It runs from Vesterbrogade in the north to Sønder Boulevard in the south and passes Istedgade on the way.
The buildings on the east side of the street at its northern end overlooks the Shooting Range Garden.
Pastor Christianis Pigeinstitut, an educational institution where girls could receive equestrian training and practice physical exercise, was built at the site where Dannebrosgade now meets Vesterbrogade in 1795.
It was operated by pastor C. J. Rudolph Christiani and Knud Lyne Rahbek from Bakkehuset was for a while a teacher at the institution.
Ot was built in 1915-16 to design by Hans Wright who served as city architect of Copenhagen from 1907 to 1925.