a new modern city centre in the Vesterbro area but the plans were abandoned.

Architecture

The eastern side of the street is generally lined with residential buildings of a diverse character which reflect the difference in their age. Søtorvet

Søtorvet, Copenhagen

Søtorvet is an elegant late 19th century residential development facing The Lakes in Copenhagen, Denmark. It flanks the end of Frederiksborggade, where it turns into the Queen Louise Bridge, at the intersection with Vester, Nørre and Øster Søgade.-Background:When Copenhagen was still a fortified...

, a stately, symetrical development flanking Frederiksborggade at the end of Dronning Louises Bro, was built from 1872 to 1875. Further north, the street is bordered by Kartoffelrækkerne, an area of terraced houses built by the Workers' Building Society

Arbejdernes Byggeforening

Arbejdernes Byggeforening was a Danish building society founded in Copenhagen in 1865 to provide healthy homes for the city's workers, especially those from the Burmeister & Wain factory...

 to provide healthy homes for the city's workers. Vester Søgade is dominated by Vestersøhus which was designed by Kay Fisker

Kay Fisker

Kay Otto Fisker was a Danish architect, designer and educator. He is most known for his many housing projects, mainly in the Copenhagen area, and is considered a leading exponent of the Danish Functionalism....

 and C. F. Møller and completed in 1939. With its balcony-bay window concept, it became a model for later Danish residential architecture.